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Critical social infrastructure for older people

By Sophie Yarker Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: May 1, 2019

Sophie Yarker is a Research Fellow at the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA), working on the Greater Manchester-based Ambition for Ageing programme. In this blog, she discusses her research into the importance of social infrastructure for older people and the need to think about it in new ways. Face-to-face interactions are the […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Industry Innovation and Infrastructure, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, #SDG Sustainable Cities and Communities, ageing, ageing society, Business Energy & Industry, inequalities, loneliness, micra, older people, sustainability, urban

Fixing the NHS in England: what do NHS England’s proposed changes to legislation mean?

By Kath Checkland Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: April 30, 2019

Professor Kath Checkland of the University’s Health Organisation, Policy and Economics unit (HOPE) investigates what the legislative changes accompanying the Government’s new ‘Long-Term Plan’ for the NHS actually mean in practice. Proposals for legislative change have been included in the Government’s new ‘Long-Term Plan’ for the NHS in an attempt to counteract some of the unhelpful consequences […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, Health & Social Care, Health and Social Care Act, HOPE, inequalities, NHS, NHS England

Improving the census question on ‘language’ could help repair community relations and Britain’s international image post-Brexit

Yaron Matras By Yaron Matras Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: April 1, 2019

Yaron Matras, Professor of Linguistics, discusses the importance of changing the census question “What is your main language?” and the impact this change could have. The census question on language lacks a clear definition of what it means by ‘main language’ and forces multilingual households to select just one language. The Brexit debate includes conversations […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, Arts & Culture, Brexit, census, census data, communities, European Day of Languages, European Union, inequalities, international relations, language, language diversity, multilingual

Fuel poverty and low-carbon investment: a role for area-based policy?

picture of Stefan By Stefan Bouzarovski Filed Under: Energy and Environment, Growth and Inclusion Posted: March 25, 2019

The GMCA plans to launch a five year plan for carbon neutrality in Greater Manchester by 2038 at the Green Summit today. Stefan Bouzarovski, Professor of Human Geography, will be hosting a discussion table at the public sector space within the Green Summit. Here, he blogs about the importance of area-based fuel poverty and energy […]

Tagged With: #SDG Affordable and Clean Energy, #SDG Climate Action, #SDG No Poverty, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, #SDG Sustainable Cities and Communities, area-based policy, climate change, energy, fuel poverty, Green Summit, Green Summit 2019, inequalities, local government, poverty, sustainability

Pharmacist advising mother with baby

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

Ali HindiEllen headshot By Ali Hindi, Sally Jacobs and Ellen Schafheutle Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care Posted: March 6, 2019

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 […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, care quality, community, health, Health & Social Care, inequalities, NHS, pharmacy

Can Greater Manchester blaze the trail with an inclusive local industrial strategy?

Ruth Lupton By Ruth Lupton Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Urban Posted: March 4, 2019

Greater Manchester (GM) is one of a handful of ‘trailblazer’ areas selected to work with government on a local industrial strategy (LIS), due to be signed off in a few weeks’ time. As deliberations enter their final stages, Ruth Lupton, Head of the Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit (IGAU), looks at how the strategy might shape […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG No Poverty, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, #SDG Sustainable Cities and Communities, economy, GMCA, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, inequalities, infrastructure, LIS, Local industrial Strategy, poverty, productivity, sustainability

Lesbian and gay foster care and adoption: what’s changed over the last 20 years?

By Stephen Hicks Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: March 4, 2019

For LGBT+ Adoption and Fostering Week 2019, Dr Stephen Hicks, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, discusses the changes in policy over the last 20 years and the impact they have had on LGBTQ+ adopters and foster carers. Only 18 years ago, same-sex couples were not legally able jointly to adopt, and Section 28 of the […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Peace Justice and Strong Institutions, #SDG Quality Education, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, adoption, education, equality, foster, inequalities, justice, LGBTQ+, social work

Is primary healthcare a hostile environment? The barriers facing asylum seekers and refugees accessing general practitioners in the UK

By Louise Tomkow and Rebecca Farrington Filed Under: Health and Social Care Posted: February 18, 2019

Dr Louise Tomkow is a Geriatric Registrar in the Northwest deanery and a PhD researcher exploring migration and health at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, The University of Manchester. Dr Rebecca Farrington is a General Practitioner working with asylum seekers and refugees and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at The University of Manchester. In their blog they highlight how: […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, #SDG No Poverty, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, asylum, asylum seekers, general practice, GP, HCRI, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, immigration, inequalities, poverty, primary care, refugee

Why is government progress on fuel poverty stalling in England?

By Caitlin Robinson Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: February 15, 2019

In a recent report, the Committee on Fuel Poverty highlighted that progress on fuel poverty in England is stalling. On Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, Caitlin Robinson, Lecturer in Geography, reflects on reasons for this lack of progress and envisions a more ambitious approach to tackling fuel poverty. There is no typical profile of a fuel […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Affordable and Clean Energy, #SDG No Poverty, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, Business Energy & Industry, energy, energy poverty, fuel poverty, inequalities, poverty, spatial variation

A woman's hands with joint pain

Understanding the impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases on work

Dr Suzan Verstappen By Suzan Verstappen Filed Under: Health and Social Care Posted: February 12, 2019

Dr Suzan Verstappen has blogged for us on the impact of Rheumatoid and Musculoskeletal Disease (RMD) on the workforce. Here, she outlines how her research, in association with a number of national research projects, aims to furnish the evidence base by which the extent of the RMD challenge to both workforce health and workplace design […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Decent Work and Economic Growth, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, labour market, productivity, RMD, workforce, workplace

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