Community and Health Research Unit
High quality research for quality improvement in health and social care
The Community and Health Research Unit team received the 2018 University of Lincoln Team Achievement Award for research which was presented to members of the team by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Mary Stuart at a ceremony at the Engine Shed Continue reading CaHRU presented with team award for achievement in research 2018
Research from CaHRU was cited in the recently published parliamentary briefing on Sleep and Health and Sleep and Long-term Health. The briefing was issued as a POSTnote from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology and cited CAHRU’s work on primary care Continue reading CaHRU sleep research cited in UK parliamentary briefings on Sleep and Health
People living with a long-term condition often have more than one condition to contend with. This is known as ‘multimorbidity’, commonly defined as the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions within one person. In this situation it is important Continue reading Comparing national multimorbidity policies and guidelines
Three members of the CaHRU team, Professor Niro Siriwardena, Dr Stephanie Armstrong and Greg Whitley (paramedic and doctoral student) led an interactive exploration of the latest research and innovation in ambulance care in a session entitled ‘Innovations in ambulance service Continue reading CaHRU team contribute to LiGHTS Expo 2017
I have been working on sleep and health for around 7 years now. When I first started there was very little interest. A clinician, on a national funding committee, said to me “why are you worried? Sleep is natural…” I Continue reading Research on health effects of sleep features in BBC1 documentary ‘The truth about…sleep’