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"Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium from the gut and regulates calcium and phosphate levels. These minerals are crucial for healthy bones, teeth and muscles"... "Unlike other vitamins, which we obtain through diet, vitamin D is made when the skin is exposed to sunlight" more 👇

"According to a recent review of past research: here are very few risk calculators to predict how symptoms of anxiety & depression will change over the course of a person’s life... Review shows effective models for predicting risk of persistent or worsening depression & anxiety are needed"
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"...costs – initially an extra £1bn over three years– will be borne by the Department of Health and Social Care, which funds the NHS in England, and not the Treasury"... "risk that the NHS may have to cut services in order to pay the 25% higher prices for new drugs that ministers agreed to" More👇

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university? When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degrees

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?

@jrf-uk.bsky.social UK Poverty 2026 Report 👇

First signs of spring @manchester.ac.uk although bitterly cold wind today!
@drdon.bsky.social @imcdermott.bsky.social @kreissl.bsky.social @festivalofph-uom.bsky.social @francescagains.bsky.social @drpmanc110.bsky.social

Since 2019, economic inactivity rates in the North have been rising ten times faster than the growth of the working-age population.

Our #HealthforWealth report exposes shocking findings around inequities people in the North are facing.

Read more👉 www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...

PARTICIPANTS NEEDED Inviting autistic adults to share their experiences of using a wellbeing toolkit. What’s involved? Receive one of two wellbeing card packs. Use the cards in your own way, at your own pace, for two weeks. Reflect on your experience using the provided guide. Choose how to tell us about your experience - by email, a Microsoft teams video or voice call or real-time online chat. Who can take part? Adults aged 18 and over with a formal, clinical diagnosis of autism. And without a learning disability. And without a formal ADHD diagnosis. And a UK resident. Who has approved the study? The study was reviewed and approved by the research ethics committee at York St John University. Who to contact for more information or to take part Email: laura.steer@yorksj.ac.uk

A study from @yorkstjohn.bsky.social is looking for autistic adults to share their experiences of using a wellbeing toolkit.

It involves receiving one of two wellbeing card packs and saying whether they worked for you. If you would like to join, please email Laura at laura.steer@yorksj.ac.uk

‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus

📣 New research in @theguardian.com shows MPs massively underestimate public support for climate policies.

This perception gap matters. When leaders only hear the loudest voices climate action slows, even when most people back a fair, ambitious transition. 1/2

🧡❤️For once a nice clear morning so a beautiful visible sunrise ❤️🧡

Five years of COVID vaccines: how a breakthrough created a public-health crisis Nature - Physician and science communicator Kristen Panthagani talks about why public trust in vaccines has fallen since the COVID-19 pandemic.

"If there was one thing I could change about the pandemic, it would have been for governmental and public-health institutions to have focused on listening to the public’s questions"
This was a big part of the reason why @independentsage.bsky.social was established.
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REF2029 reworked - more below

Our new report shows the economic inactivity crisis is greater in the North of England, with workers more likely to lose their job due to ill health, and those without educational qualifications nine times more likely to lose their job if they become ill.
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/poor-health-...

Making a Difference Awards < Social Responsibility The Making a Difference Awards for Social Responsibility recognise the outstanding achievements of our staff, students, alumni and external partners, and celebrate how they are making a difference.

Our annual Making a Difference Awards are now OPEN for entries and nominations!
The Awards recognise the students, staff, alumni and members of our wider community who are creating positive change.
Enter or nominate someone today. 💜🌟

Evaluating how people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage can improve services - ARC West Working alongside people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage to improve services can have multiple benefits, according to a new study published in Health Expectations. Multiple disadvantage...

Working alongside people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage can transform services – and lives.

Our new study with Changing Futures Bristol shows how trauma-informed, co-produced work makes a difference.

📄 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/evaluating-h...
#HealthResearch #CoProduction

The Government could support more than 220,000 people back into employment through return-to-work schemes, according to new analysis.

@lukemunford.bsky.social of @manchester.ac.uk is one of the authors who wrote the analysis.

www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s...

The Greater Manchester Respectful Research Charter Creating equal partnerships and collaboration between researchers and the voluntary sector.

📣 Equitable partnerships in research are vital to tackling health inequalities.

The Respectful Research Charter sets out 5 guiding principles, co-produced with communities & researchers.

Read more here: zurl.co/OZ1Wg

#InclusiveResearch #GetVocal

Just after 7am! Fleeting - blink and you miss it...

Last week's beautiful sky @manchester.ac.uk as I finished my early swim. So dark and miserable in comparison this week!
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Number of economically inactive adults in UK workforce set to soar over next decade New analysis from RSPH has warned that by 2035 up as many as 3.37 million adults will be economically inactive due to long-term health conditions.

As many as 3.37 million adults will be economically inactive due to long-term health conditions over the next decade, costing the economy £36 billion a year, our analysis has shown.

We're calling for a shift in the way policymakers and employers see workplace health.

https://ow.ly/eCCy50XlBAZ

Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.

So much confusion by charging guidelines for Covid and flu vaccines in UK with a massive mismatch in eligibility for who can get them 🧵

Millions of people to benefit from healthcare on their doorstep Government to roll out first neighbourhood health services in 43 places backed by £10 million.

"Govt to roll out neighbourhood health services in 43 places backed by £10 million"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"Will target working class areas with lowest life expectancy & longest waits"
@melissasurgey.bsky.social @ewenspeed.bsky.social @stevensenior.bsky.social @shobadawson.bsky.social

Great to see reports being tailored to different audiences 👇
"findings of this report will be used by the Inquiry to understand how children & young people felt about & adapted to changes that took place in the pandemic & their effects"
@letsgetvocal.bsky.social @thomasashtoninst.bsky.social

Great piece from JP (and thread/summary) explaining why GM might be doing well…

Interesting... many watching this space.
"Going by 2023–24 student numbers, the new “super-university” would have 46,885 registered students, around same size as the manchester.ac.uk. It would employ 2,550 academic staff [...] offering 442 full time undergraduate courses". More tinyurl.com/zybfsvzt

See our new article 'supporting people with long covid to return to work' in the new edition of @publicsectorfocus.bsky.social 👇 1st published by policy@manchester @manchester.ac.uk

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Half of UK adults worry that AI will take or alter their job, poll finds The TUC calls for a new approach to technology and greater input from workers on how it is deployed

Regardless of whether it will have this big an impact, much more needs to be done to involve workers in the conversation about AI

2/"Those Ineligible can purchase Covid vaccinations at some pharmacies" - if can afford them / find such an outlet! #inequalities
No longer covers chronic respiratory disease, chronic heart & vascular conditions, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease & pregnant women.
@sheencr.bsky.social

1/ "NHS Autumn Covid booster campaign to start 1 /10/25. Changes to the assessment method & lower levels of Covid activity in 2024 mean that 12.9 million fewer individuals will be eligible for free Covid boosters in 2025 Autumn campaign than in the equivalent 2024 campaign" 👇

Wonderful video - thanks for sharing.
We need to hear more voices like these... what it is like to actually go through such a process. You only know when you have been there, and everyone's path is different. Thanks
@letsgetvocal.bsky.social Julie and Farida. @shobadawson.bsky.social