ReQoL in Practice Online Community of Practice Website
We are pleased to announce that Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) Implementation Community of Practice website has undergone some changes. The website now features the ReQoL-10 online visualisation tool and a resources section. The idea for the online CoP came from delegates who attended the World Café workshop, facilitated during the ReQoL in Practice Event: […]
New Report – An evidence-based plan for addressing the autism assessment and support crisis
New analysis reveals autism assessment and support crisis with tens of thousands of children waiting months and years for help after demand rockets by over 300% since Covid. A report published today by the Child of the North initiative – led by the N8 Research Partnership of Northern universities and others – and former Children’s […]
New Family Advisory Group launches in Hull
Researchers from our ARC Yorkshire and Humber Early Life and Prevention theme have launched a new Family Advisory Group in Hull. The first meeting of the group on the 29th November 2023 was a great success, with 20 parents and carers of children under 3 who live in Hull , including mums, dads, partners, step-parents […]
Supervised toothbrushing toolkit to tackle tooth decay in children
Researchers from the University of Sheffield, University of Leeds and Bradford Improvement Academy, have developed free online resources for NHS organisations, local government, schools, nurseries and parents, as part of the BRUSH project to better support existing and new toothbrushing programmes. A new toolkit to increase supervised toothbrushing for younger children aims to address health […]
New Research Paper – Factors associated with gestational weight gain in women with morbid obesity
Women with the highest levels of obesity are known to have different patterns of weight gain during pregnancy than other women. This study looked at what factors were linked to pregnancy weight gain in women with the highest levels of obesity. Pregnancy weight gain was calculated by subtracting the woman’s weight at her first pregnancy […]
An innovative new research co-production project goes live in Yorkshire
A new research project support by the NIHR ARC Yorkshire and Humber is beginning in Bradford with the goal of empowering local communities to conduct research. The Co-Production and Peer Research (CoPPeR) Network brings together researchers from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with community organisations such as Abilities Together and Connecting Roma CIC.
ARC Yorkshire and Humber Research Team Wins ‘Dialogue and Change’ award for their patient and public involvement and engagement work
An ARC Yorkshire and Humber Research Team based at the University of York, that evaluated Wakefield District Housing’s Mental Health Navigator scheme has been awarded the ‘Dialogue and Change’ award from Investing in Children for their outstanding patient and public involvement (PPI) work. The independent award recognises projects that demonstrate meaningful dialogue where people with […]
Celebrating 10 years of HUSH with the ARC Yorkshire and Humber Improvement Academy – over 12,000 patient falls prevented through safety huddles
The Improvement Academy (IA) based at the Bradford Institute of Health Research is celebrating 10 years of its flagship Huddle Up for Safer Healthcare (HUSH) programme: an evidence-based intervention that has consistently demonstrated significant improvement in staff teamworking, improved team communication, job satisfaction and safety culture, and a reduction in patient harm. HUSH provides a […]
#ShapeTheFuture
Today sees the start of the NIHR The Shape the Future campaign celebrating the work and impact of the NHS research workforce. It encourages researchers to learn more about research, explore research careers and how to add research to their practice, learning and development. To coincide with the national campaign, during November ARC Yorkshire and […]
A breakthrough for BRUSH Researchers investigating how best to implement supervised toothbrushing programmes across England are developing a toolkit which could help to address health inequalities caused by dental decay.
The BRUSH project has seen a team of researchers working with ARC Yorkshire and Humber to understand how best to implement supervised toothbrushing programmes in nurseries and schools across England to help tackle dental decay in young children. A quarter of five-year-old children in England have tooth decay, a figure which can rise to 50% […]
