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A clinician measuring a patient's blood pressure using a device on their finger.

Change for the better: how can the NHS Health Check better help patients manage cardiovascular disease risk?

Sophie GriffithsBrian McMillanKiera BartlettDavid French By Sophie Griffiths, Brian McMillan, Kiera Bartlett and David French Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: April 17, 2025

The NHS Health Check reaches more than a million patients each year. It involves cardiovascular risk assessments, which can be used to develop management strategies to help patients lower their risk of cardiovascular disease. But how often do these checks lead to sustained behaviour change? In this piece, published as part of the Healthy Hearts […]

Tagged With: Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, NHS, NHS Digital, public health, SHS

Two women are looking at each other laughing

Cervical cancer prevention: ensuring equity throughout the screening process

A portrait of Caroline SandersA portrait of Emma CrosbieJennifer Davies By Stephanie Gillibrand, Caroline Sanders, Emma Crosbie and Jennifer Davies Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: February 27, 2025

Cervical cancer accounts for 1 in 50 new cancer cases in women and people with a cervix in the UK. Screening is essential to identify and treat preinvasive cervical disease, but many people report barriers to engaging with or accessing screening services. Here, Stephanie Gillibrand, Caroline Sanders, Emma Crosbie and Jennifer Davies share research into […]

Tagged With: cancer, care quality, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities

Four children in white t-shirt uniforms are smiling and running

Transforming children and young people’s futures through PE, school sport, and physical activity

Sarah MacQuarrieAlexandra Hennessey author headshot By Sarah MacQuarrie and Alexandra Hennessey Filed Under: All posts, Education, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: February 12, 2025

Today’s children and young people encounter multifaceted challenges, including mental health concerns, reduced physical activity, and persistent inequities in access to sports. As the post-pandemic landscape reshapes our society, physical education (PE), school sports, and physical activity (PESSPA) emerge as critical tools in fostering healthier, happier, and more resilient children and young people. In this […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, loneliness, mental health, sport

NHS building

The growing infrastructure crisis in English NHS hospitals

By Anne Stafford Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Urban Posted: January 7, 2025

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, NHS England remains in crisis. We are now accustomed to ambulances queuing outside accident and emergency departments, bed shortages, growing waiting lists for elective care, and old, crumbling hospital buildings. In this article, from our On Infrastructure publication, Professor Anne Stafford examines the consequences of using private finance to deliver healthcare […]

Tagged With: #OnInfrastructure, AMBS, COVID-19, Health & Social Care, infrastructure, NHS, NHS improvement

A child's hand holding a toothbrush under a running tap.

Brushing up on oral health: how can health policy prevent tooth decay in children?

Dr Georgios KitsarasProfessor Tanya Walsh By Georgios Kitsaras, Michaela Goodwin and Tanya Walsh Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: November 12, 2024

Children’s oral health in England is in crisis, with thousands of children across the country suffering from dental caries, the most prevalent and prominent form of dental disease. In response, the government has promised measures to tackle dental health inequalities. But how can policymakers best implement this plan to ensure it has the desired impact? […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, public health, schools, SMS

Closeup of stressed teenage girl talking to mental health therapist in session

Social and Emotional Learning for Every Child: Why SEL Matters

By Ola Demkowicz, Suzanne Hamilton, Lauren Burke and Annie O'Brien Filed Under: Education, Health and Care Posted: November 6, 2024

As concerns surrounding children’s mental health continue to grow, the role schools can play in supporting children’s mental health is receiving more attention. Universal, school-based interventions known as  “Social and emotional learning” (SEL) interventions, delivered to all children, are a cost-effective and non-stigmatising approach to supporting wellbeing and healthy child development. These interventions aim to […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, education, Health & Social Care, MIE, schools, SEED, Youth mental health

Several women practicing football on a grass field

Creating SPACES for young people’s wellbeing

Stephanie RaySamuel Hugh-Jones By Neil Humphrey, Stephanie Ray and Samuel Hugh-Jones Filed Under: Education, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: September 12, 2024

Adolescent wellbeing is a predictor of school attainment, adult mental health, relationships, and socioeconomic outcomes. However, the wellbeing of young people in the UK has significantly decreased in the last two decades. Current research into creative health has found increasingly positive links between supporting participation in arts, culture, entertainment,and sports (SPACES) and young people’s wellbeing. […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, Greater Manchester, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, local government, loneliness, mental health, schools, sport

Supermarket aisle with unhealthy food

The childhood obesity crisis – driven by deprivation?

Rachel Griffith By Professor Dame Rachel Griffith Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, UK economy Posted: May 7, 2024

Children growing up in the most deprived areas of the UK are over twice as likely to be obese as children growing up in the least deprived areas. Obesity and associated malnutrition in childhood can have significant long-term impacts on physical and psychological health, and on children’s long-term social and economic outcomes. In this article, […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, communities, Health & Social Care

A hospital signpost, pointing toward the Outpatients Department, and the Maternity Department

From mental health to maternal health: understanding the link

A photo of Dr Holly HopeA photo of Dr Rohna KearneyA photo of Professor Kathryn Abel By Holly Hope, Rohna Kearney and Kathryn Abel Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: May 1, 2024

It is increasingly recognised that women’s health needs are under-resourced, under-researched, and under-funded. But what happens to women for whom multiple health needs overlap? Here, Dr Holly Hope, Dr Rohna Kearney, and Professor Kathryn Abel outline their research into the reproductive health outcomes of women with mental illness, and what is needed from policy and […]

Tagged With: care quality, gender inequalities, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, mental health, NHS, SHS, SMS

A directory sign at an NHS facility; one arrow points to the sexual health clinic

Did the UK fail in its management of mpox? Lessons for future pandemics

A picture of Maurice NagingtonA photo of Jeremy WilliamsA photo of Jaime By Maurice Nagington, Jeremy Williams and Jaime Garcia-Iglesias Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: April 24, 2024

In 2022, Europe, the US, and Canada experienced widespread community transmission of mpox, constituting a health emergency. Previously, mpox had been endemic to Central and Western Africa. In the UK, a wide response involving multiple stakeholders was developed. In this article, Dr Maurice Nagington, Dr Jeremy Williams, and Dr Jaime Garcia-Iglesias discuss the findings of […]

Tagged With: communities, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, LGBTQ+, NHS, public health, SHS

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