"Physical punishment is universally harmful to children and ineffective as discipline." Children should have the same legal protection from assault as adults www.bmj.com/content/394/...

🎉 The SPCR Outstanding Contribution to Public & Community Involvement Award is now open to SPCR member departments. We're celebrating excellence in involvement activity across SPCR-funded projects and activities. Learn more: bit.ly/449EHCz #SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research #PPIE

Still deciding whether to join us this September? Here's 5 reasons to register for SSMPH EuroEpi2026: ✅ Hear world-leading keynote speakers, including the prestigious Pemberton and Cochrane Lectures. ✅ Explore the latest population health research through oral and poster presentations.

Interested to develop a career in primary care #research? #Funded #PhD places available at our members! The next deadline is with @uos-primarycare.bsky.social on Friday, July 31, 2026 so make sure to enquire soon for more information. bit.ly/404redv #PhD #studentship #primarycare

Writing for @acadsocsciences.bsky.social, our Co-Director, Sue Jarvis, explores why English devolution matters, the potential benefits of further reform, and the vital role that social science must play in supporting English devolution's success acss.org.uk/social-scien...

Research by @liverpooluni.bsky.social's Centre for People’s Justice at the heart of Hillsborough Law ⚖️ @cfpjustice.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social Read more 👉 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/07/15/r...

Public contributor Sadir Mir reflects on their experience as a peer researcher in an NIHR SPCR-funded primary care research project: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/blog/th... #SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research

The latest N8 newsletter is out! 👇 With reflections on the new UKRI Strategy and news from across our programmes and network. You can also subscribe to the N8 mailing list to receive email updates, or subscribe to the N8 LinkedIn newsletter. Head to www.n8research.org.uk/contact-us/ for options.

❓ Interested in strengthening your leadership in public health while continuing to work? 🔦 See our 24-month, part time Executive Master of Public Health (MPH) programme! Apply by: 🌍 International students: 21 Aug 2026 🇬🇧 UK students: 11 Sep 2026 🔗: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/mast...

Three funded PhD opportunities focused on combating next-generation biological threats 🧫 @liverpooluni.bsky.social @thepandemicinst.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/new...

High streets are more than just retail. Join PHI UK Healthy Urban Places us to explore how over a century of urban change has shaped the places we live, move, connect, and thrive across Bradford and Liverpool. 📅 Wednesday 29 July 2026 ⏰ 11:00–12:00 BST, Online 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/healt...

Getting vaccinated saves lives. New data shows that global immunization coverage has moved forward in 2025. 85% or 110 million infants were immunized in 2025—nearly 1 million more infants than the previous year. Let’s make sure children don’t miss out living healthy & joyful lives: bit.ly/4pvS1uX

NEW POLICY BRIEFING: As Andy Burnham prepares to become Prime Minister, @jmchickson.bsky.social explores why the 'securonomics' agenda remains critical for UK policymaking, and why it should now be meaningfully devolved from central government. livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194542/1/PB...

Get your data on vaccination coverage here: bit.ly/4pvS1uX

Every child deserves the chance to grow up healthy and protected. But in 2025, vaccine coverage is still not where it needs to be. Nearly 20 million children missed at least one vaccine dose in 2025. Each missed dose can leave a child more vulnerable to diseases that vaccines can help prevent.

Steve Turner, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, highlights why connected data matters for children and young people. Our Connecting Data report calls for a national, devolved approach to linking data safely: tinyurl.com/cotn100726 #Connectingdata @rcpch.bsky.social

Do you want to help improve the health of people experiencing homelessness using data? New opportunity in health data science at the University of Liverpool, come and join the Health Inequality Policy Research Team and the CHIL community: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSB121/r... @liverpooluni.bsky.social

#PublicHealth #EpiSky #AcademicSky #HealthInequalities bsky.app/profile/robe...

"Now is the time to be much more ambitious about using connected data to boost life chances for all children, wherever they are growing up." - Haroon Chowdry @cfyounglives.bsky.social Read the Connecting data report calling for a national devolved approach: tinyurl.com/cotn100726 #Connectingdata

A new toolkit has been developed to help researchers build trust with ethnic minority communities. The Co-Trust Toolkit aims to support greater participation in medical research and help ensure research reflects the needs of everyone. 🔗Read more: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-too...

By learning from what is working, and tackling the challenge of poor connection between public services, we can create a country that works for all children and young people. Read the report now: www.n8research.org.uk/media/CotN_C...    @n8research.bsky.social, @cfyounglives.bsky.social   3/3

‘Connecting data: Intelligent and informed delivery to support every child to succeed’, published by @childofthenorth.bsky.social and partners, showcases approaches that are already working in Northern England and could be rolled out nationally.  2/3

Children are being left unsupported, unseen and exposed to avoidable harm, with services not safely and lawfully sharing and linking information.   Connected data could be the key to transforming children’s services and boosting the UK economy.     1/3

Do you want to help improve the health of people experiencing homelessness using data? New opportunity in health data science at the University of Liverpool, come and join the Health Inequality Policy Research Team and the CHIL community: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSB121/r... @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Do you want to help improve the health of people experiencing homelessness using data? Come work with @lizcamacho-phd.bsky.social, @benjaminbarr.bsky.social and me and join @livunihipr.bsky.social and @livunichil.bsky.social, apply 👇https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSB121/research-associate-grade-7

New blog from @lhgp.bsky.social "Who the hell is upstream pushing them all in?": Why metaphors matter in public health. www.phiuk.org/blogs/lhgp-g... May van Schalkwyk and Benjamin Hawkins explain why the upstream-downstream metaphor needs to shift attention back to the manufacturers of illness.

All you need is LOVE...and a Liverpool honorary degree! ❤️🎓 Congratulations to legendary musician Ringo Starr for receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Music yesterday from the University of Liverpool – welcome to #TeamLivUni 💙 Read more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/07/08/p...

“Children’s mental health is not just a health issue - it is a social and economic issue that requires coordinated action across society” - @hannahdavies.bsky.social Read why centralising prevention in health policy can tackle the mental health crisis: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...

Congratulations to our wonderful colleagues from across the Faculty who were recognised for their exceptional achievements at the University’s 2026 Staff Awards ceremony! 🎉 Find out about our winners via our website ➡️ bit.ly/4pcJz3M #TeamLivUni

We need a national connected data model to transform children’s services. Our report shows how proven approaches already working in Northern England can be scaled nationally to address the urgent need for better data sharing. childofthenorth.aflip.in/Connectingda... #ConnectingData

Peace, Love…and an Honorary Degree from for Ringo news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/07/08/p...

ℹ️ On Tue 16 Jun 2026 at Liverpool Town Hall @groundswellcon.bsky.social held the event "Building Healthier Futures: A National Summit on Place, Equity & Urban Health". 👇 Read reflections & view the infographic on "insights, ideas and inspirations from the day"! 🔗: www.linkedin.com/posts/buildi...

Catch up with the @healthfoundation.bsky.social webinar - Tackling economic inactivity. Including findings from our evaluation the the Leeds Mindful Employer network 🎬 Watch the recording www.health.org.uk/events/webin...

Getting people back into work requires investment in health & support - @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social makes the case in @politicshome.bsky.social ome. Our return to work report shows reducing health inequalities is key to improving employment outcomes www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

The DataSHIELD Conference is an annual community meeting focused on collaboration between researchers, developers and users of DataSHIELD software and infrastructure-the 2026 conference will be held in Liverpool from 6-9 Oct, with sessions based at the Hope Street Hotel. datashield.org

🎤 Today's PHPS forum was on “Economic Booms, Bad Sleep? Evidence from China Using Search Data, Weather, and Shift-Share Shocks” #PublicHealth #DataScience 🗣️ Speaker: Dr Jing Guan, Lecturer in Sport Management at Loughborough University. 🔗 research profile: www.lboro.ac.uk/schools/spor...

Do you want to help us improve the services we provide? Then become an Alder Hey Member! Through our membership, we can gain a better understanding of the needs of our patients, parents and carers which will help us to improve what we do. Find out more: https://www.alderhey.nhs.uk/about/membership/

Does NHS spending actually reduce health inequalities? 🏥📈 A new commentary compares two key studies, Anaya-Montes et al. (2025) & Martin et al. (2022), to unpack why they reach different conclusions on how funding impacts deprived vs. high-mortality areas. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4f0TwN4

Children and young people’s mental health issues are rising; demand for services is exceeding capacity. In order to thrive, young people need to be supported throughout their lives, not just at crisis point. Read the Child of the North APPG’s new report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...

Submit your diverse output types (DOTs) to the @hiddenref.bsky.social Competition 2026 and showcase your wonderful research. Open to anyone affiliated with a UK research organisation - submissions close on 13 September 2026. Full details here: hidden-ref.org/hidden-ref-c... #diverseresearch

Experts highlight limits of evidence from ultra processed food trials news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/06/04/e...

The DataSHIELD Conference is an annual community meeting focused on collaboration between researchers, developers and users of DataSHIELD software and infrastructure-the 2026 conference will be held in Liverpool from 6-9 Oct, with sessions based at the Hope Street Hotel. datashield.org

As @emmalewellmp.bsky.social states, now is the “chance to turn the tide” on child and adolescent mental health. Read why coordinated action with a prevention focus is needed to tackle poor mental health in the new Child of the North APPG report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...

ℹ️ The DataSHIELD Conference is an annual community meeting focused on collaboration between researchers, developers and users of DataSHIELD software and infrastructure. 🗓️ Taking place 06-09 Oct 2026 in Liverpool. See webpage for further details! 🔗: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/datashield...

Children’s mental health crisis risks fuelling ‘lost generation’ - Health Equity North @thenhsa.bsky.social in collaboration with @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social

🙋 WEBINAR - Join us on 16 July @ 12pm to learn more about our upcoming Equitable Access to Play report, including how you can submit a contribution. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-eq... The webinar will be hosted by the co-editors of the report and there will be time for Q&A. #Play

Call for contributions. In partnership with the @cfyounglives.bsky.social we are inviting contributions to a new report, and would like to hear from anyone who is involved in supporting children and young people’s play. Learn more👇 We'd love to hear from you. DL 31 Aug. Please share!

Children’s mental health is at crisis, with services overwhelmed and families struggling a new report co-authored by Nicholas Kofi Adjei, Michelle Black, Yanhua Chen, Yu Wei Chua, Fatemeh Hoda Fallah, Paris Lee, Gianmaria Niccodemi, David Taylor Robinson, Roberta Piroddi, Paul Walmsley shows. 1/2

The report published by @heathequitynorth.bsky.social shows that nearly 1 in 5 primary school children now have a probable mental health disorder and almost 400,000 children are still waiting for support. www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/childrens-me... 2/2

The report published by @heathequitynorth.bsky.social shows that nearly 1 in 5 primary school children now have a probable mental health disorder and almost 400,000 children are still waiting for support. www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/childrens-me... 2/2