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Health inequalities and regional productivity

By Luke Munford and Clare Bambra Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care, Levelling up, OnProductivity Posted: November 18, 2022

The health of those living in the north is worse than those living in the south, and this inequality is reflected in the comparative economic performance as well. The regional inequality in economic performance is prominent throughout the United Kingdom. In this blog, Dr Luke Munford and Professor Clare Bambra explore the links between health […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, Greater Manchester, health and social care, Health inequalities, inequalities, local government, MERI, micra, NHS, NHS improvement, OnProductivity, productivity, public health

Child of the North: Child mental wellbeing

By Pamela Qualter, Neil Humphrey, Ola Demkowicz, Matt Sutton and Stephanie Gillibrand Filed Under: Education, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: November 2, 2022

Children’s mental health and wellbeing was deteriorating prior to COVID-19, but there was significant decline during the pandemic, particularly in the North of England. This blog post covers the collaboration between Professor Pamela Qualter, Professor Matt Sutton, Stephanie Gillibrand, Professor Neil Humphrey and Dr Ola Demkowicz in their study of children’s mental health, originally published […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, AMBS, Children & Young People, communities, COVID-19, education, gender inequalities, inequalities, Levelling Up, loneliness, MIE, Pandemic, schools, SEED, SHS, wellbeing, Youth mental health

Child of the North: The economic impacts of child health

By Rose Atkins and Luke Munford Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Levelling up, UK economy Posted: October 26, 2022

The economic performance of the North of England consistently lags behind the national average. One factor that could partly explain this ‘productivity gap’ is the poorer physical and mental health of children in the North, along with a widening educational gap, with long-lasting impacts on the labour market. In this blog, Dr Rose Atkins and […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, AMBS, Children & Young People, COVID-19, education, gender inequalities, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, Levelling Up, MERI, micra, Pandemic, schools, SHS, SoSS, students, wellbeing, Youth mental health

Public transport and the pandemic: perceptions of risk and mitigation

By Anna Coleman and Nicola Gartland Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Health and Care, Urban Posted: March 14, 2022

Throughout the pandemic, public transport has been identified as a significant potential hub of transmission for the disease, with messaging urging people to avoid it wherever possible. Despite this guidance, however, there was little evidence on how great this risk was, or the effectiveness of mitigation measures such as masks and ventilation. In this blog, […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, AMBS, Ashton Institute, COVID-19, Health & Safety, public health, SHS, trade unions, transport, urban, work & pensions

The Child of the North: Building a fairer future after COVID-19

By Luke Munford, Pamela Qualter and Matt Sutton Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Education, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Urban Posted: December 20, 2021

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, growing evidence has shown the effects of the disease, and measures to contain it, have not been felt equally across the UK, with the North of England one of the hardest hit regions. Even before the pandemic, the North suffered from higher levels of poverty, poor health, and inequality compared to […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, AMBS, Children & Young People, COVID-19, economy, Greater Manchester, Health & Social Care, housing, inequalities, Levelling Up, productivity, schools, SEED, SoSS, welfare, wellbeing, Youth mental health

picture of general practitioners

Achieving the right mix of skills in general practice: it’s a process not a destination

By Imelda McDermott, Sharon Spooner and Kath Checkland Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: October 12, 2021

Last year, Dr Imelda McDermott and Dr Sharon Spooner published an article in On Primary Care highlighting policy-driven organisational changes in how general practice is delivered. In the first blog of this series, Dr McDermott, Dr Spooner and Professor Kath Checkland looked at how GP practices are managing changes in the practitioner workforce. In this piece, the authors focus on […]

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

Doctors hold a staff meeting in a treatment room at a general practitioner's surgery

Managing changes in the general practice workforce

By Sharon Spooner, Imelda McDermott and Kath Checkland Filed Under: All posts, Featured, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: June 28, 2021

Last year, Dr Imelda McDermott and Dr Sharon Spooner published an article in On Primary Care highlighting policy-driven organisational changes in how general practice is delivered. In this blog, Dr McDermott and Dr Spooner are joined by Professor Kath Checkland and they argue that the future face of general practice is about more than innovative […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, care quality, Health & Social Care, labour market, NHS, NHS improvement, productivity, public health

Pharmacist at work

Quality matters in community pharmacy

Ali Hindi By Sally Jacobs and Ali Hindi Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, primary care services Posted: May 6, 2021

This article was originally published in On Primary Care, a collection of essays identifying the challenges and opportunities facing policymakers today in the UK primary care sector. Here, Dr Ali Hindi, from the Center of Pharmacy Workforce Studies and Dr Sally Jacobs, from the Institute for Health Policy and Organisation, respond to a lack of guidance from NHS […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, care quality, CPWS, Health & Social Care, NHS, NHS improvement, OnPrimaryCare

A male nurse wipes the arm of a young man who is about to receive a vaccination

Area-based vaccination would better protect against COVID-19

By Ruth Watkinson and Matt Sutton Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: February 26, 2021

The early stages of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the UK have been a remarkable success from many perspectives: we have one of the highest rates of vaccination per capita, high uptake, and the government has met its first vaccination target. However, this rollout has taken place amidst a devastating surge of COVID-19 deaths, and […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, AMBS, communities, COVID-19, Health & Social Care, health and social care, HOPE, inequality, Pandemic, public health

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 […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, care quality, communities, COVID-19, disability, Health & Social Care, health and social care, Health inequalities, HOPE, inequalities, inequality, NHS, NHS improvement, Pandemic, Racial Inequalities

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