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In the rush to implement Integrated Care Systems, don’t forget Health and Wellbeing Boards

By Anna Coleman Filed Under: Health and Social Care Posted: August 6, 2019

In the context of the changes set out in the recent NHS long term plan (2019), Dr Anna Coleman draws our attention to the recently published LGA report which highlights some of the good work that Health and Wellbeing Boards have been undertaking since they were introduced in 2013. She suggests the new place-based system of […]

Tagged With: care quality, Health & Social Care, local government, NHS, public health

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Maximising the potential of new non-medical professional roles in general practice: Lessons from Greater Manchester

By Pauline Nelson Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: June 4, 2019

Increased patient demand and GP shortages have led to widespread strain on primary health services. In particular, GPs struggle in their unique roles as both expert medical generalists and holistic providers of patient-centred care. A greater ‘skill-mix’ for the coordination and delivery of care has been introduced, in order to ease capacity and widen support […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, care quality, Health & Social Care, NHS, NHS improvement, public health

Maximising opportunities to engage healthcare professionals in public health policy

By Chris Keyworth Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: May 22, 2019

‘Prevention’ continues to grow as a focus of public health policy, seeking to enhance general well-being across a population and to avoid the potential future costs of treatment for avoidable conditions. Here, Chris Keyworth discusses one of the NHS’ flagship prevention initiatives, ‘Making Every Contact Count’. Making Every Contact Count has been designed to form […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, behavioural science, care quality, Health & Social Care, NHS, prevention, public health

Fixing the NHS in England: what do NHS England’s proposed changes to legislation mean?

By Kath Checkland Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: April 30, 2019

Professor Kath Checkland of the University’s Health Organisation, Policy and Economics unit (HOPE) investigates what the legislative changes accompanying the Government’s new ‘Long-Term Plan’ for the NHS actually mean in practice. Proposals for legislative change have been included in the Government’s new ‘Long-Term Plan’ for the NHS in an attempt to counteract some of the unhelpful consequences […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, Health & Social Care, Health and Social Care Act, HOPE, inequalities, NHS, NHS England

Is primary healthcare a hostile environment? The barriers facing asylum seekers and refugees accessing general practitioners in the UK

By Louise Tomkow and Rebecca Farrington Filed Under: Health and Social Care Posted: February 18, 2019

Dr Louise Tomkow is a Geriatric Registrar in the Northwest deanery and a PhD researcher exploring migration and health at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, The University of Manchester. Dr Rebecca Farrington is a General Practitioner working with asylum seekers and refugees and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at The University of Manchester. In their blog they highlight how: […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, #SDG No Poverty, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, asylum, asylum seekers, general practice, GP, HCRI, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, immigration, inequalities, poverty, primary care, refugee

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Understanding the impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases on work

Dr Suzan Verstappen By Suzan Verstappen Filed Under: Health and Social Care Posted: February 12, 2019

Dr Suzan Verstappen has blogged for us on the impact of Rheumatoid and Musculoskeletal Disease (RMD) on the workforce. Here, she outlines how her research, in association with a number of national research projects, aims to furnish the evidence base by which the extent of the RMD challenge to both workforce health and workplace design […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Decent Work and Economic Growth, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, labour market, productivity, RMD, workforce, workplace

Don’t panic! Keep calm and help young people to benefit from social media

By Neil Humphrey and Margarita Panayiotou Filed Under: Digital Futures, Health and Social Care Posted: February 7, 2019

In our final blog for Children’s Mental Health Week, Professor Neil Humphrey and Dr Margarita Panayiotou discuss mental health and social media. A causal link between young people’s use of digital technologies and their subsequent experience of mental health difficulties has not been proven. Social media can have both positive and negative effects on mental […]

Tagged With: #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, Children & Young People, children's mental health, CMHW, digital, Digital Futures, Health & Social Care, mental health, MIE, screen time, social media, World Mental Health Day, Youth mental health

Action on youth loneliness

By Pamela Qualter Filed Under: Health and Social Care Posted: February 4, 2019

In this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week, Pamela Qualter, Professor of Education at the Manchester Institute of Education and principle investigator on the BBC Loneliness Experiment, would like people to take a moment to think about loneliness: how does it affect children’s wellbeing and how might we help them manage those lonely experiences successfully? Often, […]

Tagged With: #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, Children & Young People, children's mental health, CMHW, Health & Social Care, inequalities, loneliness, mental health, MIE, World Mental Health Day, Youth mental health

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When is a plan not a plan? Reflections on the NHS Long Term Plan.

By Kath Checkland and Jon Hammond Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: January 14, 2019

Professor Kath Checkland and Dr Jon Hammond of the University’s Health Organisation, Policy and Economics unit (HOPE) share their thoughts on the Government’s new ‘Long-Term Plan’ for the NHS.  The new NHS Long Term Plan, and the investment associated with it, are welcome announcements but still fall short of most accepted definitions of ‘plan’ A full […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, HOPE, inequalities, NHS, social care

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Understanding antibiotic resistance: A national antibiotic prescribing dashboard for policymakers

By Katie McCall Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: January 8, 2019

Antibiotic resistance has been a major concern of policymakers for decades, with wide-ranging impacts upon the world’s food production, sanitation, hospital treatment, and population health systems. Here, Katie McCall of Greater Manchester Connected Health City (GM CHC) discusses how their newly launched antibiotic prescribing dashboard can help healthcare stakeholders and policymakers to understand the extent […]

Tagged With: #Reduced Inequalities, #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, antibiotics, GPs, Greater Manchester, Health & Social Care, Health and Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, innovation, NHS, pharmacy, technology

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