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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU)

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The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing aims to produce timely, high-quality evidence for policymakers. We are a collaboration between Newcastle University, The University of Manchester and the LSE.

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If you missed our webinar today on "What works to promote active ageing", you can watch the YouTube video here: youtube.com/watch?v=TJPq... and read more about the research project here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/p...

15.10.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Join us tomorrow for a free webinar 12-1pm - "What works to promote active ageing: reviewing the evidence for reducing inequalities in physical activity". Register here: bit.ly/4n1XWWA. Read more about the research project: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/p...

14.10.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸš€ We’ve launched our official LinkedIn page for the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (HAPRU)!
Follow us over on LinkedIn for updates on our latest research, publications, events, and more.

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#HealthyAgeing #NIHR #PolicyResearch #HAPRU #LinkedInLaunch

06.10.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting active to support healthy ageing: what works to support disadvantaged communities? Looking at how to promote active ageing

πŸ“’New blog from our team: "Getting active to support healthy ageing: what works to support disadvantaged communities?" bit.ly/4pQZQel. Also, register for our free webinar taking place via Teams on 15.10.25 - "What works to promote active ageing" bit.ly/4n1XWWA

02.10.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to see Abodunrin Aminu and Katie Davies representing HAPRU at #WONCA2025 in Lisbon, with their poster, 'Disparities in the use of remote general practice consultations: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis of 19 million electronic health records' @WoncaWorld
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19.09.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Join us for a free webinar on 15th October 12-1pm - "What works to promote active ageing: reviewing the evidence for reducing inequalities in physical activity'. Register: bit.ly/4n1XWWA. Read more about the research project: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/p...

10.09.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Black text reads 'Webinar - shaping the future for brain health' against a beige background. To the right of the text, a person is working at a laptop whilst writing in a notebook. Only their arms and hands are visible. Around the laptop are a mug of tea, a pot plant and a mobile phone.

Black text reads 'Webinar - shaping the future for brain health' against a beige background. To the right of the text, a person is working at a laptop whilst writing in a notebook. Only their arms and hands are visible. Around the laptop are a mug of tea, a pot plant and a mobile phone.

Join us on 19 November for a joint webinar with the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing focused on brain health, prevention & future care needs.

@hdemnitzking.bsky.social and Prof Naaheed Mukadam will present their #denpruQM work.

More info ⬇️
tinyurl.com/y3nzw3c4

@nihrhapru.bsky.social

09.09.2025 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’New publication from our team: "The meaning of β€˜quality’ of homecare for older people: a scoping review" bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

31.07.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜How do we know if HSR impacts on policy?’ - a great workshop this morning led by @annetteboaz.bsky.social. The workshop was full of ideas of how to do things differently with fantastic engagement in the room!
#HSRUK2025
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03.07.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today our NIHR HAPRU Director @barbarahanratty.bsky.social contributed to the HSR UK Conference 2025 opening plenary panel, "The NHS Ten Year Plan: How might health services research respond?" #HSRUK2025

02.07.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Team HAPRU were delighted to showcase their work, enjoy insightful presentations and engage with colleagues at the British Society of Gerontology 54th Annual Conference at the University of Surrey this week! #bsg2025

27.06.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who gets to age healthily? New research shows frailty-free years are not shared equally in England Looking at long term health conditions and later life disability

πŸ“’New blog from our team: "Who gets to age healthily? New research shows frailty-free years are not shared equally in England". You can read it here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/05/12/w... and find the related
@biomedcentral.bsky.social publication here: bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

12.05.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New paper by one of our jointly funded PhD candidates with
@vivensa.bsky.social - Schenelle Dlima @schenelled.bsky.social 'Frailty indices based on routinely collected data: a scoping review'. You can read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

07.05.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unequal Care at the End of Life: What the Evidence Tells Us Reflecting on end of life care

πŸ“’New blog from our team 'Unequal Care at the End of Life: What the Evidence Tells Us', where our Research Associate & PhD candidate Patience Kunonga talks about her work on ethnic inequalities in palliative care prescribing in high-income countries. Read it here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/05/07/u...

07.05.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’New paper from one of our PhD students, Patience Kunonga, published in BMC Palliative Care. 'Ethnic inequalities in palliative care prescribing in high income countries'. You can read it here: bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

06.05.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out this new podcast from Lancet Healthy Longevity and our very own Dr Andrew Kingston - talking about health inequalities. Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1746618/epis...
Full paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

06.05.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’New blog from our team: 'Bridging the Digital Gap: Making Healthcare More Accessible for Older Minoritised Adults'
Read it in full here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/03/20/b...

20.03.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’New article from our team: 'Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in activities of daily living disability-free life expectancy in England: a modelling study'
Read it in full here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

20.03.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't miss our free webinar tomorrow - "Promoting healthy ageing: inclusive approaches to physical activity for older adults" - all are welcome! Register here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/category/upc... -

18.03.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Creating Social Care That Works for Older People Looking at whether the social care that is available is what older people would like

πŸ“’New blog from our team: 'Creating social care that works for older people'. Read it in full here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/03/13/c...

13.03.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’New article from our team: 'Differences in the risk of frailty based on care receipt, unmet care needs and socio-economic inequalities' published in the Journal of Frailty and Aging.
Read it in full here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

13.03.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Improving methods for studying Health Inequality and Inequity in evidence synthesis A reflection on Health Inequalities and Health Inequities

πŸ“’Check out our new blog: "Improving methods for studying Health Inequality and Inequity in evidence synthesis". Read more about the research and find the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology article here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/03/06/i...

06.03.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Development of a prototype minimum data set for homecare Working to suggest content for a minimum dataset for homecare that is usable, feasible and acceptable to relevant stakeholder groups.

πŸ“’New report: "Exploring the content of a minimum dataset for homecare" - you can find it here (& read more about our research project): www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/p...

28.02.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Which unmet social care needs have the biggest impact on healthy ageing? Focussing on our research into unmet needs and healthy ageing

πŸ“’Check out our new blog: "Which unmet social care needs have the biggest impact on healthy ageing?" bit.ly/3XmgLc9. Read more about our research project and find the BMJ Open article here:

27.02.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out our very own Prof Jane McDermott presenting at a seminar on 11 Feb: β€œTranslating evidence for policymakers: strategies, lessons and resources from the NIHR Healthy Ageing Policy Research Unit”. Slides can be found here: zenodo.org/records/1488... and the recording is here: bit.ly/4gUXHZu

24.02.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please come along to our free webinar on 19 March - "Promoting healthy ageing: inclusive approaches to physical activity for older adults" hapru.nihr.ac.uk/category/upc... - all are welcome!

24.02.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Digital Health & Older Adults: Bridging the Gap
YouTube video by JMIR Publications Digital Health & Older Adults: Bridging the Gap

See our new article @jmirpub.bsky.social
formative.jmir.org/2024/1/e57580 Experiences & Views of Older Adults of South Asian, Black African & Caribbean Backgrounds About the Digitalization of Primary Care Services Since the COVID-19 Pandemic. Digital Health for All: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE4Q...

19.02.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you missed our webinar last week on "New insights and perspectives on multiple long-term conditions – from global to local" - you can catch up with the video here: youtu.be/QexM3HrsXi0. Future events publicised here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/category/upc...

18.02.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All are welcome to come along to our next webinar on 12.02.25: 'New insights & perspectives on multiple long term conditions - from global to local'. More details here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/category/upc... This is part of a special series showcasing the work of some of our joint PhD students

21.01.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’New paper - "Experiences and views of older adults of South Asian, Black African and Caribbean backgrounds about the digitalisation of primary care services since the Covid-19 pandemic" formative.jmir.org/2024/1/e57580
Read more here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/06/30/d...

06.01.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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