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Inequalities in ageing: health disadvantages amongst ethnic minority groups

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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 […]

Citizen’s data, healthcare and trust

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Health data has informed a central part our NHS for more than two decades, helping the informative bodies to improve services and understand health trends. This has also proved key in understanding, and attempting to mitigate, the worst impacts of COVID-19. However, when this data is shared with secondary bodies, does the public trust that […]

The Health and Social Care system under strain: Rethinking integration policies in the post-COVID-19 era

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In 2019, the NHS published plans (‘The NHS Long Term Plan’) promising to introduce inventive, ambitious ways to bring NHS and social care together across England, working with the private and voluntary sector, and users and carers. Needless to say, things have changed since 2019. Nevertheless, the recent COVID-19 pandemic is showing us just how […]

Follow the science

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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 […]

The ‘new normal’ for talking therapies after COVID-19: user-led, remote, informal and universal

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health services are providing support remotely. In this blog, Dr Warren Mansell, Reader in Clinical Psychology, discusses the positive ways that services have adapted and how they can be sustained in the future. The COVID-19 crisis has put into stark relief a chronic, pre-existing problem with the provision of talking […]

How inequalities are affecting the response to COVID-19

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In a recent clip widely shared on social media, Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis highlighted the inequalities at the heart of the current COVID-19 emergency, describing it as “a public health issue with huge ramifications for social welfare and a social welfare issue with huge ramifications for public health”. Here, Dr Bella Starling, Professor Arpana Verma and […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

Maximising opportunities to engage healthcare professionals in public health policy

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‘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 […]

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Integrating community pharmacy services in primary care: making better use of our healthcare venues

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The recently launched ‘NHS Long Term Plan’ proposes to make better use of community pharmacists’ skills and explore further efficiencies in community pharmacy in new primary care networks. In this blog, Ali Hindi, Ellen Schafheutle and Sally Jacobs highlight important factors for enhancing the use of community pharmacy services within primary care for patients with […]

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