Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work

Week 5: Health Policy and Prevention Join us for a virtual event discussing cutting-edge research and innovations in women's health, healthcare, prevention, and policy!

Week 5: Health Policy & Prevention
🗓️ 25 June, 12–1pm
Explore how policy and system change can embed women’s health in all we do. From strategy to lived experience—shaping the future of care.
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Week 4: Cancer and Chronic Disease Prevention & Management Join us for a webinar on preventing and managing cancer and chronic diseases in women's health!

Week 4: Cancer & Chronic Disease Prevention
🗓️ 18 June, 12–1pm
From cervical screening to heart disease detection—explore how GM is tackling cancer & chronic illness in women through research & innovation.
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Week 3: Menopause, Hormonal Health, and Pelvic Wellbeing Join our online webinar on GM Women's Health for tips on managing menopause, hormonal health, and pelvic wellbeing!

Week 3: Menopause, Hormonal Health & Pelvic Wellbeing
🗓️ 11 June, 12–1pm
Explore the realities of menopause, pelvic health & overlooked conditions. Topics include prolapse care, UTI treatment, and rare metabolic diseases.
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Week 2: Reproductive Health and Maternal Wellbeing Join us for a webinar on women's health, focusing on reproductive health and maternal wellbeing.

Week 2: Reproductive Health & Maternal Wellbeing
🗓️ 4 June, 12–1pm
From menstruation to motherhood—explore research on racial inequality, endometriosis care & postnatal health. Hear how GM experts are improving outcomes.
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Week 1: Health Inequalities and Social Determinants of Health Join us for a webinar discussing how health inequalities are impacted by social determinants, specifically focusing on women's health.

Week 1: Women’s Health Inequalities & Social Determinants
🗓️ 28 May, 12–1pm
Explore how environment, inequality & lived experience shape women’s health in GM. Speakers cover faith, care, homelessness & deaf women’s health.
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Join our free webinar series this May–June celebrating women’s health innovation in Greater Manchester. Hear from experts, explore groundbreaking research, and help shape a fairer future for all. #WomensHealthGM #OneGreaterManchester

Great to see colleagues in our Division are helping evaluate an innovative eFalls pilot led by GM Integrated Care. It’s aimed at reducing falls risk and supporting independence in older adults. Find out more in the latest press release 👇

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Photo ID: Three women standing together, smiling and holding drinks. All three are wearing glasses and have shoulder-length or shorter hair. Dr Oram is in the middle with her supervisors on either side

Many congratulations to Dr Oram on achieving her PhD! The whole team at SORD is proud to celebrate this brilliant achievement. We wish her all the very best for the next chapter.

This Deaf Awareness week, we go beyond silence by spotlighting deaf-led research and highlighting what true Deaf Awareness looks like in research with deaf people.

Have a look at the video here: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Etd...

#DeafAwarenessWeek #BeyondSilence #DeafResearch

On the week of World Intellectual Property Day 2025, Prof John Keady gave a talk on Music in Mind - a project using music to build connection and creativity for people living with dementia

@uomif.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social

Missed it? Here are the highlight's from last week's 'IP Beyond Music' event www.uominnovationfactory.com/news/ip-beyo...

A rhythmic collaboration from @uniofmanchester.bsky.social, @salforduni.bsky.social, @manmetuni.bsky.social and @rncmlive.bsky.social - funded by CCF RED : bit.ly/3EGTMCJ

✍️ NEW PUBLICATION - Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment among the older prisoner population in England and Wales: a cross-sectional study bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/4...

Photo ID: Six people posing together, smiling at the camera inside the café at Whitworth Gallery, Manchester. Four stand in the back row, while two sit in the front. A large window behind them reveals trees and grass. The University of Manchester and SORD logos appear in the bottom right corner.

Social Research with Deaf People (SORD) at The University of Manchester was pleased to welcome Professor Uma Palanisamy from Monash University Malaysia during her visit last week. We appreciated the fantastic opportunity to engage in discussions and knowledge exchange.

What matters most: Exploring the everyday lives of people with dementia A shift from a care-based approach to the lens of everyday life changes the focus to facilitating and enhancing what matters most to people with dementia in their everyday lives. The engagement o...

🎉 Prof. John Keady's article - 'What matters most: Exploring the everyday lives of people with dementia' has been recognized as a top cited article in International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#TopCitedArticle

We are proud to join the British Deaf Association in recognising BSL as a place of belonging!

#SLW2025 #SORD #UoM #UniversityofManchester @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @nmswresearch.bsky.social

YouTube video by INForMHAA BSLHAC poster

BSL video here: youtu.be/oxBWZaK1Y3E

The logos of The University of Manchester and SORD are featured on the top. Below is an image of a person in a white, long-sleeved blouse working on a laptop with a takeaway coffee cup next to the laptop. The text below the picture reads: "New journal article: Standing at the crossroads: Child safeguarding and Deaf BSL parents (in England) - Issues and Challenges in Social Work Oram, R., Cartney, P. & Young, A. (2024) https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae202" The picture has a split coloured background, the top half is pink and bottom half is light grey.

New article by Oram, Young and Cartney (2024) titled "Standing at the crossroads: Child safeguarding and Deaf BSL parents (in England) - Issues and Challenges in Social Work" has been published in The British Journal of Social Work: doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...

The logos of The University of Manchester and SORD are featured on the top. Below is an image of a person in a white, long-sleeved blouse working on a laptop with a pen and notebook next to the laptop. The text below the picture reads: "New journal article: Assessing deaf parents in safeguarding and child protection processes: Deaf experts' experience of routine social work practice Oram, R., Cartney, P. & Young, A. (2024) https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250241307263" The picture has a split coloured background, the top half is light grey and bottom half is pink.

New article by Oram, Cartney and Young (2024) titled "Assessing deaf parents in safeguarding and child protection processes: Deaf experts' experience of routine social work practice" has been published in Qualitative Social Work:
doi.org/10.1177/1473...

The logos of The University of Manchester and SORD are featured on the top. Below is an image of a person in a white, long-sleeved, textured blouse working on a laptop. The text below the picture reads: "New journal article: Now you see them, now you don't: Professional recognition of specialist professionals working with Deaf British Sign Language parents in child safeguarding Oram, R., Young, A. & Cartney, P. (2024) https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250231185962" The picture has a split coloured background, the top half is pink and bottom half is light grey

New article by Oram, Young and Cartney (2024) titled "Now you see them, now you don't: Professional recognition of specialist professionals working with Deaf British Sign Language parents in child safeguarding" has been published in Qualitative Social Work:
doi.org/10.1177/1473...

New article by Rogers, Lovell, Bower, Armitage and Young (2025) titled “What are Deaf sign language users’ experiences as patients in healthcare services? A scoping review”: journals.plos.org/globalpublic.... Abstract in BSL: video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/02...