🧵Our researchers took a deep dive into discussions on Mumsnet to explore what women are asking - and advising - around intentional weight loss during pregnancy. The findings highlight important issues and considerations for #maternity care professionals. Read more ▶️ tinyurl.com/WLPr25

🌟 New Workshop: Putting Lived Experience at the Heart of Domestic Abuse Service Design 📅 3rd Oct 2025 | Online Learn how to meaningfully embed survivor voices in service design. ✅ Tools, training & expert panel 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/eXtUVrr7 #LivedExperience #DomesticAbuse

🐇 When it comes to food delivery, the hare isn’t napping - dark kitchens & online platforms are sprinting ahead while regulation lags behind. Can the tortoise 🐢 catch up? Blog by @helenjmoore.bsky.social on planning for a healthier food environment ⬇️ fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/this...

Today was the last day in the office for our fantastic Public Involvement & Community Engagement (PICE) Manager Dr Felicity (Fizz) Shenton before she heads off on retirement. Fizz has shared a blog reflecting on her time with the ARC NENC. You can read it here: tinyurl.com/Fizz25

Join the next PHIRST Webinar, Healthy Place Making: Improving Public Health through Planning ⏰Monday 20 October, 12-1.30PM on MS Teams. eventbrite.co.uk/e/1664383829... How local governments in England have been working to design and deliver healthier places

⭐£22M NIHR investment to strengthen UK health & life sciences innovation We are delighted that @nihr-io.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social has been awarded £22M by @nihr.bsky.social to continue research identifying emerging medicines, diagnostics, devices & digital tech 👉 ow.ly/ooyc50WPtFj

Explore our September roundup of top stories from all 15 NIHR ARCs across the country: mailchi.mp/nihr/septemb... Including the latest research news, resources, blogs, opportunities, events, training & more 📨 You can join the newsletter here: tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter

Government ban of high-caffeine energy drink sales to under-16s underpinned by Fuse research This follows almost a decade of work led by @lakenutrition.bsky.social linking these drinks to risks for children’s health, sleep & education Have your say in the consultation ⬇️ fuse.ac.uk/news/governm...

@fuseonline.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social @arcnenc.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social

🚨Lessons we can learn from newly-qualified NHS staff who went straight onto the frontline during Covid-19. New research highlights how early-career experiences can have long-term consequences for staff retention and the sustainability of the NHS workforce. Read more 🔽 tinyurl.com/2aba853k

When you have a long-term or serious illness, life can feel difficult. Problems relating to money, jobs, housing and social care are common and support can be hard to find. The new Routes to Rights website, supported by ARC NENC, helps to patients find the right help. Read more ▶️ lnkd.in/eeSy-TZr

“The research we do is and must remain independent…the findings will be the findings. But it’s about taking people with you on that journey.” Professor Naomi Fulop, Professor of Health Care Organisation & Management, UCL

“What kind of ideas and concepts does out research generate for those implementing policies?” “Sometimes, you have to say it how it is. If you are confident with your findings, you need to say so.” Thoughts and reflections from Professor Naomi Fulop in our Opening Plenary

Next up, Professor Barbara Hanratty, Director of the Healthy Ageing Policy Research Unit reflects on the challenges of producing research that is used by decision makers “Local, flexible, agile”

“My plea is as HSR researchers we neee to not just be thinking “how does it work” but who DOESN’T it work for, and who is overlooked?” “For HSR, none of this exists without social care and we need to remember that in everything that we do.” Professor Barbara Hanratty

Gillian Vance opening #HSRUK25 plenary this morning by highlighting the workload challenges experienced by health & care staff in underserved areas, and how the new NIHR funded partnership for workforce sustainability (Workforce Voices) will research and co-design solutions with local stakeholders.

Great #HSRUK25 workshop by Gemma McKenna about engaging government and policymakers, with roleplay (how to talk to your MP) and top tips for writing a policy brief. #KMb

Congratulations to Emma Giles and Jo Smith from our region. Read more about this work - tinyurl.com/yc7z5uvj

Just launched: Issue 5 of our #ARCOutreachAlliance newsletter! The future of mental health research is here & it's youth-led. #MentalHealth research & policy. 👀 Read: online.pubhtml5.com/bpjqe/iuin/ ✔️ CYP #mentalHealth priorities report ✔️ Creative work ✔️ NWL ICS strategy updates

We're proud to be hosting the @nihrarcs.bsky.social stand at this year's @hsruk.bsky.social conference - come and say hello and find out more about our work. We also have sweets and pens 😃🍬🖊️

MP for Shipley @annadixonmp.bsky.social is delivering the keynote speech out our Ageing in the North report Parliamentary launch, touching on the disparities that older people face in the North of England compared to their southern counterparts

#AgeingInTheNorth report launched today. Highlighting that older people in the North of England are more likely to be poorer, less healthy, physically inactive, lonely & in poor housing - resulting in billions of pounds of avoidable NHS costs. Co-authored by @nihrarcs.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

In the Implementation Session, researchers from Newcastle University and Cambridge explore what helps or hinders setting up virtual wards, especially for step-down care and people living with frailty. #NIHRHaH2025

We're excited to announce that the NIHR #ThreeSchools Prevention Programme has launched three funding calls: 👉 Research project awards 👉 Follow-on research awards 👉 Career development awards sphr.nihr.ac.uk/current-fund... @nihrspcr.bsky.social @nihrsscr.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

🎉 Celebrating our amazing #FuseAwards25 winners & finalists! From powerful storytelling to inclusive research & real-world impact, the awards honoured outstanding #PublicHealth work in Fuse across the North East & North Cumbria 👏🏆 Meet the winners & discover the stories 🔽 fuse.ac.uk/news/celebra...

✉️ 📰 Every #Friday I open the @arcnenc.bsky.social newsletter e-mail for a read… Today it was a lovely surprise to see our Family’s Voice Diary📕✍️ #research featured. The aim to support family/friends when someone is dying Excellently timed during #CarersWeek arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/evidence/how...

Massive congratulations to our Supporting Children & Families Theme Lead, Prof Judith Rankin, for this well-deserved award in recognition of her work to improve care for women, babies & families, and to champion research inclusion.

Wonderful to see the Divided Households study nominated for an award for Innovative and Creative Communications. The co-produced outputs from this work were developed with children and young people who have experienced visiting a parent in prison. Supported by ARC NENC. tinyurl.com/s74fer7w

Congratulations to the Sunderland Plus Project Evaluation Team for their nomination in the category of Outstanding Translational Research Initiative. The work was shaped by the needs of underserved communities and aligned to local policy priorities, and is supported by ARC NENC.

Great to see the ARC NENC-funded Eyes on the Baby project (to tackle Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy) nominated in the category for Outstanding Translational Research Initiative. Co-designed by researchers and practitioners, the training programme has been delivered to over 2,600 staff so far.

Congratulations to Dr Fizz Shenton, PICE lead for ARC NENC, on her nomination in the category for Excellence in Public Involvement & Engagement. Her work has improved research quality and exemplifies best practice in public involvement across the region.

📢 We’re excited to reveal the #FuseAwards25 finalists, recognising #PublicHealth excellence in the North East, North Cumbria & beyond! 🏆 Winners revealed 16 June - join us in Newcastle! Huge thanks to all who entered - the standard was exceptional. Meet our finalists 🔽 fuse.ac.uk/news/finalis...

Rounding up the day with a panel discussion of the key note speakers from the day. #NIHRHospitalcommunityshowcase2025 @nihrpsrcs.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social @nclpharmacy.bsky.social

Explore the June roundup of top stories from all 15 of our NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs): mailchi.mp/nihr/june-20... including the latest research news, resources, blogs, events, training & more from ARCs across the country Join the newsletter here: tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter

Great to have @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social comms pack for Infant Mental Health Awareness Week #IMHAW2025 Includes a link to commissioning support toolkit parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/professional... I co-developed with the Foundation & @karenjbateson.bsky.social funded by @arcnenc.bsky.social

'Childcare shouldn't be a luxury' - new work supported by @arcnenc.bsky.social explores the experiences of formal and informal childcare in North East England and offers four key recommendations for reform. Co-authored by @nataliecbennett.bsky.social‬ as part of her ARC NENC Fellowship.

📣 Our 🆕 paper published today in #PalliativeCare & Social Practice 📕 #OpenAccess 🔓 “How can healthcare professionals better support family caregivers in the final days of life: Could the “Family’s Voice Diary” help? A qualitative study based in an area of high socio-economic deprivation” #HaPC

[email protected] spoke at the Community Practice hosted by @fuseonline.bsky.social and @arcnenc.bsky.social. She shared a Padlet tool designed to support skills development in peer & participatory research for #VCSE and #healthcare organisations. ⬇️ padlet.com/angbroadbrid...

🗓️ Wed 11 June national #ARCseminar: Exploring lived experience with creative arts www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-... Prof Caroline Sanders @arc-gm.bsky.social Prof Monica Lakhanpaul @ucl.ac.uk Dr Laura Abbott @arceastofengland.bsky.social Barbara Czyznikowska & Lis Naylor @arc-em.bsky.social

Our Dementia Research Fellows hosted a fantastic event earlier this week at the Newcastle United Foundation to mark #DementiaAwarenessWeek and as part of the @nihr.bsky.social National Festival of Applied Dementia Thank you to everyone who joined us 🙏 Read more⬇️ tinyurl.com/DemFest25

Huge congratulations to our Inequalities theme lead @profbambra.bsky.social on this prestigious appointment.

I am delighted to have been elected as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci.bsky.social www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

Are you interested in Virtual Wards? We're pleased to be supporting this event. Find out more and register here 🔽 psrc-ncl.nihr.ac.uk/2025/02/21/c...

Are you interested in peer research? Would you like to learn more about how it works and the value that it adds? Join this event on 27 May, 1-3 pm (online) to find out more 🔽 arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/events/north...

📣 Fuse, with colleagues from @teessideuni.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, has launched a new FutureLearn course to help local authorities use planning powers to promote healthier food environments. More here 🔽 fuse.ac.uk/news/newonli...

Explore the May roundup of top stories from all 15 NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) mailchi.mp/nihr/may-202... Including the latest research, resources, blogs, awards, events, training & more from ARCs across the country Join the newsletter here tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter

This is why we’re a proud part of the ‘Waiting Well’ programme through our peri-operative pilot PROSPeR, supporting those most affected by health inequalities as they prepare for surgery. Initial findings show the right support can reduce their impact. www.waystowellness.org.uk/prosper%E2%8...

New research has found that where you live can increase your chance of missing out on surgery. Adults from poorer areas have more health risk factors that can stop routine operations, like joint replacements, from going ahead ⬇️ tinyurl.com/4tzkvpsr

Registrations open to see this great line up talk about Virtual Wards on the 11th of June, this hybrid event at the Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle. @newcastleuni.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @arcnenc.bsky.social @gtnorthpharmres.bsky.social @hi-nenc.bsky.social

Join our next Social Care Research Special Interest Group event to hear from the NIHR Research Support Service who will be offering tips for social care professionals looking to take their first steps into research. Tues 6 May, 11.30 - 1, online Book your place ⬇️ tinyurl.com/37fp5y5c