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NIHR PHIRST
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Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Working with local government across the UK to evaluate public health schemes
* https://phirst.nihr.ac.uk/
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Congratulations to Professor Joht Singh Chandan part of PHIRST PHRESH on his @nihr.bsky.social Research Professorship Award www.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-nih... @unibirmingham.bsky.social @peymane.bsky.social
Professor Joht Singh Chandan
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Catch up on our latest evaluation reports, publications and news in our October newsletter mailchi.mp/ncl/phirst-n...
Sign up to our mailing list to get the next edition straight to your inbox phirst.nihr.ac.uk/newsletter-s... #PublicHealth #evaluation
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Pleased to share that PHIRST Connect's Katherine Brown
will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming #FoodActive2025 – A Decade of Action: The Healthy Weight Declaration after 10 Years
📅 Tuesday 11th November
🕤9:30-1:00pm
🛜 Online
Find out more + register eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-decade-o...
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Join the next PHIRST Webinar, Healthy Place Making: Improving Public Health through Planning
⏰Monday 20 October, 12-1.30PM on MS Teams.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1664383829...
How local governments in England have been working to design and deliver healthier places
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September 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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The latest PHIRST newsletter is now available. Catch up on new evaluation reports and published articles tinyurl.com/phirst-july25
Sign up to the mailing list to receive future editions straight to your inbox phirst.nihr.ac.uk/newsletter-s...
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August 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Great to be celebrating 5 yrs of PHIRST South Bank today and looking ahead to the next 5! @susiesykes.bsky.social @emmadoohan.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Today is a trip to lovely Leeds for the #HDRC Annual event. Great to interact with people from all the different sites #PublicHealth #Research
June 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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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
Navy blue background with the NIHR PHIRST logo in to top left corner. The LGA 2025 conference logo is in the bottom right corner. Details of the 2 PHIRST sessions at the conference are written in white text. Black Men’s Consortium, Lambeth Council and PHIRST Connect Mental Health Project, Tuesday 1 July 13.05 Innovation Zone, Hall 2. Alongside is an image of a black man in a brown fitted hat and a beige t-shirt and plaid pattern shirt. Wednesday 2 July 08.00 Fringe event room 12: NIHR PHIRST – Using evidence to inform public health. Alongside is an image of an older lady in a red coat walking with a stick in a green park.
June 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Ready for our lunchtime slot on all things PHIRST & #KnowledgeMobilisation at the #UPEN conference on academic-policy engagement. Stop and chat if you're there!
@emmadoohan.bsky.social @sarahjanac.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @mariehmurphy.bsky.social @eagraham.bsky.social @pahrc.bsky.social
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June 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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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...
May 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Thinking about submitting an EoI to the PHIRST scheme?
Want to ask some questions?
Join the webinar 📅 30 April, 2-3.30PM to hear about the scheme and ask your questions.
Email phirst@nihr.ac.uk to register your interest
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April 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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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
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March 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Our PHIRST Connect Team has published a research article on their evaluation of Green Health Prescriptions (GHPr) in Scotland using the APEASE criteria
Acceptability
Practicability
Effectiveness
Affordability
Spillover effects
Equity (1/8)
rdcu.be/eaU19
March 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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In 2024 PHIRST reported on 12 evaluations and published 10 articles, catch up with all the updates in the latest PHIRST newsletter mailchi.mp/ncl/phirst-n...
Sign up to our mailing list so it goes straight to your inbox phirst.nihr.ac.uk/newsletter-s...
February 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Come and join our friendly PHIRST South Bank team!
Click on the links below to find out more:
Research Assistant:
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Research Fellow:
ce1031li.webitrent.com/ce1031li_web...
January 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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With @fuseonline.bsky.social + @arcnenc.bsky.social for the Peer Research Community of Practice event
@broniaarnott.bsky.social introducing the CHiL project + BlackpoolHDRC co-researchers Sandra + Sharon phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/... @pvandergraaf.bsky.social
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January 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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End of an excellent meeting on the Future of Evaluation @northumbriaideas.bsky.social
the last but definitely not least PHIRST poster from @sarahjanac.bsky.social
sharing her thoughts on knowledge mobilisation @paul-j-kelly.bsky.social @mariehmurphy.bsky.social @eagraham.bsky.social
Dr Sarah Janac standing next to her scientific poster at a conference. The poster is titles Knowledge Mobilisation in NIHR PHIRST Evaluations
January 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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More PHIRST research @northumbriaideas.bsky.social futures of evaluation symposium. Describing the Elevate teams Evaluability Assessment for @lb-southwark.bsky.social Healthy Lifestyle Service, read the full report 👉https://phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/southwark-ihls/
Scientific poster displayed on a poster board at a conference. Title is Evaluability assessment of integrated healthy lifestyle service for weight management and exercise referral in Southwark
January 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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PHIRST Light sharing their Newcastle School Streets evaluation phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/... @northumbriaideas.bsky.social #FutureofEvaluationinHealthandSocialCareSymposium
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January 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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PHIRST South Bank colleagues have been busy sharing initial findings on their evaluation with Lambeth Council 'How a violence reduction strategy interacts with its context: a process evaluation'. Full details: phirst.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
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January 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Across @northumbriauni.bsky.social for the 'future of evaluation in health and social care' conference with @fuseonline.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social @pvandergraaf.bsky.social @northumbriaideas.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM