I’ve been looking in more detail at the 2023 suicide figures from ONS, published this week. They showed a 6% rise, giving us the highest national rate since 1999. In fact, the detailed picture - by age, sex & where people live - is not simple. Short 🧵 & TW

We recently funded some work on tackling health inequalities and promoting resilience among migrant, refugee and asylum seeker communities affected by COVID-19 in Liverpool. You can read the published article below Professor Marie Claire Van Hout LSTM Miriam Taegtmeyer LJMU Impact ProfVivHope

Registrations for #INHSU2024 are now open! Our conference will bring together #peoplewhousedrugs, people living with #HepC, advocates, health care providers, program managers, harm reduction experts, researchers, and policymakers. Join us in Greece ➡️ inhsu.org/inhsu-2024/

🚨JOB ALERT!🚨 Join the dynamic SWERV (Sex Workers Evaluate Reporting Violence) research team, with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, National Ugly Mugs & Brunel University London Find out more about the SWERV project lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr… Apply: bit.ly/4bQyj5d & bit.ly/44Uneh8  (Closes June 4th)

Please share: Volunteers needed for research about the experiences of people taking non-prescribed cannabis for medical reasons (New study by Medical Cannabis Project UK ) ljmu.ac.uk/research/resea…

👉 Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity? 👉 Are you passionate about promoting equality? 👉 Are you ready to be at the forefront of combatting injustice? Then you're in luck, because we're hiring!! Join us and our dynamic team!

We've added a new course to our Core knowledge and key practice skills for the provision of effective help to people who use drugs elearning: a module on providing safer inhalation pipes. bit.ly/3vjRqVw

iHOST study launch @ St James! Before: inpatient not on community OST, or script not confirmed: dihydrocodiene only. Now: 20mgs methadone PRN, full dose when confirmed. Together, improving care for PWUD. Just a start. Thank you team & Leeds Teaching Hospitals.

Excited to announce that iHOST study launched this week at St James Hospital Leeds & Royal Stoke Hospital. Policy change to transform opioid withdrawal management. Advocacy cards & helpline for PWUD, training & champion roles for staff. Why important? See 👇

Needle and syringe programs are vital for preventing blood-borne infections among people who use drugs. Let's prioritize evidence-based responses this #WorldDrugDay.

Vacancy - Researcher in Public Health and Health Care - Great opportunity to join a growing and thriving research community in the Faculty of Health, Liverpool John Moores University as a Research Assistant (Grade 6) jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/internal/vacan…

I’ll soon be advertising for 2 x 12 M posts (PhD/experienced Masters level) for a feasibility study of an EB drug education/prevention intervention for older students. Must be able to start 1 Sept - please let PhD students/researchers know to keep an eye out on here or jobs ac uk

One week left to apply for these two researcher roles

1. There’s no such thing as a zombie drug 2. This is a concerning development but these are vapes that have been identified in harmful incidents, and therefore we would expect a high level of drug detection theguardian.com/society/articl…

🚨Interested in violence prevention…come join our team as a research support assistant. Great opportunity for a graduate/early career researcher to work in applied public health research Public Health @ LJMU LJMU Institute for Health Research Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancies/9797…

Abstract submission for #HR25bogotá is now open! View key topics and submit your best abstracts now: hr25.hri.global/programme/