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Seminar Series : Early lessons from a VIrtual PulmonAry Rehabilitation (VIPAR) Service

Seminar Series Early lessons from a VIrtual PulmonAry Rehabilitation (VIPAR) Service Michelle Dunning, Primary Care, Hywel Dda University Health Board Monday 21st of January, 2019 1:00—2.00pm G17 Carwyn James Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth University Light lunch provided, please contact rural-health@aber.ac.uk to register Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) delivers significant health benefits but too many patients are…

POSTPONED Seminar Series: Accessing Health care in Mbano, Imo state, Nigeria: The role of the MNA (USA) Diasporic Network

Seminar Series Wednesday 12th of December, 2018 1:00—2.00pm G17 Carwyn James Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth University Light lunch provided, please contact rural-health@aber.ac.uk if you wish to attend Accessing Health care in Mbano, Imo state, Nigeria: The role of the MNA (USA) Diasporic Network I share my notes from research fieldwork investigating health care in Mbano…

An Open meeting on Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities in mid-Wales

Are you concerned about the matters that affect your health and wellbeing in your rural community? What types of non-NHS interventions do you feel would help your community? These matters and more will be asked of mid Wales residents in a meeting organised by Aberystwyth University’s Centre for Excellence in Rural Health Research (CERHR), between…

Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities in Rural Mid-Wales

Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities in Rural Mid-Wales Aberystwyth University’s Centre for Excellence in Rural Health Research is holding an open meeting on: April the 5th, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, venue TBC. Refreshments will be provided The meeting is open to all residents of Mid-Wales Rural areas tend to report better health outcomes than…

MPhil Scholarship: Cared for and Carer experiences and acceptability of ‘Care Messenger’ to facilitate social inclusion and well-being

Working in collaboration with Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDdUHB), Aberystwyth University’s Psychology Department, SolvaCare and HAHAV, Solutions4Health is seeking an evaluation of ‘Care Messenger’; a novel technology to support frail and vulnerable older adults and their informal care givers. This research project would explore the experiences of cared for older adults, family members, volunteers…

Rural healthcare in Wales: challenges and opportunities

On Tuesday 5 December 2017, the Research Service, the Learned Society of Wales and Public Health Wales are hosting an Exchanging Ideas Seminar on particular challenges and opportunities arising from the delivery of healthcare services in rural Wales. The event chaired by Dai Lloyd AM, Chair of the Assembly’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. The seminar, which was open…

Inspiring Innovation in Practice Conference 2017 Synopsis

Hosted by Hywel Dda UHB’s University Partnership Board; Hywel Dda University Health Board, Aberystwyth University, Swansea University and University of Wales Trinity St David’s ‘Inspiring Innovation in Practice’ Conference 2017 will celebrate the existing research and practice development from within this partnership and promote the opportunities for further innovative collaboration. The Conference will showcase how…

New research on rural nurse recruitment

The challenges of recruiting nurses to rural Wales are being explored in a new study based at Aberystwyth University. Research by PhD student and registered nurse Angharad Jones is examining why nurses seem more likely to apply to work in urban areas. As part of her doctoral project, Angharad is calling on nurses across Wales…

Seminar Series: Exploiting basic research to improve respiratory patient care in Wales

Centre for Excellence in Rural Health Research Seminar Series Friday October 13th 12.30-1.30pm; Bronglais Hospital Postgraduate Centre Exploiting basic research to improve respiratory patient care in Wales. Luis A. J. Mur, Adrian Mironas, & Keir Lewis In this talk we will describe collaboration between scientists at Aberystwyth University and Hywel Dda University Health Board clinicians…

All Party Parliamentary group in rural health and social care

The CfERHR was recently invited to attend the first ever All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on rural health and social care at the Houses of Parliament, Westminster. The group was chaired by Anna-Marie Morris MP and was attended by representatives from all major parliamentary parties and several external organisations including academia, charities and deliverers of…

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