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Out of mind? What policymakers should learn from those who shielded from COVID-19

By Charlotte Sharp and Lynn Laidlaw Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: October 3, 2023

Between the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and September 2021, 4.1 million people in the UK were asked to ‘shield’, including those with autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. Shielding recommendations included staying at home, avoiding all face-to-face contact with those outside shielders’ households, and limiting interactions within households. Here, Dr Charlotte Sharp and Lynn […]

“I don’t do anything”: It’s time to place more emphasis on strength training in later life

By Ashley Gluchowski Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: November 28, 2022

Since 2011, the UK Chief Medical Officers’ (CMOs) guidelines on physical activity have included strength recommendations. However, there is limited evidence that these recommendations are getting through to those who need them. In this blog, Dr Ashley Gluchowski outlines how older adults are engaging with the guidelines, and whether more can be done by public […]

Institutional abuse and neglect: time for policy and regulatory reform?

By Kirsty Keywood and Margaret Flynn Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care Posted: February 1, 2022

Attention to the abuse and neglect of people in institutional settings is at the forefront of existing and proposed policy agendas. Investigations, reviews and calls for action feature in the workload of the Joint Committee on Human Rights; the Health and Social Care Select Committee; the Equality and Human Rights Committee and the Care Quality […]

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 […]

Citizen’s data, healthcare and trust

By John Ainsworth and Niels Peek Filed Under: Digital Futures, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: August 11, 2020

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 […]

Gender and sexual violence

By Cath White, Rabiya Majeed-Ariss and David Gadd Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: March 2, 2020

Sexual violence can have devastating consequences for victims. In this blog, Dr Catherine White, Dr Rabiya Majeed-Ariss and Professor David Gadd explore how gender intersects with social demographic characteristics to compound vulnerabilities and complicate access to services. Most adult victims of sexual violence are females, and perpetrators of sexual violence are predominantly male. In 2017, […]

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