The home of health communication teaching
and research
The Centre for Health Communication Research (CHCR)
Our Vision
Our vision is to encourage the use of effective and professional communications to improve patient outcomes and to strengthen the patient experience. We work at the boundary between academe and the public sector delivering rigorous, evidence-based solutions in a timely fashion.
Strong Relationships
CHCR is part of the School of Health and Social Care Professions at Buckinghamshire New University. We have strong relationships with both public and private sector health and social care organisations. Our goal is to be recognised as a best-in-class source of academic and applied research, teaching and consulting practice.
Working with the NHS
CHCR has been working with the NHS for over a decade developing and delivering health communication courses. As the fields of communication, engagement and public consultation increasingly overlap, the development of a new course in this area is a natural next step.
Postgraduate Course
We have recently developed a new, part-time Postgraduate Certificate course in health communications, engagement and consultation which is destined to become the gold-standard course for the next generation of professional NHS communicators.
CHCR focuses on the communication dilemmas, challenges and issues faced by NHS and other health sector organisations.
CHCR believes communication and engagement should support the transformation of health and care services and ensure the sustainable development of the NHS