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

Testing patients in ambulances can: ⤵️Reduce transport of patients to hospital ⏱️Reduce time to treatment 👩‍⚕️Direct patients to specialist care But what types of point-of-care test have potential? Our new @sjtrem.bsky.social scoping review looks at the evidence bit.ly/3Cydek3

Read about how later life can be a 'golden age' for friendships -with contributions from Dr Alex Thompson, ARC NENC Mental Health Research Fellow. Alex's work focuses on the mental health and well-being of older adults with a focus on loneliness and social interaction. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Sharing our new paper🎉⭐️ as my first post 🥰 Our review focused on #PublicInvolvement in applied health and social care research includes a summary of unintended harms and highlights priorities for funders, orgs and researchers in developing meaningful public partnerships dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex....

Last chance to apply to join our team as our new Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow. Help us to get our research evidence to the people who can use it, to shape better health and care for people in our region and beyond. Closes 19 January 🔽 arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/news/join-ou...

🚀 Looking to kickstart your research career? We’re offering 3 funded internships in #dementia research starting April 2025! This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience and receive mentorship from experts in the field. 🔗 arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/apply-d... @neilchadborn.bsky.social

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#ARCadvent day 2️⃣2️⃣: Leaving poverty at the school gate: Research funded by @arcnenc.bsky.social has identified a link between reducing the stigma of poverty in schools and the reading and maths attainment of pupils arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/news/poverty... @newcastleuni.bsky.social

#ARCadvent day 2️⃣1️⃣: This cross-ARC implementation, knowledge mobilisation and impact guide signposts you to a variety of resources created either by one of the ARCs or by the NIHR @nihr.bsky.social more widely arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/training-and...

#ARCadvent day 1️⃣6️⃣: Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder #cPTSD is a recently defined disorder that presents very similarly to borderline personality disorder #BPD. A review, supported by ARC North Thames & @qmul.ac.uk explored similarities & differences www.arc-nt.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Some personal news: @chrism11.bsky.social and I have been happily married for 40 years today.

We've secured £150k of funding from @nihr.bsky.social for a new Children & Young People’s Research Partnership - to ensure that children & young people are directly involved in shaping a research agenda for the future. Co-delivered by Investing in Children and other partners ⬇️ tinyurl.com/cyprp24

'K' is for.... Knot! 'Endurance' - by American painter & muralist, Janet Essley. Painted for The Red Knot Project: 'A map of human cultures imagined through the Red Knots' global journey' SO worth a look & a read 👇 www.theredknotsproject.org/western-atla... #AlphabetBirds #birdart #birds #art🪶

#ARCadvent day 9️⃣: @neuro-observant.bsky.social is a long-term public contributor at @arc-west.bsky.social. She’s the brains behind a wildly successful diagram outlining how patient and public involvement (#PPI) can be woven into every stage of the research cycle. arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/news/my-ppi-...

Read our final newsletter of 2024❄️the December national ARCs newsletter, for our latest roundup of news, blogs & opportunities from across the country: mailchi.mp/nihr/decembe... ☃️ Browse #ARCadvent this month, as we post a daily reveal of the most popular stories of the year!

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The November national newsletter from across all 15 NIHR ARCs mailchi.mp/nihr/novembe... #HealthInequalities, implementing nationwide interventions to improve #MentalHealth care, building #KnowledgeMobilisation capacity, multiple long-term conditions #MLTC research, awards, training, events & more

My grandmother voting for Kamala Harris. Born 1918. 2 years old when the 19th Amendment was ratified. 47 when the Voting Rights Act secured her vote. Will turn 107 on inauguration day. She’s lived through it all, and she’s damn sure not going back.

Catch up on the 2024 NIHR ARCs national #ARCseminar series exploring #HealthInequalities arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/news/nationa... This cross-ARC series of 3️⃣ webinars explored how health inequity cuts across life stages & places. Across the three live events over 1,200 attendances were recorded!

The @nihr.bsky.social 2023/24 report highlights key contributions from @nihrarcs.bsky.social👏 nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-pu... It spotlights two projects from @penarc.bsky.social and one from @arc-west.bsky.social: 🌟 nihr.ac.uk/news/review-... 🌟 nihr.ac.uk/story/routes... 🌟 nihr.ac.uk/news/digital...

Have you caught up with the @nihrarcs.bsky.social national webinar on regional health inequalities, yet? If not, you can view it by following this link 🔽 tinyurl.com/278ayxtk

Read the @nihrarcs.bsky.social latest news roundup mailchi.mp/nihr/october... Nature & #MentalHealth, regional health inequalities, inclusive care for #LGBTQ+ elders, inequitable access to end-of-life care, spotting hidden signs of abuse in the most vulnerable, toolkits, training, events &much more

First post, the plough tonight in Northumberland, with an aurora as a backdrop

This week marks the 5th birthday of our 15 @nihrarcs.bsky.social in England - including ours! A huge thank you to everyone who has collaborated with us over the last 5 years - working towards our vision of 'better, fairer health & care at all ages & in all places'. 🎈🎈🎈 🎈🎈 #ARCImpacts

#Anxiety problems are the most common #MentalHealth difficulties in childhood. ARC East of England partnered with families, carers & schools on the Working on Worries project which has supported 189 families to reduce the impact of anxiety on children arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/b... 👉 #ARCimpacts

Enhancing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services #CAMHS ARC North Thames supported the implementation & evaluation of the #THRIVE framework, a scalable model for #MentalHealth service improvements, enhancing service access, efficiency & quality arc-nt.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve... 👉🏾 #ARCimpacts

Over the past 5 years, ARCs have carried out: 🔎over 3,000 research projects 📰and published around 7,500 papers in peer-reviewed journals Read this round-up for a selection of projects celebrating #ARCimpacts: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

Since their inception 5 years ago, @nihr.bsky.social ARCs have collaborated with over 600 partner organisations across the country, including: 💙over 200 #NHS partners 🏛️over 100 local authorities 🎓over 70 universities & many more 👉🏿Follow #ARCimpacts & read more here: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

📅 Digital Health Inequities Seminar Series Email [email protected] for next month's seminar Zoom details. #healthInequalities #digitalhealth

Read more about research underway supported by @arcnenc.bsky.social to explore how people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) can reduce their risk of falls. Supported by members of the Breathe Easy Darlington patients group ⬇️ arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/news/6213/

First-ever mRNA vaccine halts pancreatic cancer in its tracks "Importantly, these patients demonstrated delayed recurrence of their pancreatic cancers, providing tantalizing evidence that the T cells activated by the vaccines may be effectively holding the cancer at bay."

Our long term public contributor Louise Ting is the brains behind the wildly successful diagram outlining how patient and public involvement can be woven into every stage of the research cycle. In this blog she describes how it's taken on a life of its own. #PatientInvolvement #PPI bit.ly/3MBj2KV