Resources: Reports

Making evidence work: How “embedded researchers” can support decision-making in local government

In this policy briefing our healthy families theme examines how embedded researchers — public health academics working directly within local government teams, can help bridge the gap between evidence and decision-making, and identifies the practical "markers of change" that signal progress is being made.

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Health Economics Urgent Care

Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) Report: Understanding the Non-Urgent Use of Emergency Care in Yorkshire and the Humber: An Integrated Care Board Level Analysis

In this report, our health economics theme examines the scale and distribution of non-urgent Emergency Department attendances across Yorkshire and England, exploring what the latest data tells us about who attends, when, and what this costs a system already stretched to its limits.

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Healthy Families

An evidence-based approach to creating a culture of inclusive opportunity through arts and creativity

It is the final report in the series of twelve Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives reports focusing on how the Government can put the life chances of young people at the heart of policy making and delivery. The report celebrates the way that Bradford is using its status as the 2025 ‘City of Culture’ to drive forward evidence-based approaches to improving outcomes for all children.

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Healthy Families

Policy brief: Drop in GP clinics for families with young children

Dr Sarah Blower, YH ARC Best Start lead and Assistant Professor of Child Development and Family Wellbeing, and Dr Kate Morton, YH ARC research fellow, have recently engaged in a rewarding Knowledge Exchange project with Dr Joseph Witney (GP) and Helen Christmas (Public Health Consultant) in Hull.

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Yorkshire and Humber ARC 2 Application Reference List

Full reference list for the Yorkshire and Humber Applies Research Collaboration 2 Application

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Healthy Families

An evidence-based plan for addressing childhood vulnerability, crime and justice

The eleventh report in a year-long series – produced jointly by Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives – that seeks to deliver a country that works for all children and young people, sets out an evidence-based plan to protect and support the thousands of vulnerable children in England at risk of involvement with the criminal justice system.

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Healthy Families

An evidence-based approach to supporting children in the preschool years

The ninth report in a year-long series – produced jointly by Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives – that seeks to deliver a country that works for all children and young people, makes a series of proposals to tackle the increasing number of children starting school ‘not ready’ and the early years childcare provision crisis

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Improvement Science

Residential Care Home to Emergency Care Transfers Report

People living in care homes are sometimes taken urgently to hospital when they could be treated safely in the community, which can cause problems for them and health services. In this stakeholder engagement project, we consulted with residents in two residential care homes and their families about their experiences and what more could be done to make sure people only go to hospital when they need to. We also asked staff what they think, such as care home workers, GPs, paramedics and A&E clinicians.

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Healthy Families

An evidence-based plan for improving school attendance

The tenth report in a year-long series – produced jointly by Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives – that seeks to deliver a country that works for all children and young people, calls on the new Government to focus its school absence strategy on earlier identification and intervention with children most at risk of persistent absence.

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Healthy Families

The power of child-centred data:The example of the Bradford 0-19 Children and Young Peoples’ Outcomes Framework

Partners from key services across Bradford joined together in a task and finish group to co-produce a 0-19 Children and Young Peoples’ shared outcomes framework that measures important aspects of children and young peoples’ safety, health and development.

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Healthy Families

An evidence-based plan for upskilling our children and young people for digital futures

The seventh report in a year-long series – produced jointly by Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives – that seeks to deliver a country that works for all children and young people, puts forward new proposals aiming to close the digital divide that millions of children experience in the UK, enabling them to navigate digital content critically and responsibly.

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Healthy Families

An evidence-based plan for supporting physical activity and healthy nutrition with and through education settings

The fifth report in a year-long series – produced jointly by Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives – that seeks to deliver a country that works for all children and young people, highlights the broken school food system, and calls for schools to be supported to tackle the child obesity crisis.

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