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Place-based developments in health care: What can we learn from …

WebPlace-based working is extremely valuable when creating positive relationships and collaborations at all levels across the system. Governing powers can …

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Making light work: Recommendations for healthy lighting

WebIn the evening, starting at least 3 hours before bedtime, the recommended maximum mEDI is 10 lux, while at bedtime, the sleep environment should be as dark as …

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

WebFor a population of 18 year olds alone, followed over their lifetime, banning sunbeds supported by a £1m public health campaign, would realise savings of nearly …

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Rethinking public engagement with health

WebPublic engagement with health research and science is an issue of growing public importance. With a worrying trend towards ‘anti-science’ perspectives resulting in …

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Health for wealth: The link between health inequalities and

WebAs well as stark differences in health, there are also large differences in wealth and other measures of economic conditions. For example, there is a £4 per …

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Access and inclusion: Can we move cancer services closer to home

WebA changing landscape. Using new technologies and new methods, it is now possible to move some of the components of cancer care away from the hospital and …

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Prioritising play to promote wellbeing

WebThe United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 31 states children have the right to access play, rest and leisure. With the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 …

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From mental health to maternal health: understanding the link

WebDr Holly Hope is an academic research fellow at the Centre for Women’s Mental Health, The University of Manchester. Dr Hope uses electronic health record …

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A place to #BeeWell: Neighbourhood effects on young people’s …

WebThere is a public health crisis in young people’s wellbeing. Approximately one in six young people experience high levels of emotional difficulties that are likely to …

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Health inequalities and regional productivity

WebHealthier people are also more productive in their job, through a combination of increased happiness and fewer ‘sick days’. We also examined how much of the …

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Antifungal resistance – a growing global problem

WebIn this blog, Professor David Denning outlines the issue of antifungal resistance, and the approaches required to tackle its spread. Over 300 million people …

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Accelerating innovation in new ways of delivering health and …

WebAs funding pressures, population change, and new models of care and management continue to develop within our health and social care system, the ability to …

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Air pollution: a place-based community-centred approach

WebAir pollution is a healthcare problem. Exposure to air pollutants can cause damage to the body’s cells, generating harmful free radicals that can in turn impair or …

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Planning and managing service delivery in the NHS: looking to the …

WebPlanning – usually known in the NHS as commissioning – is the function which ensures that the right services are available for the right people at the right time. …

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Partnership working: why is integrating health and social care so

WebEssentially, the STPs seek to establish a more integrated system by planning different aspects of health care together, e.g. the community, acute and social care that …

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LGBT+ inequalities in adolescent wellbeing

WebImproving wellbeing in every area of the UK is the overarching ambition of the Levelling Up White Paper, and government has said it will undertake further work to …

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New approach needed to tackle ‘lifestyle diseases’

WebThe Change4Life campaign just launched by NHS England is the latest attempt to persuade people to adopt healthier lifestyles. But, says Dr Stanley Blue, this …

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Incorporating health and wellbeing into housing developments

WebDevelopers can incorporate health and wellbeing into housing developments by preventing bad health outcomes such as reducing air pollution and promoting good …

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