Dr Bronia Arnott
@broniaarnott.bsky.social
Evidence, practice, & public involvement to improve health & wellbeing from infancy. Newcastle University
Public Involvement & Engagement Methodologist - NIHR RSS
Knowledge Exchange Broker - NIHR PHIRST
Voluntary Sector Evaluation Scheme lead - NIHR SPHR
Public Involvement & Engagement Methodologist - NIHR RSS
Knowledge Exchange Broker - NIHR PHIRST
Voluntary Sector Evaluation Scheme lead - NIHR SPHR
Reposted by Dr Bronia Arnott
Off to @local.gov.uk conf nxt week? #Liverpool.
Join our PHIRST sessions @nihrlambethhdrc.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social @dph-mashton.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @pvandergraaf.bsky.social @profkebrown.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @janedwills.bsky.social
Join our PHIRST sessions @nihrlambethhdrc.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social @dph-mashton.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @pvandergraaf.bsky.social @profkebrown.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @janedwills.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Off to @local.gov.uk conf nxt week? #Liverpool.
Join our PHIRST sessions @nihrlambethhdrc.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social @dph-mashton.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @pvandergraaf.bsky.social @profkebrown.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @janedwills.bsky.social
Join our PHIRST sessions @nihrlambethhdrc.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social @dph-mashton.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @pvandergraaf.bsky.social @profkebrown.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @janedwills.bsky.social
Great to hear the emphasis on the voice of the baby in the #WhoIsHoldingTheBaby webinar from @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social today.
I will be presenting our work on infant voice tomorrow at the Newcastle 1001 critical days conference for Infant Mental Health Awareness week #IMHAW2025 #IMHAW25 #IMHAW
I will be presenting our work on infant voice tomorrow at the Newcastle 1001 critical days conference for Infant Mental Health Awareness week #IMHAW2025 #IMHAW25 #IMHAW
June 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Great to hear the emphasis on the voice of the baby in the #WhoIsHoldingTheBaby webinar from @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social today.
I will be presenting our work on infant voice tomorrow at the Newcastle 1001 critical days conference for Infant Mental Health Awareness week #IMHAW2025 #IMHAW25 #IMHAW
I will be presenting our work on infant voice tomorrow at the Newcastle 1001 critical days conference for Infant Mental Health Awareness week #IMHAW2025 #IMHAW25 #IMHAW
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New free paper on improving financial support services for users with complex health needs: a mixed-method economic evaluation of Social Navigators in South Tyneside. @nihr-phirst.bsky.social Fusion co-produced this evaluation with the local authority. 1/5 bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/14/2...
Improving local authority financial support services for users with complex health needs: a mixed-method economic evaluation of Social Navigators in South Tyneside, UK
Despite social prescribing being promoted by the UK government for the last decade, the evidence supporting social prescribing remains weak and has mainly been confined to clinical contexts. Our study...
bmjopenquality.bmj.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New free paper on improving financial support services for users with complex health needs: a mixed-method economic evaluation of Social Navigators in South Tyneside. @nihr-phirst.bsky.social Fusion co-produced this evaluation with the local authority. 1/5 bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/14/2...
Great to have @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social comms pack for Infant Mental Health Awareness Week #IMHAW2025
Includes a link to commissioning support toolkit parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/professional... I co-developed with the Foundation & @karenjbateson.bsky.social funded by @arcnenc.bsky.social
Includes a link to commissioning support toolkit parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/professional... I co-developed with the Foundation & @karenjbateson.bsky.social funded by @arcnenc.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Great to have @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social comms pack for Infant Mental Health Awareness Week #IMHAW2025
Includes a link to commissioning support toolkit parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/professional... I co-developed with the Foundation & @karenjbateson.bsky.social funded by @arcnenc.bsky.social
Includes a link to commissioning support toolkit parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/professional... I co-developed with the Foundation & @karenjbateson.bsky.social funded by @arcnenc.bsky.social
Serious fun!
Working together to identify solutions to barriers to involving and engaging children & young people in research.
An energising day in Liverpool yesterday for the Children and Young People’s Public and patient Involvement and Engagement National Collaborative meeting #CYPPPIENatCol
Working together to identify solutions to barriers to involving and engaging children & young people in research.
An energising day in Liverpool yesterday for the Children and Young People’s Public and patient Involvement and Engagement National Collaborative meeting #CYPPPIENatCol
June 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Serious fun!
Working together to identify solutions to barriers to involving and engaging children & young people in research.
An energising day in Liverpool yesterday for the Children and Young People’s Public and patient Involvement and Engagement National Collaborative meeting #CYPPPIENatCol
Working together to identify solutions to barriers to involving and engaging children & young people in research.
An energising day in Liverpool yesterday for the Children and Young People’s Public and patient Involvement and Engagement National Collaborative meeting #CYPPPIENatCol
“integrated early years services, done well, are cheaper than they initially seem once their benefits are taken into account.”
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
Sure Start children’s centres provided £2 of savings for every £1 in costs, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), prompting calls for the government to look at such services as potentially paying for themselves.
The centres, championed by the last Labour government, created £2.8bn in savings and revenues at the scheme’s peak in England, according to the IFS study. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
“integrated early years services, done well, are cheaper than they initially seem once their benefits are taken into account.”
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Catch up with our latest PHIRST seminar youtube.com/watch?v=Nv9h... discussing:
👶helping parents bond with their baby
🍔young people's views on food advertising &
🧠supporting mental health of 16-25yr olds
👶helping parents bond with their baby
🍔young people's views on food advertising &
🧠supporting mental health of 16-25yr olds
PHIRST Seminar, Children and Young People, May 2025
YouTube video by NIHR PHIRST
youtube.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Catch up with our latest PHIRST seminar youtube.com/watch?v=Nv9h... discussing:
👶helping parents bond with their baby
🍔young people's views on food advertising &
🧠supporting mental health of 16-25yr olds
👶helping parents bond with their baby
🍔young people's views on food advertising &
🧠supporting mental health of 16-25yr olds
Reposted by Dr Bronia Arnott
Sign up for the next PHIRST seminar: Public health evaluations with children + young people
📅Wednesday 14 May, 2-3.30PM
phirst.nihr.ac.uk/seminar-chil...
📅Wednesday 14 May, 2-3.30PM
phirst.nihr.ac.uk/seminar-chil...
May 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Sign up for the next PHIRST seminar: Public health evaluations with children + young people
📅Wednesday 14 May, 2-3.30PM
phirst.nihr.ac.uk/seminar-chil...
📅Wednesday 14 May, 2-3.30PM
phirst.nihr.ac.uk/seminar-chil...
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Ahead of the next PHIRST seminar 📅 14/05/25 2PM - read Yvanna Todorova's blog on making an animation to share the voices and views of young people involved in a #SchoolStreets evaluation phirst.nihr.ac.uk/blog-from-qu...
From questions to cartoons: sharing research with young voices in Newcastle - NIHR Public Health Interventions Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST)
Blog describing the creation of an animation for the NIHR PHIRST Newcastle School Streets evaluation to explain findings to younger audiences
phirst.nihr.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ahead of the next PHIRST seminar 📅 14/05/25 2PM - read Yvanna Todorova's blog on making an animation to share the voices and views of young people involved in a #SchoolStreets evaluation phirst.nihr.ac.uk/blog-from-qu...
Public health interventions with babies, children and young people - want to know more?
Registration is now open for the next @nihr-phirst.bsky.social seminar phirst.nihr.ac.uk/seminar-chil...
Registration is now open for the next @nihr-phirst.bsky.social seminar phirst.nihr.ac.uk/seminar-chil...
April 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Public health interventions with babies, children and young people - want to know more?
Registration is now open for the next @nihr-phirst.bsky.social seminar phirst.nihr.ac.uk/seminar-chil...
Registration is now open for the next @nihr-phirst.bsky.social seminar phirst.nihr.ac.uk/seminar-chil...
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Over 200 people participated in a national ARC webinar to explore the complex role emotions play in public involvement in health and care research. Catch up with the recording 👇
arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insight...
arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insight...
April 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Over 200 people participated in a national ARC webinar to explore the complex role emotions play in public involvement in health and care research. Catch up with the recording 👇
arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insight...
arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insight...
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The new PHIRST EoI call has reopened and will close on 17 June 2025.
www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
www.nihr.ac.uk
March 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The new PHIRST EoI call has reopened and will close on 17 June 2025.
www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
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UK parents with babies in neonatal care gain right to paid leave
UK parents with babies in neonatal care gain right to paid leave
Measures hailed as lifeline for parents will allow people with sick babies to take up to 12 weeks’ leave
Parents with children in neonatal care will gain a day-one right to paid leave and pay in a move hailed as “a lifeline for parents” with sick babies.
From Sunday, the measures will allow eligible parents to take up to 12 weeks of leave and pay, on top of maternity and paternity leave. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
UK parents with babies in neonatal care gain right to paid leave
One of my favourite things from this week has been a walk and talk meeting with a colleagues - @newcastleuni.bsky.social campus looking lovely in the sunshine.
What has been your favourite thing from this week?
What has been your favourite thing from this week?
April 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
One of my favourite things from this week has been a walk and talk meeting with a colleagues - @newcastleuni.bsky.social campus looking lovely in the sunshine.
What has been your favourite thing from this week?
What has been your favourite thing from this week?
Enjoyed presenting our @nihr-phirst.bsky.social Fusion embedded researcher model in Innovation Zone @local.gov.uk Public Health conference today - delighted to be joined by Jane Hemuka talking about her experiences
Find out more in Jane’s blog phirst.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u... #LGAPublicHealth25
Find out more in Jane’s blog phirst.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u... #LGAPublicHealth25
April 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Enjoyed presenting our @nihr-phirst.bsky.social Fusion embedded researcher model in Innovation Zone @local.gov.uk Public Health conference today - delighted to be joined by Jane Hemuka talking about her experiences
Find out more in Jane’s blog phirst.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u... #LGAPublicHealth25
Find out more in Jane’s blog phirst.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u... #LGAPublicHealth25
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Our Vice President Alice Wiseman in a panel discussion #LGAPublicHealth25 on tackling health inequalities and supporting children and young people.
"We must be advocates for children and young people and their voices must be embedded in everything we do in setting policy."
"We must be advocates for children and young people and their voices must be embedded in everything we do in setting policy."
April 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Our Vice President Alice Wiseman in a panel discussion #LGAPublicHealth25 on tackling health inequalities and supporting children and young people.
"We must be advocates for children and young people and their voices must be embedded in everything we do in setting policy."
"We must be advocates for children and young people and their voices must be embedded in everything we do in setting policy."
Really pleased to be working @nihrsphr.bsky.social in partnership with @peopleshealthtrust.bsky.social to evaluate this new programme to support young people
Almost 1m young people are not in work or education. We've heard directly that this is both a cause and consequence of poor mental health.
Today we launch a pioneering programme to break the cycle of poor mental health & unemployment for young people.
www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories...
Today we launch a pioneering programme to break the cycle of poor mental health & unemployment for young people.
www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories...
March 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Really pleased to be working @nihrsphr.bsky.social in partnership with @peopleshealthtrust.bsky.social to evaluate this new programme to support young people
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Depending on which region of the UK they live, as many as 1 in 5 young people (Wales, London, West Midlands) are unemployed. In the North West, 40% of unemployed people are age 16-24
Our new programme aims to break the cycle of mental health problems and youth unemployment
Our new programme aims to break the cycle of mental health problems and youth unemployment
Almost 1m young people are not in work or education. We've heard directly that this is both a cause and consequence of poor mental health.
Today we launch a pioneering programme to break the cycle of poor mental health & unemployment for young people.
www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories...
Today we launch a pioneering programme to break the cycle of poor mental health & unemployment for young people.
www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories...
March 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Depending on which region of the UK they live, as many as 1 in 5 young people (Wales, London, West Midlands) are unemployed. In the North West, 40% of unemployed people are age 16-24
Our new programme aims to break the cycle of mental health problems and youth unemployment
Our new programme aims to break the cycle of mental health problems and youth unemployment
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Do you work in Local Government and have a #PublicHealth scheme in need of evaluation?
The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Do you work in Local Government and have a #PublicHealth scheme in need of evaluation?
The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...
@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
Looking forward to our session on building research capacity and capability in local government through the PHIRST Fusion Embedded Researcher model
Register now to hear about the experiences of some of our embedded researchers across a range of evaluations
Register now to hear about the experiences of some of our embedded researchers across a range of evaluations
Very happy to be presenting our innovative approaches to #publichealth intervention evaluation at this conference @triciajessiman.bsky.social @broniaarnott.bsky.social @profkebrown.bsky.social @afwellings.bsky.social
Book your place lgaevents.local.gov.uk/lga/frontend...
Book your place lgaevents.local.gov.uk/lga/frontend...
March 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Looking forward to our session on building research capacity and capability in local government through the PHIRST Fusion Embedded Researcher model
Register now to hear about the experiences of some of our embedded researchers across a range of evaluations
Register now to hear about the experiences of some of our embedded researchers across a range of evaluations
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@bencurran.bsky.social and @childrennortheast.bsky.social met with @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social recently to talk about their 'Little Minds in Mind' parent-infant relationship service and the Start for Life programme.
Sharon also heard how important local services are from local families.
Sharon also heard how important local services are from local families.
February 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
@bencurran.bsky.social and @childrennortheast.bsky.social met with @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social recently to talk about their 'Little Minds in Mind' parent-infant relationship service and the Start for Life programme.
Sharon also heard how important local services are from local families.
Sharon also heard how important local services are from local families.
"Isabella's voice or her lived experience was not seen at all during the last month of her life…”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Isabella Jonas-Wheildon was 'invisible' to authorities - report
Agencies in four counties missed chances to save Isabella Jonas-Wheildon, a review finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"Isabella's voice or her lived experience was not seen at all during the last month of her life…”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is the illustrated Call to Action by "the children and young people of Newcastle" (on p.39 of the report) - including PLAY!, more parks, more buses on time.
February 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This is the illustrated Call to Action by "the children and young people of Newcastle" (on p.39 of the report) - including PLAY!, more parks, more buses on time.
I read this report with interest too.
Much to reflect on including how places, spaces and communities support the best start in life, and the role of children’s rights and participation in these approaches
Much to reflect on including how places, spaces and communities support the best start in life, and the role of children’s rights and participation in these approaches
Been looking at the recently-published annual report by Alice Wiseman, Director of Public Health in Newcastle (and Gateshead), titled (and focused) on "It takes a city to raise a child".
Lots to think about, including from the perspective of play & mobility.
new.newcastle.gov.uk/budget-polic...
Lots to think about, including from the perspective of play & mobility.
new.newcastle.gov.uk/budget-polic...
Director of Public Health annual report 2024 to 2025 | Newcastle City Council
Alice Wiseman explains Newcastle is an amazing place to grow up, but more can be done for children.
new.newcastle.gov.uk
February 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I read this report with interest too.
Much to reflect on including how places, spaces and communities support the best start in life, and the role of children’s rights and participation in these approaches
Much to reflect on including how places, spaces and communities support the best start in life, and the role of children’s rights and participation in these approaches
“If you improve the conditions in which people live, they won’t need public services so much… If we can enact policies that improve those conditions… services like social care won’t be needed as much. Which is better for everybody” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
One in four children in England need social care services by 18, study reveals
New research shows scale of crisis, sparking fears over impact of poverty and funding cuts on young people
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“If you improve the conditions in which people live, they won’t need public services so much… If we can enact policies that improve those conditions… services like social care won’t be needed as much. Which is better for everybody” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...