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Antifungal resistance – a growing global problem

By David Denning Filed Under: Energy and Environment, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Science and Technology Posted: April 26, 2022

The spread of resistance to antifungal medications has led to many serious infections becoming untreatable, compromising patient safety and posing a global public health threat. The World Health Organisation (WHO) will soon publish its fungal pathogen priority list, highlighting fungi that are already untreatable, and those for which treatment outcomes are poor. In this blog, […]

Tagged With: 2022 Top 5, biotechnology, consumption, environment, food & agriculture, Health & Social Care, public health, SBS, science & engineering

Rapid diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections

By David Denning Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Science and Technology Posted: April 4, 2022

The rapid and accurate diagnosis of fungal infections is crucial to effective treatment and ultimately saves lives. Diagnostics are often not widely available in low income countries leading to inappropriate and delayed treatments. This is the case for a serious fungal infection called chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA), and often for other fungal infections associated with […]

Tagged With: Health & Safety, Health inequalities, inequalities, international development, public health, SBS, science & engineering

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

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Improving air quality in urban areas

Sheena Cruickshank By Sheena Cruickshank Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Urban Posted: February 3, 2022

Air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to health in the UK, thought to cause between 28,000 and 36,000 deaths a year. It has also been linked with the development and worsening of coronary heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease and lung cancer, exacerbates asthma and hay fever, and worsens the outcomes of respiratory infections such […]

Tagged With: #BuildingUtopia, air quality, environment, Health inequalities, inequalities, Lydia Becker Institute, MERI, public health, SoSS, urban

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How to build healthy cities

James EvansDavid ToppingSheena CruickshankJamie Anderson By James Evans, Luke Munford, David Topping, Sheena Cruickshank and Jamie Anderson Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Urban Posted: January 31, 2022

Cities are key places. Changing the way we plan and develop cities will be essential to meet our net zero targets as well as improve the health and lives of people in urban areas. In this blog, Professor James Evans, Dr Luke Munford, Professor David Topping, Professor Sheena Cruickshank and Dr Jamie Anderson explore the […]

Tagged With: #BuildingUtopia, air quality, climate change, environment, Lydia Becker Institute, MERI, micra, MUI, public health, SEED, urban, wellbeing

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Critical time to prevent cognitive decline in children and prevent neurodegenerative disease

Martie van Tongeren By Martie van Tongeren Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Health and Care Posted: November 15, 2021

Children and the elderly face a greater risk of negative health effects arising from exposure to air pollution. In this blog, Professor Martie van Tongeren explores the impacts of air pollutant exposure on children’s cognitive performance, working memory and attention control. He highlights policy interventions that can be implemented across schools, local authorities and the […]

Tagged With: air quality, Children & Young People, environment, Health & Social Care, MERI, public health, wellbeing

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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

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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

Doctors and Health professionals sat around a desk

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 […]

Tagged With: care quality, Health & Social Care, health and social care, HOPE, NHS, NHS improvement, OnPrimaryCare, public health

Health messaging in the vaccine rollout: the role of the community

By Prasenjit Sarkhel and Upasak Das Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: March 31, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been met with much enthusiasm, with some hailing it as the beginning of the end of the pandemic. But health experts fear such optimism might prompt people to pay less attention to hygienic compliance measures, such as hand washing and wearing masks in public. The emergence of new strains in […]

Tagged With: communities, COVID-19, GDI, Health & Social Care, health and social care, international development, public health, SEED

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