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Children in the North most vulnerable to cost of living crisis
Northern ARCs co-authored an important new report published by the Northern Health Science Alliance and the All-Party Parliamentary Group Child of the North. It warns that, for many families in the region, the economic crisis will deepen an enduring child poverty crisis.
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Changes in children’s mental health and parents’ financial stress
A report from ARC Oxford and Thames Valley outlines the changes in child mental health and parental financial stress 30 months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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National programme helps prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies
A programme to increase the use of magnesium sulfate, a £1 injection that helps prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies, is effective according to an ARC West-led evaluation.
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Ethnic health inequalities in maternal and neonatal health
ARC West Midlands' Abimbola Ayorinde co-authored a report on ethnic health inequalities in maternal and neonatal health, that shows that NHS bodies must do more.
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Emergency healthcare: A national emergency
ARC Yorkshire and Humber’s Urgent and Emergency Care theme lead Sue Mason and theme Clinical Fellow Jamie Miles, both gave evidence for the recently published report of the inquiry by the House of Lords Public Services Committee into emergency care.
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Using data to improve urgent care treatment
An ARC South West Peninsula project using computer modelling has helped an NHS Trust reduce urgent care wait times and improve conditions for staff working on the front line.
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Material Citizenship: A transformative new approach to dementia care
ARC Wessex supported the Material Citizenship project. This approach uses personal objects to improve the care home experience and has been described as 'transformative'.
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Job centres as the front line for mental health services
ARC East of England's Adam Coutts co-authors a New Statesman peice about the pressing mental health crisis and the need to change the way front-line public services are designed.
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ARC helps develop national guidelines improving safety in anaesthesia
Implementation science experts at ARC South London have helped to develop new national guidelines for anaesthesia that will be implemented across the NHS in the UK.
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Substantial improvements in NHS care for orthopaedic patients
A new ARC North Thames study published in BMJ Open found significant improvements in care for patients undergoing hip and knee surgery through the NHS over the past decade.
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Interventions to reduce hospital outpatient no-shows
A rapid review by ARC Greater Manchester and the University of Manchester finds that a number of interventions may reduce hospital outpatient no-shows and save NHS costs.
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Inflammatory bowel disease: Delayed diagnosis linked to worse outcomes
ARC Northwest London has co-authored and co-funded the largest systematic review of global literature on the clinical outcomes of inflammatory bowel disease to date.
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New co-production guide launched
ARC Kent, Surrey and Sussex has produced a guide, looking at the evidence for co-production processes and how co-production enhances research and other outcomes.
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Interns shine at showcase event
Eight ARC North West Coast Interns from member organisations provided updates about their research progress in a recent showcase event at University of Central Lancashire.
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New NIHR collaboration to tackle multiple long term conditions
In England alone, 14 million people live with Multiple Long Term Conditions (MLTC). ARC East Midlands is co-chairing a five-year MLTC collaboration with £1.95 million NIHR funding.
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Cultural collaboration produces artwork for refugee project
An ARC South West Peninsula project supporting access to healthcare services for displaced people has brought people with refugee experience together with academics and art and cultural providers to produce artwork for the project.
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Over 50 and over your weekly units? Talking about alcohol in later life
Alcohol is related to over 60 health conditions, including high blood pressure, liver disease, depression, and many types of cancer – with the over 50s experiencing the most alcohol-related harm. This short film produced by ARC North East and North Cumbria introduces the topic of alcohol in later life.
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ARC delivers workshop for Merseyside Police
ARC North West Coast PhD Student Piotr Teodorowski writes a short blog about a hybrid workshop on engaging seldom-heard communities that he delivered for Merseyside Police. The focus was on migrants and ethnic minorities and providing an opportunity for police officers to reflect on their engagement with the local community.
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Building community leadership: A Health Research Ambassador's view
ARC West's Roy Kareem reflects on his role in the Health Research Ambassador programme, discusses the four workshops he has been involved in so far and reveals his hopes for the future.
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Improving awareness of diabetes-related blindness risk within the South Asian community
In this blog, ARC East of England interview Shahina Pardhan, Director of the Vision and Eye Research Institute at Anglia Ruskin University. She discusses the urgent need to address the high statistics of diabetic-related blindness within the South Asian community in the UK, and the development of a video training programme to improve awareness.
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Reducing the risk of obesity for people with severe mental illness
In this blog, ARC Yorkshire and Humber's Liz Newbronner discusses some of the reasons why people with severe mental illness are more vulnerable to obesity and highlights the support needed to help them achieve or maintain a healthy weight.
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Describing implementation science
ARC West Midlands' Director Richard Lilford provides his personal viewpoint on implementation science, advocating for some loosening up on the current insistence on detailed intervention descriptions.
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Life has no respect for Gantt charts
It has been quite a year for ARC Wessex's Sandra Bartolemeu Pires. Not only has she juggled parenthood, a PhD and family grief – but she’s moved - really moved.
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'I’m making it up as I go along!' We must build capacity for involvement
Why is it important to work on capacity building in the involvement of the public, communities, and service users in research? In this blog, Mary Newburn, Rachael Buabeng, Sarah Fisher and Zoe Vowles, from ARC South London's maternity and perinatal mental health research theme, reflect on the question.
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Awards / ARC Northwest London Improvement Leader Fellowship
Deadline to apply: 11 April
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ARC Northwest London are pleased to invite applications to join the 2023 cohort of their Improvement Leader Fellowship.
It consists of a free 12-month bespoke programme of seminars and workshops with an induction followed by monthly day long learning and networking meetings.
This programme has been developed to support future leaders in health and care to make meaningful changes to benefit staff, organisations, patients and the public.
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Catch up / ARCs national symposium on inequalities and prevention
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Highlights from the ARCs national symposium on inequalities and prevention are now available to watch online. The two-day national conference hosted by ARC North East and North Cumbria focussed on the research themes of Health and Care Inequalities, and Prevention including Behavioural Risk Factors, and included contributions and important project updates from across the ARCs.
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Event / Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Research Conference
22 June
Deadline to apply: 11.59pm on 7 February
University of Sheffield
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The 7th UK Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Research Conference: 'PROMs Across the Lifespan' focuses on researcher-led activities on methodologies around developing, testing and using PROMs in different contexts and settings.
The event is organised by a scientific group including Tracey Young (School of Health Related Research, University of Sheffield and ARC Yorkshire and Humber theme co-lead).
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Event / Digital Health Inequalities Seminar Series
8 February, 1pm - 2pm
Online
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Jay Shaw and Simone Shahid will talk about: 'Equity-Focused Implementation of Virtual Primary Health Care: Key Insights and Future Directions from Canada' at this ARC Greater Manchester event.
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Event / ARC KSS Winter Research Symposium
9 February, 10am - 12pm
Online
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Chaired by Lindsay Forbes, Co-Lead for Public Health Practitioner Communities and Networks at ARC Kent, Surrey and Sussex (ARC KSS), this symposium will explore the work of ARC KSS' Public and Community Involvement and Engagement and Co-production teams and some of the research projects taking place across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
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Seminar / The PROGROUP Study: Best practice for group based treatment in Tier 3 weight management
21 February, 1pm - 2pm
Online
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Join ARC South West Peninsula’s seminar discussing The ImPROving GROUP treatment for people with severe obesity (PROGROUP) project which seeks to better understand the effectiveness of weight management services for people with severe obesity and investigate whether a new facilitator led, intensive, group based behavioural programme could be a more effective and less costly alternative.
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Event / Evaluation Learning Network - Workshop 1: Planning an evaluation
22 February, 12pm - 1pm
Online
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ARC Northwest London's Evaluation Learning Network is back for its third year.
This year, they will once again cover how to plan for, conduct and effectively report and communicate the results of evaluations of healthcare innovations. It is intended to be a platform where participants can improve their evaluation expertise and receive support with their current evaluation projects.
The first of three workshops of 2023 is on planning and evaluation.
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Event / Launch of new toolkit to support parent-infant mental health teams
28 February, 12pm - 1pm
Online
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This event will launch a new national toolkit that will help put more parent-infant mental health support teams in place across England.
The toolkit has been developed by the Parent-Infant Foundation and researchers from Newcastle University, alongside commissioners and parents. It has been funded by the ARC North East and North Cumbria.
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Workshop / Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA)
23 February, 1pm - 3pm
Online
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ARC East Midlands is running a series of workshops to support individuals in carrying out an Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA). The next EqIA workshop is being held on Thursday 23 February 2023. These workshops are only available to ARC study teams and researchers.
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Event / ARC East of England Fellows' Showcase 2023
2 March, 9.45am - 4pm
Cambridge Belfry Hotel
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ARC East of England invite you to their Fellowship Showcase 2023, a free event where they will celebrate this year’s fellow cohort and learn about their fantastic research impacting the health and care of East of England communities.
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Webinar / Successful multidisciplinary teams
8 March, 11.30am - 1pm
Online
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The Social Care Institute for Excellence, in collaboration with the Improvements Analytics Unit (a partnership between NHS England and the Health Foundation), and the University of Birmingham, are hosting a webinar to share findings and practical insights on what leads to a successful multidisciplinary team, from research and the experience of local areas who have sought to be innovative in their approach.
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Event / ARCs national Health Economics showcase event
14 March, 9am - 4pm
University of Sheffield
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Hosted by ARC Yorkshire and Humber in partnership with ARC Greater Manchester, this free national event will bring together Health Economic themes to showcase their projects and research, share and exchange good practice and promote cross-ARC working.
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Event / CRED talk — Dying well: Social care research for quality in palliative and end of life care
23 March, 3pm - 4pm
Online
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Care, Research Education and Debate (CRED) talks are a forum to discuss what matters for social care. The next one is chaired by Deborah Sturdy, England’s Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care and titled: 'Dying well: Social care research for quality in palliative and end of life care'.
This #CRED talk, hosted by ARC Wessex, will bring you up to date with the latest evidence and associated learning resources on palliative and end of life care in care home and domiciliary settings.
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Event / Qualitative Methods in Implementation Research (Q-MIR)
23 - 24 March
Bloombsury, London
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Qualitative Methods in Implementation Research (Q-MIR) is a major event to explore theory-informed qualitative research in implementation research, hosted by ARC North Thames in collaboration with ARC North East and North Cumbria.
It will bring together researchers from the ARCs and beyond (national and international) to discuss current opportunities and challenges in qualitative implementation research, build a community and network across the group, share practice and showcase research.
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Conference / UK Implementation Science Research Conference
13 - 14 July
Deadline to apply: 2 May
Hybrid event
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Now in its sixth year, the 2023 UK Implementation Science Research Conference conference will bring together scientists, researchers, policymakers, clinicians, practitioners, service users and the public from around the world.
The theme this year is 'Sustaining health and public services in an uncertain future: what role for implementation science?'.
Hosted by ARC South London, the conference will be a hybrid event organised to accommodate different time zones and will feature plenary lectures from leading international researchers.
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Conference / Society for Social Medicine & Population Health annual conference
6 - 8 September
Deadline to apply: 28 February
Newcastle University
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ARC North East and North Cumbria, alongside their partners at Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, are proud hosts of this year’s Society for Social Medicine (SSM) & Population Health Annual Conference, which will be held on campus at Newcastle University.
The event will include a range of stellar keynote speakers, expert panellists, themed parallel sessions, plenaries and workshops.
Call for abstracts now open.
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