Hear more about the impact of dual planning-public health roles in local government for creating healthier places from Dr Thomas Mills, PHIRST South Bank at the @local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social Public Health Conference lgaevents.local.gov.uk/lga/frontend...

Recommissioning or tweaking an Exercise Referral Scheme? Watch our webinar with @communityleisureuk.bsky.social sharing evaluations of 3 schemes looking at: 💻Online delivery ⚖️Scheme for equity ✳️Hub model youtube.com/watch?v=_o43...

Ahead of the Specialist healthy places roles webinar on 25/2 take a look at the blog from PHIRST South Bank's Thomas Mills...

📢Job Alert: Research Fellow in Health Economics @LSBU for someone who enjoys: Applied economic evaluation Cost-effectiveness Modelling SROI Working alongside multi disciplinary teams ce1031li.webitrent.com/ce1031li_web... 📅 Closes 22/02/26

The latest PHIRST newsletter is now available us10.campaign-archive.com?u=d834b656ff... catch up on our latest evaluation reports and knowledge sharing activities. Sign up to get the next edition straight to your inbox phirst.nihr.ac.uk/newsletter-s...

Thrilled to share this announcement from @nihr.bsky.social on continued investment in our scheme - Supporting real world evaluations to improve public health interventions www.nihr.ac.uk/news/support...

Applying to PHIRST? Have questions? Watch our webinar with practical tips on applying to the current call 📺 🗓️Closing Date 3 Feb, 1PM youtube.com/watch?v=_o43... @local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @publichealthscot.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk

Trust as the Foundation - great blog from one of the @nihrsphr.bsky.social summer interns that worked with PHIRST PHRESH this year @unibirmingham.bsky.social sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

New figures show youth homicide in London is at its lowest level since 2012 (1/4) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

PHIRST LiLaC’s report on @KentCC Money & Mental Health Service shows positive ✅ impact on clients’ mental health & financial pressures. 🔑Advisors building trust & being advocates is key @citizensadvice.bsky.social @canwk.bsky.social phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/...

Our call for new applications is open📢 If you have a public-health-relevant intervention commissioned by local government (and equivalent in the devolved administrations) that are in need of robust evaluation. Consider applying➡️ www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...

PHIRST Connect Lead Prof Katherine Brown is quoted in this BBC news article on the 'junk food' TV advert ban that comes into force today calling it a 'move in the right direction' 👏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🎉 Absolutely thrilled to see four ADPH members on this year's New Year Honours List. Congratulations to our President @felly500.bsky.social OBE, Vice President Alice Wiseman MBE, Dr Catherine Mbema MBE & Tim Allison MBE! 👏

Our new call for applications opens on 6 January 2026, preview guidance nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ... Meanwhile check out the evaluation reports we have posted throughout 2025...https://phirst.nihr.ac.uk/2025-round-up/

New Paper from PHIRST Connect explores how drug & alcohol support workers found the sudden shift to #homework during #covid 🏘️It wasn't just 'office work at home'. Remote working needs to be designed around staff and service users doi.org/10.1177/2279...

Prevention Research 2026, Birmingham, 4/5 March registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend... 📢Call for late breaking abstracts till 9 Jan ✅Primary prevention of non-communicable diseases ✅Interventions to reduce health inequalities & illness ✅Practice of prevention research

Congratulations to Professor Joht Singh Chandan part of PHIRST PHRESH on his @nihr.bsky.social Research Professorship Award www.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-nih... @unibirmingham.bsky.social @peymane.bsky.social

Great discussions between council staff, academic researchers and community members about the barriers, but also about practical and creative approaches to knowledge mobilisation. @sandwellcouncil.bsky.social @nihr-phirst.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social @fuseonline.bsky.social

Catch up on our latest evaluation reports, publications and news in our October newsletter mailchi.mp/ncl/phirst-n... Sign up to our mailing list to get the next edition straight to your inbox phirst.nihr.ac.uk/newsletter-s... #PublicHealth #evaluation

Join the SPCR Masterclass: Communicating effectively with policy makers 🗓️ Thursday, 20 November 2025 🕚 10am to 11.30am 💡 Sharing practical strategies to help you communicate your research clearly and effectively. 🔗 bit.ly/4h6uA7r @nihrsphr.bsky.social @nihrsscr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

Good luck to our PHIRST Insight members who are taking part in this event. Really pleased to see this research being presented to policymakers 👏

Definitely worth a read - the important role Southwark residents played in PHIRST Elevates evaluation of @lb-southwark.bsky.social healthy lifestyle service

Still time to register for the PHIRST webinar on Monday - Healthy Place Making: Improving Public Health through planning www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthy-pl...

The NIHR PHIRST PHRESH evaluation for TimeOut: A peer-led gambling recovery service for adults in Nottingham is now live. This evaluation looks at how peer support helps build recovery capital, reduce gambling harms & prevent relapse. Find out more: phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/...

Pleased to share that PHIRST Connect's Katherine Brown will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming #FoodActive2025 – A Decade of Action: The Healthy Weight Declaration after 10 Years 📅 Tuesday 11th November 🕤9:30-1:00pm 🛜 Online Find out more + register eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-decade-o...

Want to know what it's like to be a public contributor on a PHIRST evaluation? This great video from PHIRST South Bank lets their contributors share their experiences 🎬👏 youtu.be/pm_XZybRTdw

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

📢New Paper Alert - Implementing the Falls Management Programme #FaME in Lincolnshire from PHIRST Insight. ✔️Positive impacts on participants. ⁉️Challenges of rolling out in a rural county bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

📢New Paper Alert from PHIRST Insight looking at 👉barriers and facilitators to a community-led mental health partnership model working well 👉perceived benefits to those involved link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PublicHealth #Evaluation

Interested in making a difference with local authorities through research and knowledge mobilisation? Apply for two Research Associate posts to work as part of a great team @nihr-phirst.bsky.social Fusion, led by @petercraig.bsky.social and me! Closes 28 August. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

The latest PHIRST newsletter is now available. Catch up on new evaluation reports and published articles tinyurl.com/phirst-july25 Sign up to the mailing list to receive future editions straight to your inbox phirst.nihr.ac.uk/newsletter-s...

Great to be celebrating 5 yrs of PHIRST South Bank today and looking ahead to the next 5! @susiesykes.bsky.social @emmadoohan.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social

Check out the PHRESH evaluation for Projects Phoenix & Athena which looks at how these projects support prison leavers in North East Lincolnshire - ensuring continuity of care, reducing reoffending, preventing drug-related deaths, and supporting resettlement. phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/...

Check out the PHRESH evaluation for Projects Phoenix & Athena which looks at how these projects support prison leavers in North East Lincolnshire - ensuring continuity of care, reducing reoffending, preventing drug-related deaths, and supporting resettlement. phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/...

Up early for #LGAConf25? Head to our Fringe session, 8AM, Room 12. Join @dph-mashton.bsky.social and PHIRST researchers to hear how our PHIRST evaluations are building a #PublicHealth research knowledge base for Local Government

If you're at #LGAConf25 @accliverpool.bsky.social today check out our Innovation Zone session @ 13.05 in Hall 2, Stage 2 with Lambeth Council on the work of the #BlackMensConsortium

PHIRST PHRESH have a new evaluation underway on the Pennine Lancashire Lifestyle hub check out the details phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/... @blackburndarwen.bsky.social @peymane.bsky.social

Check out the @nihr-phirst.bsky.social PHIRST PHRESH evaluation page for the Pennine Lancashire Lifestyle Hub - a single referral system helping people across the region access physical activity support and reduce health inequalities. Learn more: lnkd.in/eyG85Wtm phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/...

Today is a trip to lovely Leeds for the #HDRC Annual event. Great to interact with people from all the different sites #PublicHealth #Research

Off to @local.gov.uk conf nxt week? #Liverpool. Join our PHIRST sessions @nihrlambethhdrc.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social @dph-mashton.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @pvandergraaf.bsky.social @profkebrown.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @janedwills.bsky.social

New free paper on improving financial support services for users with complex health needs: a mixed-method economic evaluation of Social Navigators in South Tyneside. @nihr-phirst.bsky.social Fusion co-produced this evaluation with the local authority. 1/5 bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/14/2...

How can councils support #workplacementalhealth and wellbeing? Listen to the new edition of the Evolve Workplace Wellbeing Podcast chatting about PHIRST Connect's evaluation on the support offered in Walsall evolveworkplacewellbeing.buzzsprout.com/2109567/epis... @profkebrown.bsky.social

Ready for our lunchtime slot on all things PHIRST & #KnowledgeMobilisation at the #UPEN conference on academic-policy engagement. Stop and chat if you're there! @emmadoohan.bsky.social @sarahjanac.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @mariehmurphy.bsky.social @eagraham.bsky.social @pahrc.bsky.social

Come work for our PHIRST Fusion team taking part in #publichealth evaluation and then mobilising the knowledge

How can 🚭services better reach disconnected smokers? It's all about building trust. Allow staff time to engage with the community they want to reach. Reflect & refine the practices used #Smokefree2030 @ashorguk.bsky.social @lta-london.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

How to help ppl quit smoking? Some prefer phone support, others in-person. The chance to choose is valued by all. Our new video explains more www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndPO... @susiesykes.bsky.social @ncsct.bsky.social @lta-london.bsky.social #SmokeFree2030 @cathlynnej.bsky.social

Catch up with our latest PHIRST seminar youtube.com/watch?v=Nv9h... discussing: 👶helping parents bond with their baby 🍔young people's views on food advertising & 🧠supporting mental health of 16-25yr olds

We highlight 5️⃣ considerations when planning mental health interventions for young people. Incl. Services should support + train people with lived experience to help others. Peer support is unique + invaluable #PowerInCommunity #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bdq...

Ahead of the next PHIRST seminar 📅 14/05/25 2PM - read Yvanna Todorova's blog on making an animation to share the voices and views of young people involved in a #SchoolStreets evaluation phirst.nihr.ac.uk/blog-from-qu...

Sign up for the next PHIRST seminar: Public health evaluations with children + young people 📅Wednesday 14 May, 2-3.30PM phirst.nihr.ac.uk/seminar-chil...