New Report – Calls for urgent action to prioritise children’s health and education as new analysis finds schools funding imbalance risks widening regional childhood inequalities
New Research Findings show a reduction of unplanned hospital admissions
Our ARC supported the Bradford Inequalities Research Unit’s (BIRU) recent evaluation of a Central Locality Integrated Care Services (CLICS) which identified evidence that indicates that the CLICS intervention may reduce unplanned hospital admissions for up to 12 months after discharge from CLICS. The project involved a group of CLICS patients along with a matched control […]
New Findings – Taking part in outdoor and in-nature activities can help people feel less anxious #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2023
The Humber and North Yorkshire Green Social Prescribing (HNY GSP) programme, led by HEY Smile Foundation, were commissioned as one of seven sites across England to develop a ‘test and learn’ site for GSP. A central objective of the HNY GSP programme was to ‘test the ways in which connecting people with nature could improve […]
New publication: Delivery of public health interventions by the ambulance sector: a scoping review
With millions of unscheduled patient contacts every year and increasing call outs clustered around the most deprived communities, it is clear the ambulance sector could have a role to play in improving population health. However, the application and value of a public health approach within the ambulance sector has not been comprehensively explored. A scoping […]
AI in the real world – new funding to help define the best ways for AI, clinicians, and patients to work together
Our implementation arm, the Improvement Academy, have been awarded funding from The MPS Foundation for a new project in collaboration with the University of York. The Shared CAIRE (Shared Care AI Role Evaluation) project will research how artificial intelligence (AI) might work with clinicians and patients in the real world. Different human-machine interaction models for […]
New Report: Evaluation of the Health Education England (HEE) South West Pilot of Supported Training for Emergency Care Advanced Clinical Practitioners
Our Urgent and Emergency Care theme and the Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research have carried out a final report on Evaluating a Pilot of Enhanced Training for Emergency Care Advanced Care Practitioners (EC-ACPs) in partnership with Health Education England South West. Enhanced training support for EC-ACPs shows potential for improved training outcomes. Further […]
New Report – Public Services Committee Emergency healthcare: a national emergency
Our Urgent and Emergency Care Theme Lead Prof 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, entitled ‘Emergency Healthcare: a national emergency.’ Prof Sue Mason was a Specialist Advisor to the House of […]
New report and podcast: Re-envisioning urgent and emergency care
Professor Suzanne Mason, Lead for our Urgent and Emergency Care theme in NIHR ARC Yorkshire and Humber, has led the production of a new report for the NHS Confederation. The report was produced following a number of interviews with key stakeholders. It outlines the current challenges faced by the emergency care system and suggests some […]
New publication – What influences decisions to transfer older care-home residents to the emergency department?
Our Urgent and Emergency Care Theme completed a synthesis of existing qualitative reviews to explore how decisions to transfer residents from care homes to the Emergency Department are made. The synthesis encompassed the experiences of residents, family members and care home staff. Six previous systematic reviews and two full study reports were included. We found […]
It’s been 3 years since the NIHR Applied Research Collaborations were launched!
We’re proud that the collaborative work we have done with our partners has contributed to improve the health & well-being of patients & local communities.
