Several SIPHER Consortium colleagues involved in this cool new project on systems science approaches to evaluating 20 minute neighbourhoods - with our funding period approaching the final 6 months, it is great to see SIPHER’s reach and legacy!

Really enjoyed the session, thanks for the invite!

There's more great news! Yuqi Zhang passed her PhD viva yesterday, with her thesis titled: "Strengthening primary care and integrated care for patients with multi-morbidity in China". Yuqi was supervised by Laura Anselmi Jonathan Stokes Peter Bower & Jin Xu (from Peking University)

Our article looking at 'How could 20-minute neighbourhoods impact health and health inequalities?' is available Open Access now. Lots of health/health inequality claims, but still a lot of question marks on the pathways remain... Improving Health Public Health at BMC doi.org/10.1186/s12889…

This article is one of the foundations for our recently funded National Institute for Health and Care Research grant, Orienting Policy Towards Inequality Minimising Actions (OPTIMA). Have a look at what we now have planned to try and fill some of these identified evidence gaps: gla.ac.uk/research/az/op…

Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it! After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole of its bus network. 🙌🏻

Missed this before the winter break? Take a look at our latest policy scoping review published in Public Health at BMC⤵️ How could 20-minute neighbourhoods impact health and health inequalities? 🌳🚶‍♀️ Read here: doi.org/10.1186/s12889… #20MinuteCities #HealthInequalities

'Can integrated care interventions strengthen primary care and improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases? A systematic review and meta-analysis' link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Our first National Institute for Health and Care Research OPTIMA project's blogs are now live. We discuss the '20-minute neighbourhood' and health (inequalities), both potential benefits: gla.ac.uk/research/az/op… ; and potential harms: gla.ac.uk/research/az/op… UofG School of Health & Wellbeing Improving Health

First webinar linked to our OPTIMA project (gla.ac.uk/research/az/op…) will be looking at the 'The Planning System in Scotland', Euan Leitch SURF - (Feb 5th): events.bookitbee.com/university-of-… What levers does policy have to implement '20-minute neighbourhoods' and any health impacts?

New paper in Soc Sci & Medicine with HOPE at UoM colleagues Using interactions of area dose and individual exposure to estimate effects of population health interventions sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Examining causality across data hierarchies, such as the clustering of people within households, neighbourhoods, cities, or regions. New paper out now: bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

New commentary for IJHPM, "Broadening the Boundaries of Integrated Care in Response to Necessity: Where Are the Limits for Each Sector, and Who Should Pay for What?" ijhpm.com/article_4729.h…

Delighted to present the final report for our DIPLOMA evaluation of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme. A true team effort - thanks to everyone who helped along the way TL;DR prevention at scale is viable, with plenty of scope for optimising further journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/published…

Looking forward to getting our National Institute for Health and Care Research OPTIMA project involved in Glasgow Science Festival . We'll be at the Byres Community Hub on Sat 7th then the Botanic Gardens on Sun 15th. Come see us, we'll have Lego! gla.ac.uk/events/science… gla.ac.uk/events/science… gla.ac.uk/research/az/op…

Our HOPE at UoM colleagues recruiting a health economist/quant researcher to work on evaluability of a large place-based intervention (20-min neighbourhood) with potential health (inequality) impacts. Come work with us on OPTIMA! gla.ac.uk/research/az/op… jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

My colleague Reese shares how she led some amazing public engagement for our OPTIMA project — using LEGO to build better, healthier neighbourhoods. Check it out! 👇 #PublicEngagement #PublicHealth #UrbanDesign #LEGO gla.ac.uk/research/az/op…