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Too close to the sun: The health benefits and economic case for banning sunbeds

By Katherine Payne, Paul Lorigan and Adèle Green Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: June 16, 2022

Melanoma skin cancers are the UK’s fifth most common cancer, causing over 2,000 deaths each year. Over 85% of cases are preventable, with excessive exposure to ultraviolet light the most common cause, including the ultraviolet light used in sunbeds. The cancer risk from sunbeds is well known, but a new study has outlined the stark […]

Making light work: Recommendations for healthy lighting

By Rob Lucas and Tim Brown Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Health and Care, Science and Technology, Urban Posted: June 7, 2022

Light exposure has important effects on human health and wellbeing, regulating our sleep/wake cycles, and influencing our mental and physical health. Advances in our understanding of the role of light in health, and emerging lighting technologies, now present opportunities to adjust lighting to promote optimal physical and mental health and performance. In this blog, Professor […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hiding in plain sight: why are the UK and US keeping the transatlantic trade negotiations under wraps?

By Jasem Tarawneh and Nicolette Butler Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion Posted: May 17, 2021

In the current climate of political uncertainty, transparency is fundamental to the negotiation of the UK-US free trade agreement. Coupled with the economic ramifications of the pandemic, which has had a profound impact on both countries, transparency will play an integral role in legitimising the outcome of this agreement and its acceptance from a democratic […]

Quality matters in community pharmacy

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 […]

Place-based developments in health care: What can we learn from health and wellbeing boards?

By Anna Coleman Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care, Science and Engineering Posted: April 15, 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. In this blog, Dr Anna Coleman from the Health Organisation, Policy and Economics (HOPE) group, emphasises the importance of Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs) as integral functions in […]

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 […]

Hiding in plain sight: why are the UK and US keeping the transatlantic trade negotiations under wraps?

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