Lorraine Bridges

On the news bulletins today for capital fm, hits radio lancs & BBC Radio Lancashire talking about the new NIHR Quintet study aiming to improve the care for families whose children die suddenly and unexpectedly.

SHAPER - Scaling-up Health Arts Programmes: Implementation and Effectiveness Research SHAPER is a programme that will assess the effectiveness and implementation of 3 arts-in-health, Melodies for Mums with Postnatal Depression, Dance for Parkinson’s, Stroke Odysseys.

Book your place on 7 May and hear from Dr Tony Woods & Prof Ioannis Bakolis discuss, the SHAPER study, the world's largest hybrid study on the impact of the arts on #MentalHealth embedded into a national healthcare system www.kcl.ac.uk/research/sha...

Rare Disease Research at the NIHR Newcastle BRC - NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre On Rare Disease Day, rare disease experts working in the NIHR Newcastle BRC raise awareness of diseases that are usually not well known.  The last day of February each year is International Rare Disea...

Rare Disease Day has played a crucial role in building an international rare disease community and the NIHR Newcastle BRC is proud supporter of the initiative. #RareDiseaseDay2025

Read more about rare disease research🔗 www.newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/rare-disease...

Adult social care services This indicator uses routinely published data to understand the quality of adult social services in England.

We’re tracking #SocialCare quality and access, as part of our #QualityWatch programme with @healthfoundation.bsky.social.

The number of service providers rated as requiring improvement has gone up from 14.6% in 2019, to 16.5% in 2024. Find out more 👇

www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/adu...

New scheme offers diabetes-friendly twists on African-Caribbean meals Heal-D supports type 2 diabetes self-management among black African and Caribbean adults

Fantastic to see HEAL-D discussed in this @theguardian.com piece. HEAL-D is online programme developed by ARC South London and @healthinnovnet.bsky.social to support adults of African and Caribbean heritage living with type 2 diabetes. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

£10m funding for new programme to help identify individual cancer risk - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News Today, Cancer Research UK, the NIHR and the EPSRC are announcing £10 million to create the Cancer Data-Driven Detection programme

Together with the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research), the EPSRC, Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK), we’re announcing a £10m programme which will help identify individual cancer risk 🙌

Read more 👉 cruk.ink/42q0aaY

Why later life can be a golden age for friendship Our social goals change in surprising ways over our lifespan – and understanding this can help us build fulfilling connections with others, research suggests.

Read about how later life can be a 'golden age' for friendships -with contributions from Dr Alex Thompson, ARC NENC Mental Health Research Fellow.

Alex's work focuses on the mental health and well-being of older adults with a focus on loneliness and social interaction.

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Against a lilac background, three formats of the same book are shown: Kindle, hardcover, and audiobook. The front cover is a mix of orange, yellow and lilac stripes and the title reads: Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life by Frances Ryan. Underneath reads the release date: April 2025.

I’m so excited to say Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life is now available to pre-order.

Part memoir, part guide, it features 50+ of Britain’s best known disabled women, from Jameela Jamil, Ruth Madeley, Katie Piper to Rosie Jones.

Order all formats here: linktr.ee/WhoWantsNormal

Sile Sibanda - 10/01/2025 - BBC Sounds Conversation and music for our African and Caribbean communities with Sile Sibanda.

Dr Juliana Onwumere spoke to @bbclooknorth.bsky.social about the Improving Black Health Outcomes Study —a partnership with @NIHR BioResource, Genomics England & IoPPN to understand health experiences among Black communities.

#IoPPNInTheNews
Listen @ 14:40 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📢 Happening tomorrow – our Westminster policy event debates how we can achieve the vital shift from hospital to home in both health and social care.

Register here to watch online and find the programme: buff.ly/40w8rrl

If a younger person was end-of-life would this still happen? I have my doubts

Chart showing that the number of requests for access to adult social care services received by local authorities from all new individuals who were not in receipt of long-term support increased from 1,809,980 in 2015/16 to 2,085,720 in 2023/24.

Demand for #SocialCare is on the rise. Requests for social care support from new individuals increased from 1.81m in 2015/16 to 2.08m in 2023/24. 📈

We're tracking the quality of adult social services as part of our #QualityWatch programme with the Health Foundation: https://buff.ly/4gVDP90

NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaborations Top 24 stories of 2024

Read our January 2025 New Year special newsletter, showcasing the top 24 stories of 2024: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

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7.10 Percentage of men and women who definitely agree that 'if I needed help there are people who would be there for me', by age group, England, 2021/22

Sadly as the pandemic progressed, older men became more isolated in terms of having someone to rely on.

Find out more in our State of Ageing 2023-24 report, the latest chapter is all about Society: https://ageing-better.org.uk/society-state-ageing-2023-4

#OlderAge #AgeingSociety #AgeingPopulation

NIHR Academy leader Lisa Cotterill receives MBE

Dr Lisa Cotterill, one of the founding members of training and career development within NIHR, has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to health research.

She was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list today (Tuesday 31 December)

Inclusion now a key condition for NIHR funding

Important next step in our inclusion agenda at NIHR and highly relevant to the way we want researchers to work with people & communities www.nihr.ac.uk/news/inclusi...

A yellow graphic with white boxes in the middle with blue text in that say 'Help build a health service fit for the future'. Below this text is a group of people of all ages from different backgrounds smiling. In the top right is the NHS logo, in the top left is the Department of Health and Social Care logo.

Do you have an idea that could help improve the #NHS? Had a good or bad experience that you want to share?

Help shape the next 10 years of the NHS by sharing your thoughts in the Change NHS consultation.

Take part and have your say here ➡ change.nhs.uk/en-GB

#ChangeNHS

I've been told before by the hospital that we can't return equipment due to infection control.

Since their inception 5 years ago, @nihr.bsky.social ARCs have collaborated with over 600 partner organisations across the country, including:
💙over 200 #NHS partners
🏛️over 100 local authorities
🎓over 70 universities
& many more
👉🏿Follow #ARCimpacts & read more here: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

Early intervention for depression for young people Join our free webinar to hear results from the BESST trial and ideas about how we might implement DISCOVER nationally.

🚀 NEW WEBINAR 🚀

Early intervention for depression for young people

12pm Fri 29th Nov

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/early-inte...

Experts from the BESST trial share findings & next steps from this major NIHR-funded study led by King’s College London. Get your ticket now!

#YouthMentalHealth #Depression

NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Close: 11/11/2024

We're delighted to share an exciting opportunity to join our team as Communications Officer! Help share (and enable) health & care improvement across the #SouthWest & beyond!

Close: 11/11/24
Salary: £34,866-£37,999 (pro rata)
#Plymouth
Full/Part-time

👉 tinyurl.com/54j6mudw

@nihrarcs.bsky.social

We're red-y to celebrate #Red4Research Day today! 🎉

Our teams are proudly wearing red to support the amazing research happening worldwide. 🌍

Share your red outfit using #Red4Research, tag us in and let’s raise awareness together! ❤️

Infographic showing 8 ways to speed up coproduction of research

Coproduction is increasingly becoming part of the research process.

As part of our NIHR Knowledge for Public Health work, Liz Such & Joseph Langley compiled 8 tips to speed up that process and I turned it into a infographic.

Find out more at www.know-ph.ac.uk

Heal Equals - #MakeHealthEqual We travelled the UK to meet the next generation at risk of poor health and shorter lives, and brought them to London with one ask: to #MakeHealthEqual.

Have you seen the #MakeHealthEqual campaign?

Lots of useful video and case studies exploring #healthinequalities across the UK

New project tackles health inequalities by connecting local government with research A group of leading experts, including Andy Tattersall from SCHARR, has secured over £900,000 in funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to establish the Knowledge for ...

Just an exciting note to end the year - with lots more to come - I'm going to be co-leading a progressive and large NIHR public health and knowledge mobilisation creative project.
The work is led by Liz Such at the University of Nottingham.

www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/news/...

Commission for Healthier Working Lives Join the new Commission for Healthier Working Lives for a panel session and Q&A, chaired by the Health Foundation's CEO Jennifer Dixon, followed by a drinks and networking reception.

The working age health challenge facing individuals and employers looks set to stay with us.

Come and hear about the work we are doing to understand its implications and build solutions

Free event: Tuesday 16th Jan, Central London

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www.health.org.uk/about-the-he...

What is the National Institute of Health and Care Research and what do they do? It's all in here 👇
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