Policy

The Council’s policy work is focused on specific areas including research, regulation, sector sustainability, innovation and pedagogy, and equality, diversity and inclusion.

The Council also works on sustainable funding, public affairs and data.

Thirteen Council nominees appointed to REF 2021 Sub-panel 3

28 Mar 2018 in Research

HEFCE announced on 23 March 2018 the first set of appointments to the sub-panels for the REF 2021 exercise. The Council of Deans of Health is delighted that 13 of our nominees were successful. For the criteria setting... Read More »

Preventing pressure ulcers: developing a framework of collaborative research and working across partners in health and social care settings

11 Jan 2018 in Blogs, News & blogs, Research

Yitka Graham, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Sunderland and NIHR Speciality Group Lead for both Health Services Research and Public Health: North East and North ... Read More »

UCAS 2017 End of Cycle Report: patterns by subject

12 Dec 2017 in Data, Policy, Reports & Briefings, Workforce

Following the publication of the second wave of the UCAS 2017 end of cycle report, we have produced a briefing which examines the application and acceptance data for B7 Nursing programmes. UCAS has confirmed to us tha... Read More »

Paramedic education roundtable

6 Dec 2017 in Policy, Workforce

The Council of Deans of Health recently convened a roundtable meeting to discuss a range of issues around the provision of paramedic higher education in England. Members were joined by guests from the Health and Care ... Read More »

Learning disability nursing roundtable

23 Nov 2017 in Policy, Reports & Briefings, Workforce

The Council of Deans of Health recently convened a roundtable meeting to discuss members’ concerns about learning disability nursing recruitment. Members from across England were joined by guests from the Higher... Read More »