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What an encouraging story of resilience @nisreenalwan.bsky.social

Working alongside people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage can transform services – and lives. Our new study with Changing Futures Bristol shows how trauma-informed, co-produced work makes a difference. 📄 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/evaluating-h... #HealthResearch #CoProduction

Read the November roundup of top stories, blogs & opportunities from all NIHR Applied Research Collaborations ( #NIHRARCs) across the country mailchi.mp/nihr/novembe... ✍️ Sign up here to receive this monthly ✉️ tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter

Since their inception 6 years ago, ARCs have: 🔎 carried out over 3,300 research projects 📰 published over 9,000 papers 🤝 collaborated with 627 partner organisations 💰 leveraged about £1 billion in external funding! 👉🏿 Explore a selection of our work: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar... 💫 #ARCimpacts

The Domestic Abuse in Life Limiting Illness (DALLI) toolkit, launched by @arcwessex.bsky.social, gives health & care professionals the skills & knowledge to help victims seek help and report cases It has been adopted by @mariecurieuk.bsky.social www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/research-are... 💫 #ARCimpacts

NIHR ARCs have around 🗞️ 19,000 newsletter subscribers ❤️ 88,000 social media followers 💻 ARC websites were visited over 860,000 times by over 610,000 users in the past year alone! ✍️ ARCs published over 3,000 news stories & 1,400 blogs in the past 6 years 👀 mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar... 💫 #ARCimpacts

To mark six years of ARC South London, we’re sharing 4 powerful case studies this week. First up: discover how we’ve helped improve support for families with children’s social care involvement during pregnancy & the first two years of life. #ARCImpacts arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/research-and...

🍰 Happy birthday to NIHR ARCs across the country who turn 6 this month! ARCs tackle challenges facing health & social care, making a real-world impact 👉 Follow #ARCimpacts this October to find out more 👉🏿 Browse our national roundup here: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar... 💫

Over the past 6 years, ARCs have hosted: 🗓️ 5,135 events! including more than: 🤝 2,590 involvement events & 🌟 1,180 training and capacity building events ... and registering over 71,000 attendances 🧍🏿🧍🧍🏿‍♀️🧍🏼‍♀️🧍🏽🧍‍♀️ Discover our work: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar... 💫 #ARCimpacts

In the last 6 years, we have… Partnered with 42 organisations 🤝 including: 👨‍⚕️ 11 NHS partners 🧑‍🎓 4 academic partners 🧑‍💼 7 local authority partners 👉 Find out what we achieved together: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of... 👀 Follow #6YearsOfARCWest #ARCimpacts

If you are struggling with #long-covid or know someone who is there is help online long-covid-care.org.uk Please let us know what you thought of the online help afterwards by filling out this survey southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @longcovidsupport.bsky.social @nisreenalwan.bsky.social

Pleased to say I’m one of the postdoctoral fellows who have benefitted from @nihrarcs.bsky.social programme to build capacity in #Dementia research @arcwessex.bsky.social #ARCimpacts @arc-em.bsky.social arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/research/exp...

ARCs have championed capacity building in applied health & care research Over the past 6 years, ARCs have supported: 🎓455 PhD students 👩🏾‍🎓232 Postdoctoral Fellows (e.g. our #Dementia Fellows: www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/dem-comm-res...) Read about our work: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar... 💫 #ARCimpacts

💫NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) have leveraged around £1 billion in external research funding! 💙Browse a selection of some of our amazing work from across the country: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar... 👁️ Follow #ARCimpacts

❓ What has ARC West achieved since it formed 6 years ago? 👉 Follow #6YearsOfARCWest to find out… In the last 6 years, we have: 👨‍⚕️ Carried out 202 projects 📓 Published 596 papers 👉 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of... #ARCimpacts

The great ARC Wessex! Check out all the amazing work we've been doing over the years. Follow for more on the website

So delighted to be leading the Healthy Communities and Prevention Theme in our new ARC. The mission is vital and the team is amazing. Let’s do it!

Welcome news today. After 18 months of hard work we can tell everyone that we will be continuing our research until 2031 @hantsconnect.bsky.social @hiowhnhsft.bsky.social @hiowhacademy.bsky.social @nisreenalwan.bsky.social @uhdnhs.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/post/16-3-mi...

What do 2 guitars, a disco ball, and a shopping basket have in common? It's taken us a while, but here's our event special newsletter @nihrarcs.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social @uhdnhs.bsky.social @hiowhnhsft.bsky.social @hantsconnect.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/arc-ev...

Coming up next week Thursday 16th October 12:00pm | Social Care online seminar Understanding why, who and when people decline an offer of accommodation in Portsmouth and continue to rough sleep. Presented by Katie Wood and Sabrina Davis. www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/event-detail...

If you missed our event, shame, but don't worry you can get a sense of what a great day it was here www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/post/arc-eve... Play our gameshow 'Digital Misfortunes' and see the wonderful art, hear the music and see research brought to life! @nihr.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social

Thank you to all the wonderful people that have helped us achieve great things in the 6 years we have been carrying out health & care research. Here's a snapshot vimeo.com/arcwessex/ar... @nihr.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social @cathypogson.bsky.social @hiowhacademy.bsky.social @uhdnhs.bsky.social

It's been real... thanks everyone who came today.. well done to our award winners.. painters.. singers and returning interns!! @hiowhnhsft.bsky.social @hiowhacademy.bsky.social @uhdnhs.bsky.social @nisreenalwan.bsky.social @uhsftresearch.bsky.social @uhsft.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social #arcevent

It's all top secret - but we can't wait to welcome you all tomorrow (Tuesday 7th October) at the Utilita Bowl Hilton Hotel for the ARC Event 2025. ARC central office is looking .. very busy.. See you there @hiowhnhsft.bsky.social @hiowhacademy.bsky.social @uhdnhs.bsky.social @uhsft.bsky.social

Carers UK has launched a report entitled ‘A fresh approach to supporting unpaid carers - Our vision for delivering the NHS 10 Year Health Plan in England’.  The report looks at unpaid carers’ experiences of the NHS and responds to the NHS 10 Year Health Plan for England. Read More: buff.ly/PWHwCur

A new qualitative interview study gives insights into the care of older people living in UK care homes in the post-pandemic era, exploring care home staff's beliefs about underlying causes of acute functional decline and its association with urinary tract infection ➡️ doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

New research involving @drmbothapsych.bsky.social in our @durhampsych.bsky.social finds that identity distress (where someone has difficulty forming a cohesive sense of identity) is at the heart of higher rates of poor mental health experienced by autistic people. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/3KMtz88

📣 Your opinion counts. There's just under 2 weeks left to have your say in our survey about working with Parkinson's. We'd love to hear about your experiences. 🇬🇧 English - buff.ly/MVCarR1 🇫🇷 Français - buff.ly/2zqlW7L 🇩🇪 Deutsch - buff.ly/yUTTlRS 🇮🇹 Italiano - buff.ly/8TCtVo0

🔬 £1.6M imaging boost for Southampton research Our Biomedical Imaging Unit has secured over £1.6 million from the BBSRC to install two state-of-the-art imaging platforms. They will help transform our research capabilities 👇 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/funding...

About half of people with depression still have symptoms even after trying more than one medication. This is called difficult-to-treat depression. It affects daily life, relationships, and long-term recovery. 🧵 THREAD #DifficultToTreatDepression #TreatmentResistantDepression

Early results from a clinical trial suggest that a common diabetes drug taken with an antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system that drives disability in multiple sclerosis.

The social care system needs major reform. With action, we can build a resilient social care system that improves quality of life, reduces pressure on the NHS, and drives local economies. Read our new report 👇 www.rsph.org.uk/our-work/pub...

Have you read the latest Evidence & Policy blog post? 'Recognising the expertise of people with #disability' by Shane Clifton evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/09/17/r... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @drcliffo.bsky.social

Why aren't we doing cutting edge emergency stroke care (thrombectomy)? We asked healthcare professionals. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9... (part of #NIHR Optimist/SPEEDY trial) @oxprimarycare.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @newcastleuni.bsky.social @ouhospitals.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk

📋 As a social worker, you understand the challenges and realities of adult social care. By completing the adult social care workforce survey, you can ensure your experiences and insights are heard. Have your say 👉 bit.ly/3HjKU7g

Increasingly older people are feeling lonely. Palliative researchers at ARC South London are investigating the relationship between breathlessness and loneliness in older people to inform interventions to help reduce loneliness. 👉 arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/research-and...

Oh my God this is so wonderful. Bra-fucking-vo UCL www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Psst - want to know what we've been up to and what's coming up next? Take a look at our Autumn Update www.linkedin.com/pulse/arc-we... @nisreenalwan.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social @hiowhnhsft.bsky.social @uhdnhs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @buresearch.bsky.social

A friend works as a Huntington nurse. Been to a few fundraising events over the years for her team. This is great news. BBC News - Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Dawn Horne tells her story from dementia diagnosis to research with Rasa Mikelyte. Thanks for travelling to Nottingham to present to our #DementiaResearch Showcase event

We’re excited to announce Professor David Cash @davecash75.bsky.social as a plenary speaker at the Manchester UK Hub of AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026 on 26 Feb, sharing advances in neuroimaging. #AAICNeuro www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/professor-da...

What lessons have you learnt in the ED as a Black medic? Have you overcome a situation that has stayed with you? Have you challenged your trust to be more inclusive? We want to hear your story for Black History Month 2025. Share your story with us by completing this form: www.surveymonkey.com...

Nursing’s Class of ’25 @uniwinchester.bsky.social received their coveted training badges recently. Read about the ceremony here bit.ly/3KkBycw. To hear interviews with some of the new nurses and staff taking part, visit bit.ly/46BZkbk (Photo by Dominic Parkes Photography)

Childhood bereavement can have a serious impact on health and wellbeing. To shed light on the realities of how universally anticipatory grief and bereavement affect us physically as well as mentally, we spoke to Ruth Strauss Foundation on our podcast. Listen now: shows.acast.com/rsph-present...

Have you got your ticket yet? 🎟️ BASW England is proud to be sponsoring the Social Worker of the Year Awards. Join us to celebrate exceptional social work practice happening across the country! Find out more 🔗 buytickets.at/thesocialwor...

48 projects backed to turn cutting-edge research into businesses #ESRC #AcademicSky

Only 36% of people aged 50-66 feel they have a good understanding of workplace support available to them, and this drops to 31% for Disabled workers. It's time to bridge the gap. Employers can make a difference by clearly communicating available adjustments and fostering inclusive environments.

Put a rocket 🚀up your career with @hiowhacademy.bsky.social Launchpad. Offering more than 20 research internships. Read more www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/post/launchp... @hiowhnhsft.bsky.social @uhsft.bsky.social @uhsftresearch.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @nisreenalwan.bsky.social

Don't get stung. Book up early for the WASP 🐝conference for personalised care for all health professionals @hantsconnect.bsky.social @hiowhnhsft.bsky.social @hiowhacademy.bsky.social @uhsft.bsky.social www.wasp.soton.ac.uk/conference-2... #personalisedcare #training #patientcentred