A systematic review and meta analysis of over 800,000 patients most likely to get Long Covid has found women, smokers and those who had severe COVID-19 infection are at a higher risk of Long COVID.
Researchers also found that patients who had at least two doses of the COVID vaccine had a significantly lower risk of getting Long COVID.
Clinicians don’t feel they have enough training on health inequalities and would like more as part of their medical education, a report by the Royal College of Physicians has found. Of the clinicians’ surveyed 67 per cent of respondents had not received teaching or training in health inequalities within a training programme or as part of their degree and only 26 per cent felt confident in their ability to reduce the impact of health inequalities in their medical practice.
This series looking at the current state of the UK rental market will contain stories familiar to anyone renting or looking for somewhere to rent in the UK BBC Radio 4 – Rental Health.
The current bulletin for Depression, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download.
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletin please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
The latest Digital Mental Health bulletin, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, has been published.
If you are unable to access any of the articles in it please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
The current bulletins for Learning Disabilities and Community Health, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, are now available to view and download.
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletins please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
A report by the Healthier Housing Partnership (an independent partnership of academics, housing, environmental health and regeneration practitioners and housing and health researchers) has stressed the need for housing to be an essential part of future strategies to improve health and for making better use of resources to achieve better health outcomes.
A White Paper on the government’s proposals to help more disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in work has been published. It pledges to invest in employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions, ensure people can access the right support at the right time and have a better overall experience when applying for and receiving health and disability benefits reform the benefits system for the future so it focuses on what people can do rather than on what they cannot.
Ten charities including one that operates in Lancashire have won a 2023 GSK IMPACT Awards. One of the ten was Red Rose Recovery, based in Preston and across East Lancashire, which runs recovery systems and creates opportunities for people affected by substance misuse, mental health and offending behaviours. The ten organisations will receive a £40,000 donation, plus two places on a free training and development programme. The overall winner will be announced at the GSK IMPACT Awards Ceremony on 18 May
2023 GSK IMPACT Award winners | The King’s Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)
NHS England has produced a ‘bitesize guide‘ to ‘supporting people with a learning disability and people with autism to live happier, healthier, longer lives.
