Under-served communities across the UK will benefit from a further £55 million #research investment to tackle #HealthInequalities, and improve health outcomes. Read more about the next wave of Health Determinants Research Collaborations ⬇️ nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-inve… #PublicHealth

New report COT20s - interviews of 8628 families w/ 9m baby. Great section on child development/home environment & on health visiting (HV). 27% families had 4+ contacts with HV in 9m. That's a lot of activity Recommend a read gov.uk/government/pub… iHV Pasco Fearon

I feel physically sick. My right to live with my husband - my *children's* right to live with their *dad* - is contingent on me earning £38,700. This is an increase of £20,000. Overnight.

Earning less than 38k ✅ Brought a spouse ✅ Spouse needed the graduate visa ✅ The signalling from government is - the UK does not welcome people like me. Reminds me of 1997 - when only the very upper class, “civilised” 50,000 HK ppl (out of 6.5mil) are allowed into the UK.

We have eight fully funded research PhD studentships in child health available for the academic year 2024/25. Applications close at 9am on 12 January 2024. Find out more: ucl.ac.uk/child-health/s…

Risk of dying from cancer in some poorer districts of England over 70% higher than wealthy districts, a new study in The Lancet Oncology suggests hubs.li/Q02cGh2Q0

Academic clinician–scientists risk becoming an endangered species. World View from stephen o'rahilly (its pronounced O-RA-hill-EEE) Cambridge University nature.com/articles/s4159…

Maternal health does not begin or end with childbirth. A new Series calls for a life-course approach to address women’s individual needs and concerns. Explore here ➡️ hubs.li/Q02cGhqd0 World Health Organization (WHO) @HRPResearch The Lancet Global Health eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science

📢Phd paper📢 Children in ⬆️ deprived areas less likely to get MMR vaccines compared those in ⬇️ deprived areas Children whose mothers get pertussis vaccine in pregnancy more likely to get MMR vaccines-independent of deprivation, ethnicity & maternal age sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Latest MBRRACE UK perinatal confidential enquiry reports published today comparing the care of Asian, Black and White women whose babies died. Download the full report and recommendations:buff.ly/2HR30eT  buff.ly/47WBRkz TIMMS NPEU-Oxford

The latest MBRRACE-UK perinatal confidential enquiry report launch is today! We have created simplified key messages relating the poorer care Black mums received. Sandra Igwe Sandra Igwe , CEO of The Motherhood Group, will be speaking at the official virtual conference about

Great to be at the National Institute for Health and Care Research ‘Using Evidence to Change Child Health’ event today hearing from Marian Knight MBE about how the NIHR aims to improve health for children and young people across the UK 💡 #nihr #impact

Today, we launch a co-produced resource to help parents spot signs of jaundice in babies with dark skin tones. It will be shared with every maternity & neonatal service across the country and across primary care. You can download it here: nhsrho.org/resources/a-pa…

🚨New Research Alert 🚨 Amazing to present the very early findings from our @mamahstudy @UCL ECHILD analysis at the National Institute for Health and Care Research Child Health Impact Day British Library this week! Follow us to find out more soon! #ChildHealthImpact2025

Amazing work! Katie Harron Population, Policy and Practice Department UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health NIHR Children and Families Policy Research Unit