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Overview

The School of Nursing, Psychotherapy & Community Health is to the fore in developing the practitioners, partners and policy makers of tomorrow. With health policy and health care topping the agenda at home and abroad, our research community focuses on a big picture of health and well-being – body and mind, lifecycle and lifestyle, choices and decisions, young and old, whole population and vulnerable groups.

Against a backdrop of ageing societies, rising expectations, proliferating technologies and tightening budgets, we are rethinking health and care with an evidence-based, research-led approach. Combining scientific and social scientific inquiry, we are creating a richer, fuller picture of health and well-being. We focus on what makes people unwell and what may help them to be as well as they can. Our research emphasises autonomy, quality of life and quality of care for the individual; and a sustainable, cost effective response from society to all, especially the most vulnerable.

We are developing best practice – and the best people – in Nursing, Health and Society, Psychology and Psychotherapy. The School has a high national and international impact in funding, publications and attracting post-graduates and post-doctoral researchers. You can read about our 10 priority research themes in the Interests and Expertise section.