Professor of Health Economics appointed as Inaugural Chair to prestigious WHO committee
Smoke over a city. Photo by @dylu on unsplash Laura Bojke, Professor of Health Economics at the Centre for Health Economics, has been appointed as Inaugural Chair for the World Health Organization (WHO) Advisory Group on Economics for Environment, Climate Change and Health (TAG-EconECH). The expert group is made up of 11 members drawn from the […]
A joint report between NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber & Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber, part of the NHS Insights Prioritisation Programme (NIPP), has been published today.
NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (NIHR ARCs) across the country paired up with their corresponding regional Health Innovation Networks (HINs) to solve the most significant issues in local health systems. 14 regional ARC and HIN pairs have been working on the NHS Insights Prioritisation Programme (NIPP), which started in November 2021 to accelerate the evaluation and […]
ARC Yorkshire & Humber supported study finds that telephone-based care can prevent loneliness and depression in older people
The Behavioural Activation in Social IsoLlation trial or BASIL+ was a major clinical trial carried out during the COVID pandemic. The trial found that when older people received weekly phone calls over 8 weeks, their mental health and quality of life improved. They received calls from a specially trained coach who encouraged them to maintain […]
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire & Humber highlights collaborative working through development of user friendly economic evaluation resource
As part of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Yorkshire & Humber focus on collaboration in March, we are revisiting a blog written by our Health Economics, Evaluation and Equality theme describing how collaborative working led to the development of an online resource to provide decision makers and the public, who may be new to […]
Major new research award to reduce health inequalities unites ARC Yorkshire & Humber projects
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded a major new research grant to help improve population health and reduce inequalities.
ARC Yorkshire and Humber Launches New Lunch and Learn Series
The Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Yorkshire and Humber has announced a series of Lunch and Learn events starting this November. The online events will feature expert speakers sharing the latest research, impact, insights and advancements in their fields. Kicking off the series on November 8th, Professor Anne-Maree Keenan, Associate Dean at the NIHR Academy, will […]
Three Yorkshire cities will be joining our ARC’s Born and Bred in (BaBi) Research network!
BaBi is network of local electronic birth cohort studies that work together to link routine data across health, education, and social care to create a picture of families’ lives over time. This means that, with consent from pregnant women, routine data recorded by the services they access themselves or for their babies is joined together […]
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: […]
YHARC wins funding from the Department of Health and Social Care to establish a Yorkshire Adolescent Mental Health Collaboratory
As part of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) Mental Health Initiative, the Yorkshire and Humber Applied Research Collaboration (YH ARC) will receive almost £750,000 to support and prevent mental ill health in our region’s young population. The programme, which brings together expertise from two of our four ARC themes (Mental Health and […]
North inequalities cost UK economy £7.3bn over first year of the pandemic
COVID-19 has had a major impact on everyone’s lives across the UK. However, a new report has found that northerners were affected more severely by the pandemic. People in the North were more likely to die from COVID-19, spent nearly a month and-a-half more in lockdowns, suffered worse mental health and were made poorer than […]