Study looking at improving end-of-life care for people with learning disabilities to be led by Kingston University and St George’s, University of London 13th January 2022 A new two-year study aimed at improving end-of-life care planning for people with learning disabilities will be led by Kingston University and St George’s,
Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education breaks records with successful webinar 21st September 2020 Over 1400 people attended a live webinar on 16th September,
Health care research professor at Kingston University and St George’s, University of London named Academy of Social Sciences Fellow 16th October 2019 Professor Annette Boaz has been made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Promoting a safer hospital environment 1st May 2015 Hospital patients with learning disabilities face longer waits and mismanaged treatment due to nursing staff’s failure to understand them, according to a report released in 2014 by a research team, including Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne.
Improving end of life care for people with learning disabilities 1st May 2015 Pioneering research by Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, into end of life and palliative care for people with learning disabilities, has helped transform services and change public policy in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne publishes new research on patients with intellectual disabilities 6th April 2014 Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wjine, Senior Research Fellow at Kingston and St George’s, is one of eight authors who have had research published recently in the BMJ Open medical journal. The research outlines the factors that both hinder and enable adjustments to healthcare services for patients with intellectual disabilities in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals.
