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Did the UK fail in its management of mpox? Lessons for future pandemics

A picture of Maurice NagingtonA photo of Jeremy WilliamsA photo of Jaime By Maurice Nagington, Jeremy Williams and Jaime Garcia-Iglesias Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: April 24, 2024

In 2022, Europe, the US, and Canada experienced widespread community transmission of mpox, constituting a health emergency. Previously, mpox had been endemic to Central and Western Africa. In the UK, a wide response involving multiple stakeholders was developed. In this article, Dr Maurice Nagington, Dr Jeremy Williams, and Dr Jaime Garcia-Iglesias discuss the findings of […]

Tagged With: communities, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, LGBTQ+, NHS, public health, SHS

Can we upskill the health and social care workforce to meet the growing demand for digital transformation?

Dr Alan Davies headshot photoProfessor Angela Davies By Alan Davies and Angela Davies Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: April 22, 2024

There has been growing interest regarding the potential of digital transformation to aid the UK’s health and social care system in its ambition to meet modern demands placed upon it. But what skills do different employees in this sector need – and is the infrastructure in place to support them? Here, Dr Alan Davies and […]

Tagged With: care quality, digital, Digital Divide, Health & Social Care, innovation, NHS, NHS Digital, Pankhurst Institute, SHS, technology

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Mind your language: interpreters in Mental Health Act assessments

Photo of Professor Alys YoungRebecca TiptonPhoto of Dr Natalia Rodriguez-Vicente By Alys Young, Rebecca Tipton and Natalia Rodríguez-Vicente Filed Under: Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Open Minds Posted: April 4, 2024

In England and Wales, the Mental Health Act can be used to detain people experiencing a mental health crisis, and who may pose a danger to themselves or others. However, some of those assessed under these powers will not use spoken English. Here, Professor Alys Young, Dr Rebecca Tipton, and Dr Natalia Rodríguez-Vicente explore the effects on the assessment […]

Tagged With: diversity, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, immigration, inequalities, mental health, Racial Inequalities, SALC, SHS

Mind the gap: supporting prison leavers with mental illness

Dr Charlotte Lennox By Jane Senior, Jenny Shaw and Charlotte Lennox Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Open Minds Posted: March 27, 2024

Many people in prison have severe mental health problems, but what is being done to help these individuals resettle when released? And how can policy and practice reduce reoffending rates, while ensuring prison leavers with mental illnesses are given the support they need to reintegrate into the community? Here, Dr Jane Senior, Professor Jennifer Shaw, and Dr Charlotte […]

Tagged With: Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, justice, mental health, NHS, SHS

Locked up like adults – COVID-19 experiences for children in custodial settings

Dr Charlotte Lennox By Charlotte Lennox Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Open Minds Posted: March 19, 2024

During the early period of the pandemic, there was a lack of detailed guidance for many groups, including the secure estate. For children in custodial settings, this meant staff often applied measures intended for adult prisons, in lieu of any other information. Here, Dr Charlotte Lennox shares her research showing children in such settings were an invisible group […]

Tagged With: #OpenMinds, Children & Young People, COVID-19, crime, Health & Social Care, justice, mental health, SHS, Youth mental health

The toll of ‘Deaths of Despair’ in England

By Christine Camacho and Luke Munford Filed Under: British Politics, Cities and Environment, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Levelling up, Urban Posted: March 15, 2024

In 2015, a phenomenon coined as ‘Deaths of Despair’ (DoD) emerged in the US, highlighting an alarming increase in mortality due to drugs, alcohol, and suicides, particularly among white men without a college education. Here, Christine Camacho and Dr Luke Munford explore the spatial patterning of these deaths in England, where an estimated 46,200 lives […]

Tagged With: ARC-GM, british politics, communities, devolution, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, HOPE, inequalities, Levelling Up, local government, mental health, public health, SHS

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Joining the dots: assessing the roll out of social prescribing link workers in primary care

Paul Wilson headshot By Paul Wilson Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: March 14, 2024

Social prescribing is the referral of patients to non-clinical treatments – often for mental health needs and long-term health conditions. In 2019, the NHS Long Term Plan embedded the role of link workers to coordinate and refer patients from Primary Care Networks. But are the right areas getting the support they need – and how […]

Tagged With: ARC-GM, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, local government, loneliness, mental health, NHS, Racial Inequalities, SHS

Practice under pressure: how can the exodus of GPs be reversed?

By Imelda McDermott and Sharon Spooner Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: August 31, 2023

There is a workforce crisis in UK primary care. Analysis of the latest workforce data confirms a continuing drop in England’s number of general practitioners (GPs) – the equivalent of 2,133 fewer fully qualified, full-time GPs than in September 2015. One answer from policymakers has been the introduction of non-GP practitioners into surgeries, to alleviate […]

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

Levelling up or widening the gap?

By Christine Camacho and Luke Munford Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Cities and Environment, Levelling up, UK economy Posted: May 3, 2023

There are deep-rooted regional inequalities in health and wealth across England. ‘Levelling Up’ is the UK Government’s flagship policy to redress these inequalities through additional investment, with the Community Renewal Fund (CRF) one strand of this funding. In this article, Christine Camacho and Dr Luke Munford examine the allocation of the first round of the […]

Tagged With: ARC-GM, british politics, communities, economy, Health inequalities, inclusive growth, inequalities, Levelling Up, poverty, SHS

Fighting the war with drugs: How can psychedelic-assisted therapies help veterans?

By Jo Neill, Verity Wainwright and Frances Smith Filed Under: British Politics, Health and Care, Research and development, Science and Technology Posted: December 1, 2022

Around 17% of recent military veterans in the UK report symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and currently available treatments don’t work for many of these. Here, Professor Jo Neill, Dr Verity Wainwright, and Frances Smith report the findings of a new study into the role that psilocybin (the active constituent of so-called ‘magic’ mushrooms) […]

Tagged With: british politics, Business Energy & Industry, defence, Health & Social Care, innovation, justice, mental health, science & engineering, SHS, wellbeing

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