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Unjamming the (bio)printer: how can regulatory reform unleash new and advanced biomaterials?

By Marco Domingos Filed Under: Health and Care, Research and development, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology Posted: March 4, 2024

3D bioprinting technologies hold huge potential to transform patient care and treatment, delivering the next generation of personalised medicine. But current legislative boundaries are poorly defined, and the pathways to approval are unclear, creating unnecessary delays and costs in getting these new technologies to patients. Here, Dr Marco Domingos from the Bioprinting Technology Platform argues […]

Tagged With: advanced materials, biotechnology, Health & Social Care, innovation, Royce, science & engineering, technology

Suicide prevention for veterans of the UK Armed Forces

Suicide prevention for veterans of the UK Armed Forces: adding to the national evidence base

By Cathryn Rodway and Jodie Westhead Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: February 26, 2024

There are no recent UK-wide studies, and comparatively few international ones, examining suicide in military veterans. This is despite increasing public concern about suicide and the mental health impact of serving in the UK Armed Forces, particularly following a period of intensive operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The recently published National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England sets […]

Tagged With: defence, Health & Social Care, mental health, public health

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Extending working lives – healthy ageing in the workplace

By Christopher Phillipson Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Social Care, UK economy Posted: February 22, 2024

One in three workers in the UK are aged over 50 – with this figure set to rise in coming decades. Current government employment policy is to encourage over 50s to either to remain or return to work. However, the lasting impacts of COVID-19, along with caring, health, and work issues facing older workers, are […]

Tagged With: employment, Health & Social Care, inequalities, labour market, mental health

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Culture shift: Tackling antimicrobial resistance from agriculture to operating table

By Michael Bottery, Michael Brockhurst, Michael Bromley, Lucie Byrne-Davis and Wendy Thompson Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care, Science and Technology Posted: February 19, 2024

In 2019, drug resistant microbial infections claimed more than 1.3 million lives, and over the next 25 years, it is expected that more people will die from drug resistant infections than from cancer. New antimicrobials and alternatives to traditional chemotherapeutic agents are urgently needed to treat infections that are resistant to all current therapies, alongside […]

Tagged With: #OnResilience, food & agriculture, Health & Social Care, innovation, NHS, public health, SBS, SMS

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What’s your language? Variation, dialect, interpreters and public services

Leonie Gaieser author imageRebecca Tipton By Leonie Gaiser and Rebecca Tipton Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, primary care services Posted: November 14, 2023

As our public services face increasing linguistic diversity, booking a spoken language interpreter is often more complex than service providers realise or are trained to handle. In this article, Dr Leonie Gaiser and Dr Rebecca Tipton draw on their cross-disciplinary expertise in Linguistics and Interpreting Studies, to explore challenges in arranging language provision and discuss […]

Tagged With: health, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, NHS

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

Charlotte Sharp headshot photo 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 […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, disability, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, mental health, NHS, Pandemic, public health, SBS

Ill-health and deprivation: How we can address health inequalities in left behind neighbourhoods

By Luke Munford Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: September 18, 2023

We have long known that the health of people living in deprived areas is worse than the national average. But this raises important questions, such as how big is the gap? Is it narrowing or growing over time? Are some deprived places worse off than others? And how do health inequalities affect economic performance? In […]

Tagged With: communities, devolution, economy, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, Levelling Up, local government, Power in Place, productivity, public health

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Capacity for change: improving the governance of dementia research

James Fletcher headshot By James Fletcher Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, primary care services, Research and development, Science and Technology Posted: September 11, 2023

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) outlines legal decision-making procedures in England and Wales for people above the age of 16 who have an impairment of, or disturbance in, the functioning of the mind or brain. It specifies that research involving these people must be approved by a research ethics committee (REC) sanctioned by the […]

Tagged With: cognitive impairment, dementia, health, Health & Social Care, mental capacity, mental capacity act, mental health, NHS, public health

Practice under pressure: how can the exodus of GPs be reversed?

By Imelda McDermott and Sharon Spooner Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: August 31, 2023

There is a workforce crisis in UK primary care. Analysis of the latest workforce data confirms a continuing drop in England’s number of general practitioners (GPs) – the equivalent of 2,133 fewer fully qualified, full-time GPs than in September 2015. One answer from policymakers has been the introduction of non-GP practitioners into surgeries, to alleviate […]

Tagged With: care quality, Health & Social Care, NHS, NHS improvement, public health, SHS

We all age differently: approaches to understand the diverse lives of older people

By Amy Barron Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Health and Social Care Posted: June 12, 2023

There’s no one kind of ‘older person’, and often, describing them as such overlooks the enormous diversity of this group. Policymakers and service providers have typically relied on one-size-fits-all approaches, which are not always appropriate for diverse populations within the umbrella of ‘older people’. Here, Dr Amy Barron outlines a new toolkit for policymakers to […]

Tagged With: care quality, communities, diversity, Health & Social Care, local government, micra, MUI, older people, SEED, urban

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