#SDG Good Health and Well-Being

Maximising the potential of new non-medical professional roles in general practice: Lessons from Greater Manchester

By Pauline Nelson Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: June 4, 2019

Increased patient demand and GP shortages have led to widespread strain on primary health services. In particular, GPs struggle in their unique roles as both expert medical generalists and holistic providers of patient-centred care. A greater ‘skill-mix’ for the coordination and delivery of care has been introduced, in order to ease capacity and widen support […]

Maximising opportunities to engage healthcare professionals in public health policy

By Chris Keyworth Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: May 22, 2019

‘Prevention’ continues to grow as a focus of public health policy, seeking to enhance general well-being across a population and to avoid the potential future costs of treatment for avoidable conditions. Here, Chris Keyworth discusses one of the NHS’ flagship prevention initiatives, ‘Making Every Contact Count’. Making Every Contact Count has been designed to form […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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: […]

Understanding the impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases on work

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 […]

Don’t panic! Keep calm and help young people to benefit from social media

By Neil Humphrey and Margarita Panayiotou Filed Under: Digital Futures, Health and Social Care Posted: February 7, 2019

In our final blog for Children’s Mental Health Week, Professor Neil Humphrey and Dr Margarita Panayiotou discuss mental health and social media. A causal link between young people’s use of digital technologies and their subsequent experience of mental health difficulties has not been proven. Social media can have both positive and negative effects on mental […]

Breaking the silence: The importance of student involvement in school mental health

By Cathy Atkinson and Lucy Wilkinson Filed Under: Digital Futures, Education, Health and Care Posted: February 5, 2019

Hardly a day passes when adolescent mental health is not in the news. Dr Cathy Atkinson, Senior Lecturer in Education and Child Psychology at the Manchester Institute of Education, and Lucy Wilkinson, sixth-form student at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, discuss their research into student-led mental health initiatives at AGGS, and suggest that this approach […]

Action on youth loneliness

By Pamela Qualter Filed Under: Health and Social Care Posted: February 4, 2019

In this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week, Pamela Qualter, Professor of Education at the Manchester Institute of Education and principle investigator on the BBC Loneliness Experiment, would like people to take a moment to think about loneliness: how does it affect children’s wellbeing and how might we help them manage those lonely experiences successfully? Often, […]

A lonely new year: how can we prevent loneliness in older age?

By Natalie Cotterell Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: January 16, 2019

The post-Christmas lull is deemed to be a particularly lonely time for many individuals. As ‘Blue Monday’ fast approaches, Natalie Cotterell, PhD student in Social Statistics, discusses the challenges to successfully tackling loneliness. Approximately 14% of the UK population has reported that they often feel lonely, and this number has been found to rise to […]

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