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North London measles outbreak hits several schools with at least 34 children infected A number of children have been hospitalised as officials urge families to check they are up to date with their vaccines.

BBC News - North London measles outbreak hits several schools with at least 34 children infected - BBC News
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"That's the beauty of [public health]... it's lots of different things."

In the latest episode of Public Health Spotlight, made with Panoramic Associates, Siobhan Farmer, Director of Public Health @gloucestershirecc.bsky.social shares her insights into the role.

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Exploring the role of improvement methodologies in public and population health is the topic our guests are discussing in the sixth episode of season two of our Leading Improvement in Health and Care podcast.

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ICYMI: How the Department of Health and Social Care spends it's huge £200bn+ budget - from @nao.org.uk review of the dept www.nao.org.uk/overviews/de...

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This is an exciting opportunity to join the shared public health service of Bedford Borough, Milton Keynes City and Central Bedfordshire Councils as a Junior Population Health Analyst. This role comes with a training and development opportunity, and you will be expected to complete a nationally accredited qualification in the first 24 months and will have one day a week of protected training time to achieve this. You will work closely with the Senior Public Health Officer to provide population health analysis and advice as part of a shared Population Health, Evidence and Intelligence Team that works across three local authorities and the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care System (BLMK ICS). You will provide data analysis and advice to the public health team and wider partners, as part of the BLMK ICS. They will support the collection of information and the processing of data to ensure its quality and integrity, and use best practice to maintain and enhance existing datasets. They will also help to develop new data collections to support the changing information needs of stakeholders. Our passion is to help ensure the best health outcomes for our local communities and the successful candidate will need to demonstrate that passion too.

Junior Population Health Analyst
Bedford Borough Council with Central Beds and Milton Keynes
Bedford
£28,598 - £31,022
Full time, permanent
Closes 11/02
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Mass grave in Jordan sheds new light on world’s earliest recorded pandemic Researchers tell ‘human story’ about crisis during plague of Justinian, which killed millions in Byzantine empire

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'I spoke to ChatGPT 8 times a day' - Gen Z's loneliness 'crisis' AI chatbots are being used as 'surrogate friends' by young people who have lost the ability to socialise.

BBC News - 'I spoke to ChatGPT 8 times a day' - Gen Z's loneliness 'crisis' - BBC News
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In the second season of our Leading Improvement in Health and Care podcast, our latest episode is looking at the role improvement can play in population health.

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Come to Prevention Research 2026 - peventionresearch26.co.uk

Just two days to go till earlybird registration closes for Prevention Research 2026
🗓️4-5 March 2026
📍Vox, Birmingham
🪧 Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice for Health Equity
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The image shows a diagram setting out the local levers that put health at the heart of local growth: Investment and infrastructure Employment support and skills development Employers' role in good work and local procurement

Improving health in deprived communities is essential for economic growth. Poor health limits participation in the labour market and drives inequalities.

Our new briefing shows how local teams can embed health into strategies on skills, good work and investment ⬇️

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Still time to book onto our Public Health masterclass series aimed at #AHPs - starting next week - shop.salford.ac.uk/short-course...

The shocking state of children's teeth in Manchester 'In many cases, they are forced to say ‘look, the choice is food on the table or dental treatment’. And they have to make those decisions'

The shocking state of children's teeth in Manchester

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Have you got your tickets yet?

Please book now to find out about the latest in #FASD research. 🔽🔽🔽

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10th June 2025, University of Salford, UK

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In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day.

Hello world! What better way to inaugurate my new Bluesky account than by posting a flier for the next UK FASD research conference, to be held at University of Salford in on 10 June 2025 @robynmccarthy.bsky.social @sb-fasd.bsky.social @roisinschofield.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social

In our new report on what needs to improve for social care to better support people with #dementia, we explain how social care is currently organised.

Read the report: https://buff.ly/414hW2P

Check out our handy graphic. 👇

Feeling the pressure: what the 2023 Commonwealth Fund survey reveals about the state of the UK health system This analysis presents the findings of the 2023 International Health Policy Survey of adults’ experiences using health care services in 10 countries.

✨✨New from the Health Foundation

How does the UK health system compare internationally?

Some positives - but also evidence that the cumulative impact of the pandemic and below average spending has left it more precarious than some other health systems.

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little advert for our online 8-week evening class about qualitative research (aka an alcohol-free book club/comfy and accessible introduction to qualitative methods for health research). Take a look (starts Jan 2024)