Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID); 2026.
Results from the 2024 national survey on how mothers in England feed their babies, including breastfeeding rates and use of infant formula and solid foods.
Freely available online
Month: July 2026
Suicide Prevention and Self Harm bulletin
from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service
can now be viewed at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/bulletins/suicide-prevention/
This webpage features key links and emerging reports about suicide prevention.
In this issue:
- The association between 24‐hr movement patterns and self‐harm incidence in adolescence
- The Impact of Emotional Arousal on Physical Pain and Numbness in Individuals Who Engage in Non‐Suicidal Self‐Injury
- Investigating Predictors of Differential Trajectories of Suicidal Desire Across an Intensive Longitudinal Design
- Plus much more
Neighbourhood health: Outcomes, trust and local delivery.
Public Policy Projects; 2026.
Public Policy Projects’ second roundtable on neighbourhood health asked attendees to consider what neighbourhood health should achieve, and how the system will know whether it is working. The discussion pointed towards a broader test of success, such as whether neighbourhood working improves people’s lives in ways they recognise, helps services respond earlier and more effectively, and enables public sector partners to work around communities rather than institutional boundaries.
Freely available online
Dementia Bulletin
Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service
In this issue:
- Functional Implications of Marine Biosurfactants and Their Therapeutic Potential Against Alzheimer’s Disease
- The proteomic and metabolomic signature of inherited chromosomally integrated HHV‐6 and its role in all‐cause dementia and mortality risk: The UK Biobank study
- Age of Type 1 Diabetes Onset and Dementia Risk: A Swedish Nationwide, Register‐Based Cohort Study
- Predictors of Alzheimer’s disease treatment optimism among a nationally representative sample of US older adults
- Plus much more
Depression & Anxiety Bulletin
Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service
Ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/depression-anxiety/2026/07/20-july-2026/
In this edition:
- Psychological safety on mental health wards: more than preventing harm
- Applying cultural psychiatry to non-pharmacological interventions
- Reintegration programmes for people with severe mental illnesses released from correctional institutions: systematic review
- Plus much more
LSCFT Research Blog
July 2026
MBRRACE-UK Perinatal mortality surveillance : UK perinatal deaths of babies born in 2024 : State of the nation report.
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP); 2026.
Known as MBRRACE-UK, this outcome review programme’s latest report focuses on UK perinatal deaths of babies born in 2024, finding that rates of baby death continued to decrease in that year.
Freely available online
NHS England agree major Copilot plan.
UKAuthority; 2026.
NHS England is set to roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and support staff in an effort to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption, streamline administrative delivery, and reduce operational costs.
Freely available online
Abuse, Ageing and Homelessness: The Hidden Crisis Affecting Older People.
Hourglass; 2026.
Recent figures from the Office of National Statistics have shown that 15,690 households headed by over-65s are at risk of homelessness, a rise of 79% in the last five years, while the Combined Homelessness and Information Network, which records levels of rough sleeping, indicated around 12% of all rough sleepers in London in fiscal year 24/25 were aged over 55, an overall figure of 1,578
Freely available online
NHS Alliance calls for new mental health waiting time target for children and young people
National Health Executive
Here is the latest on mental health for children and young people.
from the CPD Magazine