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The Department of Community Services was established in response to NHS initiatives to move care provision out of hospital and into the community.
The Department brings together a diverse group of practitioners from a range of health care subject disciplines and includes courses relating to midwifery, mental health, learning disabilities, school, community and district nursing, end of life care, health visiting and dental nursing.
Additional areas of study include complementary therapies, nurse prescribing and a dual qualification in mental health nursing and social work, one of a small number in the country plus a successful programme of public health studies.
Planned developments include courses for community pharmacists, nursing and care home practitioners, those caring for the elderly, support workers and carers, community base walk-in centres, NHS Direct and care in the private sector.
We have established links with external education specialists such as, The National Childbirth Trust and the British School of Osteopathy.
Staff within the Department are academics and practitioners who work in close collaboration with practitioner colleagues within community and hospital settings.
The development of courses is undertaken in collaboration with local health care providers and the relevant Strategic Health Authorities to ensure the students' learning experiences are co-ordinated and meet the relevant benchmarks set for education and care providers.
Our professional registration courses are approved by the University in partnership with the Nursing and Midwifery Council for Nursing courses and the General Dental Council.
We provide programmes of study leading to registration as a nurse, foundation degrees with partner institutions, post basic education for practitioners, specialist masters programmes in subjects such as public health, clinical leadership and advanced practice, to PhDs.
Members of the Department are aligned to one of five research groups; Service improvement; User Involvement; Enhancing Professional Practice; Reflective Practice and, Learning, Teaching and Assessment. Each research group is led by a member of staff with a PhD in a relevant field.
Staff also have interests in psychosocial interventions, dementia, self harming, privacy in care environments, ante- and postnatal care.
