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Health messaging in the vaccine rollout: the role of the community

By Prasenjit Sarkhel and Upasak Das Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: March 31, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been met with much enthusiasm, with some hailing it as the beginning of the end of the pandemic. But health experts fear such optimism might prompt people to pay less attention to hygienic compliance measures, such as hand washing and wearing masks in public. The emergence of new strains in […]

Tagged With: communities, COVID-19, GDI, health and social care, international development, public health, SEED

A man turns wooden number blocks to reveal the phrase '2021 BUDGET' against a black background

The Levelling-up Budget?

By Marianne Sensier Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Budget, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth, News Posted: March 4, 2021

The Conservative Government’s 2019 general election manifesto included a promise to ‘listen to the people who have felt left behind’. There was also a commitment in the Budget 2020 to drive economic growth sustainably and improve living standards by boosting productivity and levelling up skills across the UK, along with future commitments to increase investment […]

Tagged With: AMBS, british politics, Business Energy & Industry, communities, economy, employment, inclusive growth, inequality, infrastructure, labour market, productivity, science & engineering, transport, Treasury

A male nurse wipes the arm of a young man who is about to receive a vaccination

Area-based vaccination would better protect against COVID-19

By Ruth Watkinson and Matt Sutton Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: February 26, 2021

The early stages of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the UK have been a remarkable success from many perspectives: we have one of the highest rates of vaccination per capita, high uptake, and the government has met its first vaccination target. However, this rollout has taken place amidst a devastating surge of COVID-19 deaths, and […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, AMBS, communities, COVID-19, health and social care, inequality, Pandemic, public health

COVID-19 and social inequality: Developing community-centred interventions

Tine Buffelluciana LangMhorag Goff By Christopher Phillipson, Sophie Yarker, Patty Doran, Tine Buffel, Luciana Lang and Mhorag Goff Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Health and Social Care Posted: February 22, 2021

On January 13 2021, it was reported that more than 100,000 people had died from coronavirus in the UK, with the figure for that day alone being 1,546 deaths. The UK has one of the worst coronavirus mortality rates in the world, at 151 per 100,000 people but now the roll-out of the vaccination is […]

Tagged With: communities, COVID-19, health and social care, micra, Pandemic, social work

A child playing with language blocs to show language diversity

From celebration to public policy: International Mother Language Day as a civic identity badge

Yaron MatrasDaniele Viktor LeggioRebecca Tipton By Yaron Matras, Daniele Viktor Leggio and Rebecca Tipton Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Growth and Inclusion Posted: February 16, 2021

On 21 February 2021, Manchester will again be celebrating UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD). This year’s activities will be held online to accommodate to the pandemic conditions. For the second time, they are being coordinated by the City of Literature initiative based in Manchester’s local authority. In this blog, Professor Yaron Matras, Dr Daniele […]

Tagged With: communities, Greater Manchester, language diversity, local government, Multilingual Manchester, UNESCO International Mother Language Day

Inequalities in ageing: health disadvantages amongst ethnic minority groups

By Ruth Watkinson and Alex Turner Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: February 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on most ethnic minority groups in England. But this inequality is a crisis within a crisis – the pandemic has laid bare and exacerbated existing deep-rooted health inequalities. Here, Dr Ruth Watkinson and Dr Alex Turner, from the Health Organisation, Policy and Economics group (HOPE) and the […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, care quality, communities, COVID-19, disability, health and social care, inequality, NHS, NHS improvement, Pandemic

Getting women’s voices into policymaking in Greater Manchester

Francesca Gains By Francesca Gains Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Devo, Growth and Inclusion Posted: August 26, 2020

Progress toward achieving equality in life chances, so that all citizens can fulfil their potential, has been slow. Despite women in the UK having the vote for over 100 years and protection from equalities legislation since the 1970s, there are still significant inequalities in the educational, employment, care and retirement choices available to men and […]

Tagged With: communities, devolution, diversity, Domestic abuse, gender equality, Greater Manchester, inequality, local government, SoSS, VAWG

Follow the science

By Martin Yuille and Bill Ollier Filed Under: Health and Social Care, Science and Engineering Posted: June 23, 2020

The underlying conditions that make COVID-19 into a killer disease are themselves pandemics. Here, Honorary Reader Martin Yuille and Professor Emeritus Bill Ollier outline the need to tackle these conditions by combining public policy reform with community change and technological innovation. Underlying health conditions are the greatest risk factor associated with COVID-19 mortality A new […]

Tagged With: care quality, communities, COVID-19, health policy, local government, Pandemic, public health, science & engineering, technology

The voluntary and community sector and COVID-19: Going to war without ammunition?

Tine BuffelCamilla Lewis By Sophie Yarker, Kirsty Bagnall, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis and Christopher Phillipson Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: June 16, 2020

COVID-19 has forced us all to rethink how to maintain social connections in the neighbourhoods where we live and work. For the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE), this has meant a rapid rethink in how to provide services whilst observing social distancing guidelines. In this blog, Sophie Yarker and Kirsty Bagnall, along with Tine Buffel, Patty […]

Tagged With: age & loneliness, communities, COVID-19, equalities, equality, equality & human rights, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, inequalities, inequality, loneliness, older people, Pandemic, Treasury, voluntary & social enterprise

Locked down by inequality: Why place matters for older people during COVID-19

Camilla LewisTine Buffel By Christopher Phillipson, Camilla Lewis, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran and Sophie Yarker Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: June 1, 2020

Older people have borne the brunt of deaths from COVID-19, whether in hospital or in care homes. At the same time, the coronavirus emergency sits alongside a crisis in many of the communities in which older people live. In this blog, Chris Phillipson, Camilla Lewis, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran and Sophie Yarker examine how the […]

Tagged With: age, age and loneliness, communities, COVID-19, equalities, equality, Health inequalities, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, local government, loneliness, older people, Pandemic, Social inequalities, Social Justice

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