Paper! How do social prescribing link workers experience their role, and decide whether or not they want to leave?
Work led by Stephanie Tierney and Kamal R. Mahtani with Debra Westlake David Nunan Jane Smith and lots of others.
Work led by Stephanie Tierney and Kamal R. Mahtani with Debra Westlake David Nunan Jane Smith and lots of others.
Latest paper from our study on social prescribing link worker recruitment and retention. Role ambiguity and job misalignment are some of the issues new recruits face #socialprescribing #linkworkers #healthservices #retention @oxprimarycare.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
doi.org/10.1017/S146...
doi.org/10.1017/S146...
Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study | Primary Health Care Research & Development | Cambridge ...
Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study - Volume 26
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Paper! How do social prescribing link workers experience their role, and decide whether or not they want to leave?
Work led by Stephanie Tierney and Kamal R. Mahtani with Debra Westlake David Nunan Jane Smith and lots of others.
Work led by Stephanie Tierney and Kamal R. Mahtani with Debra Westlake David Nunan Jane Smith and lots of others.
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
Latest paper from our study on social prescribing link worker recruitment and retention. Role ambiguity and job misalignment are some of the issues new recruits face #socialprescribing #linkworkers #healthservices #retention @oxprimarycare.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
doi.org/10.1017/S146...
doi.org/10.1017/S146...
Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study | Primary Health Care Research & Development | Cambridge ...
Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study - Volume 26
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Latest paper from our study on social prescribing link worker recruitment and retention. Role ambiguity and job misalignment are some of the issues new recruits face #socialprescribing #linkworkers #healthservices #retention @oxprimarycare.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
doi.org/10.1017/S146...
doi.org/10.1017/S146...
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
Not one, but two new youth #SocialPrescribing articles to share!
📌 Check out this systematic review: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
📌 Plus a study protocol: bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
And browse more papers in our library: sbbresearch.org/research-pap...
📌 Check out this systematic review: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
📌 Plus a study protocol: bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
And browse more papers in our library: sbbresearch.org/research-pap...
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Not one, but two new youth #SocialPrescribing articles to share!
📌 Check out this systematic review: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
📌 Plus a study protocol: bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
And browse more papers in our library: sbbresearch.org/research-pap...
📌 Check out this systematic review: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
📌 Plus a study protocol: bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
And browse more papers in our library: sbbresearch.org/research-pap...
New paper!
An overview of social prescribing pathways for children and young people - with a wonderful team.
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
An overview of social prescribing pathways for children and young people - with a wonderful team.
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
New paper!
An overview of social prescribing pathways for children and young people - with a wonderful team.
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
An overview of social prescribing pathways for children and young people - with a wonderful team.
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Wonderful, useful, and impactful infographic from @allianceon.bsky.social on what Indigenous anti-racism actually looks like in practice.
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iphcc.ca/wp-content/u...
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Wonderful, useful, and impactful infographic from @allianceon.bsky.social on what Indigenous anti-racism actually looks like in practice.
iphcc.ca/wp-content/u...
iphcc.ca/wp-content/u...
Really interesting new paper from Daisy Fancourt and team here - using CPRD to examine the rollout of social prescribing in England. Broad coverage, but inequalities remain...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
National roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system: a longitudinal observational study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data
Social prescribing is growing rapidly in England and across the world. However, it remains unclear who it is reaching and how effectively it is being …
www.sciencedirect.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Really interesting new paper from Daisy Fancourt and team here - using CPRD to examine the rollout of social prescribing in England. Broad coverage, but inequalities remain...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
How can we embed and sustain #SocialPrescribing so that it benefits more children, young people and families?
Earlier in the summer we asked policymakers and commissioners exactly this 🗨️
Check out our brand new policy brief and illustration to learn more: sbbresearch.org/how-to-embed...
Earlier in the summer we asked policymakers and commissioners exactly this 🗨️
Check out our brand new policy brief and illustration to learn more: sbbresearch.org/how-to-embed...
September 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
How can we embed and sustain #SocialPrescribing so that it benefits more children, young people and families?
Earlier in the summer we asked policymakers and commissioners exactly this 🗨️
Check out our brand new policy brief and illustration to learn more: sbbresearch.org/how-to-embed...
Earlier in the summer we asked policymakers and commissioners exactly this 🗨️
Check out our brand new policy brief and illustration to learn more: sbbresearch.org/how-to-embed...
More than ever, we need to remember this... @brianbilston.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
More than ever, we need to remember this... @brianbilston.bsky.social
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social:-
life expectancy “is much less about your own choices and is instead tightly linked to where you live and the political choices made by your government”.
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social:-
life expectancy “is much less about your own choices and is instead tightly linked to where you live and the political choices made by your government”.
Life expectancy: public health and politics
Devi Sridhar's new book How Not to Die (Too Soon): The Lies We've Been Sold and the
Policies That Can Save Us sets out her hope of living to the age of 100 years in good
health “as a collective endeav...
www.thelancet.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social:-
life expectancy “is much less about your own choices and is instead tightly linked to where you live and the political choices made by your government”.
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social:-
life expectancy “is much less about your own choices and is instead tightly linked to where you live and the political choices made by your government”.
Come and work with us!
We are looking for a Research Assistant to come and be part of our EU-Horizon funded SP-EU Project (social-prescribing.eu), based in the Community and Primary Care Research Centre at the University of Plymouth, as well as being part of PenARC.
tinyurl.com/2nue9yya
We are looking for a Research Assistant to come and be part of our EU-Horizon funded SP-EU Project (social-prescribing.eu), based in the Community and Primary Care Research Centre at the University of Plymouth, as well as being part of PenARC.
tinyurl.com/2nue9yya
August 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Come and work with us!
We are looking for a Research Assistant to come and be part of our EU-Horizon funded SP-EU Project (social-prescribing.eu), based in the Community and Primary Care Research Centre at the University of Plymouth, as well as being part of PenARC.
tinyurl.com/2nue9yya
We are looking for a Research Assistant to come and be part of our EU-Horizon funded SP-EU Project (social-prescribing.eu), based in the Community and Primary Care Research Centre at the University of Plymouth, as well as being part of PenARC.
tinyurl.com/2nue9yya
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Helpful overview of trends
Why are Gen Z drinking less alcohol than older generations
Helpful overview of trends
Why are Gen Z drinking less alcohol than older generations
Why are Gen Z drinking less alcohol than older generations?
Those born between the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2010s seem to be drinking less alcohol than older generations. Why is this—and could it be a public health opportunity? Elisabeth Mahase reports
The...
www.bmj.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Helpful overview of trends
Why are Gen Z drinking less alcohol than older generations
Helpful overview of trends
Why are Gen Z drinking less alcohol than older generations
New paper!
The synopsis of our NIHR-funded realist evaluation of social prescribing link workers in primary care is now out. A fantastic team, led by Stephanie Tierney in Oxford.
www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/publish...
The synopsis of our NIHR-funded realist evaluation of social prescribing link workers in primary care is now out. A fantastic team, led by Stephanie Tierney in Oxford.
www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/publish...
August 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New paper!
The synopsis of our NIHR-funded realist evaluation of social prescribing link workers in primary care is now out. A fantastic team, led by Stephanie Tierney in Oxford.
www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/publish...
The synopsis of our NIHR-funded realist evaluation of social prescribing link workers in primary care is now out. A fantastic team, led by Stephanie Tierney in Oxford.
www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/publish...
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
The Intensive Course in Applied Epidemiology that's been running in Aberdeen for nearly 20yrs is getting a rebrand and a refresh.
Launching in March 2026, welcome to the 'Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology'.
Registration available from 01-Sep-2025.
For details, see: tinyurl.com/AberdeenEpiC...
Launching in March 2026, welcome to the 'Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology'.
Registration available from 01-Sep-2025.
For details, see: tinyurl.com/AberdeenEpiC...
July 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Intensive Course in Applied Epidemiology that's been running in Aberdeen for nearly 20yrs is getting a rebrand and a refresh.
Launching in March 2026, welcome to the 'Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology'.
Registration available from 01-Sep-2025.
For details, see: tinyurl.com/AberdeenEpiC...
Launching in March 2026, welcome to the 'Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology'.
Registration available from 01-Sep-2025.
For details, see: tinyurl.com/AberdeenEpiC...
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
1/3. Welcome this @nhsengland.bsky.social review www.england.nhs.uk/2025/07/nhs-...
NHS England » NHS launches first ever review to tackle LGBT+ health inequalities
NHS England » NHS launches first ever review to tackle LGBT+ health inequalities
www.england.nhs.uk
July 31, 2025 at 9:17 AM
1/3. Welcome this @nhsengland.bsky.social review www.england.nhs.uk/2025/07/nhs-...
If you're interested in our new @sp-eu.bsky.social project then here is a recording of the recent introductory presentation by the PI Wolfram Herrmann:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SQ8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SQ8...
July 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you're interested in our new @sp-eu.bsky.social project then here is a recording of the recent introductory presentation by the PI Wolfram Herrmann:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SQ8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SQ8...
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
Youth mental health difficulties have increased in prevalence (rather than better awareness) and key drivers likely include economic precarity, smartphone use, sleep quality and closure of youth services. An excellent piece of research led by @olademk.bsky.social
Very important report out today from the Youth Futures Foundation exploring factors accounting for escalating mental health problems in young people. Lead by fantastic colleagues from the University of Manchester (@olademk.bsky.social et al). Report here: youthfuturesfoundation.org/what-we-do/f...
Understanding young people’s declining mental health - Youth Futures Foundation
Exploring drivers of worsening mental health among 14-24 year olds through a first-of-its-kind study for England
youthfuturesfoundation.org
July 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Youth mental health difficulties have increased in prevalence (rather than better awareness) and key drivers likely include economic precarity, smartphone use, sleep quality and closure of youth services. An excellent piece of research led by @olademk.bsky.social
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
Very important report out today from the Youth Futures Foundation exploring factors accounting for escalating mental health problems in young people. Lead by fantastic colleagues from the University of Manchester (@olademk.bsky.social et al). Report here: youthfuturesfoundation.org/what-we-do/f...
Understanding young people’s declining mental health - Youth Futures Foundation
Exploring drivers of worsening mental health among 14-24 year olds through a first-of-its-kind study for England
youthfuturesfoundation.org
July 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Very important report out today from the Youth Futures Foundation exploring factors accounting for escalating mental health problems in young people. Lead by fantastic colleagues from the University of Manchester (@olademk.bsky.social et al). Report here: youthfuturesfoundation.org/what-we-do/f...
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
UK mental health people (incl users), please feed back on this draft of the Youth Access Quality Framework (on youth mental health hubs). #healthpolicy #mentalhealth
Full disclosure: my PhD student had something to do with this.
www.youthaccess.org.uk/quality-and-...
Full disclosure: my PhD student had something to do with this.
www.youthaccess.org.uk/quality-and-...
The Youth Access Quality Framework consultation
Complete the quality framework consultation to help us ensure it's meaningful, practical, and supportive
www.youthaccess.org.uk
July 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
UK mental health people (incl users), please feed back on this draft of the Youth Access Quality Framework (on youth mental health hubs). #healthpolicy #mentalhealth
Full disclosure: my PhD student had something to do with this.
www.youthaccess.org.uk/quality-and-...
Full disclosure: my PhD student had something to do with this.
www.youthaccess.org.uk/quality-and-...
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes
Brazil's Bolsa Família Program, which provides an average of US$139 per month to over 20 million households in poverty
Study = www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes
Brazil's Bolsa Família Program, which provides an average of US$139 per month to over 20 million households in poverty
Study = www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes
Cash transfer programmes have expanded rapidly across low-income and middle-income
countries (LMICs), from eight countries with programmes in 1960 to 134 countries in
2019, and have demonstrated effec...
www.thelancet.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes
Brazil's Bolsa Família Program, which provides an average of US$139 per month to over 20 million households in poverty
Study = www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes
Brazil's Bolsa Família Program, which provides an average of US$139 per month to over 20 million households in poverty
Study = www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
Our latest article is on #socialprescribing and calls for better evidence and better systems for collaboration journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Our latest article is on #socialprescribing and calls for better evidence and better systems for collaboration journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Challenging and thought-provoking new paper from @gozde786.bsky.social and colleagues.
How do we define and evaluate social prescribing, and what data do we need to generate high quality evidence?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
How do we define and evaluate social prescribing, and what data do we need to generate high quality evidence?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
We need better evidence for social prescribing: call for action for better systems for collaboration and building evidence
journals.sagepub.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Challenging and thought-provoking new paper from @gozde786.bsky.social and colleagues.
How do we define and evaluate social prescribing, and what data do we need to generate high quality evidence?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
How do we define and evaluate social prescribing, and what data do we need to generate high quality evidence?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Late to share this but great to see this comprehensive analysis, the largest yet, of social prescribing in England published from @pmw777.bsky.social @annawilding.bsky.social and colleagues.
bjgp.org/content/earl...
bjgp.org/content/earl...
July 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Late to share this but great to see this comprehensive analysis, the largest yet, of social prescribing in England published from @pmw777.bsky.social @annawilding.bsky.social and colleagues.
bjgp.org/content/earl...
bjgp.org/content/earl...
If you are at ESCAP2025 (www.escap.eu/events/escap...) then come along on Sunday at 5.15 to hear all about social prescribing for children and young people from some great people (and me)!
@bertottim.bsky.social @danhayesphd.bsky.social and lots of others.
@bertottim.bsky.social @danhayesphd.bsky.social and lots of others.
June 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you are at ESCAP2025 (www.escap.eu/events/escap...) then come along on Sunday at 5.15 to hear all about social prescribing for children and young people from some great people (and me)!
@bertottim.bsky.social @danhayesphd.bsky.social and lots of others.
@bertottim.bsky.social @danhayesphd.bsky.social and lots of others.
Reposted by Kerryn Husk
📢 This ⏬ is what happened to UK #inequality since 1961. It soared in the 1980s under Thatcher and no UK govt has seriously tried to reverse it since - so, the centre cannot hold and things fall apart...
ifs.org.uk/living-stand...
ifs.org.uk/living-stand...
June 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
📢 This ⏬ is what happened to UK #inequality since 1961. It soared in the 1980s under Thatcher and no UK govt has seriously tried to reverse it since - so, the centre cannot hold and things fall apart...
ifs.org.uk/living-stand...
ifs.org.uk/living-stand...