Ben Barr
@benj_barr2
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Professor in Applied Public Health Research. Head WHO collaborating centre for policy research on the determinants of health equity. Was here : @benj_barr
Joined August 2021
A country divided by health inequalities. Solving the UK regional health divide. https://t.co/mjsnrgTJoU
bmj.com
Coordinated action is needed to resolve inequalities People in the poorer areas of the UK are dying on average nine years younger than those in more affluent areas.1 This divide, which is the fourth...
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A country divided by health inequalities. Solving the UK regional health divide. https://t.co/mjsnrgTJoU
bmj.com
Coordinated action is needed to resolve inequalities People in the poorer areas of the UK are dying on average nine years younger than those in more affluent areas.1 This divide, which is the fourth...
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If ministers want to see how welfare reform can be done, come see us in Greater Manchester | Andy Burnham
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Prevention beats cure in our view. Targeting issues like housing, personal debt and mental health will get people into work and cut the benefits bill, says Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham
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#Austerity #Brexit #Covid And people question whether there is more depression? 🤔🙄🤪 Economic equality = improved wellbeing…
Preston Model policy of community wealth building leaves residents 'happier, healthier and wealthier' - and on fewer antidepressants, research suggests. @mickmckeown2016 @prestonlabour @blogpreston @MatthewBrownLab
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None of us have wanted to put this story out there yet, but seems it is on its own. Many are saying that the US is now helping Russians with intelligence.
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Everything Trump does ( Executive Orders , punching down when criticised) demonstrate his weakness. People should tell him more often - he is a weak man.
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The PHIRST LiLaC team is looking for 2 public advisors to join their team. Are you interested in Public Health and what councils are doing to improve it? Meetings are online so you can be based anywhere in the UK https://t.co/qPcPKa506s
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Turis rain gauge data has been retrieved and it’s incredible 680mm daily total 179mm in one hour - an all time Spanish record 42mm in 10 minutes The average annual rainfall for this location of 475mm was recorded in 3 hours 20 minutes! Frankly terrifying. Via @AEMET_CValencia
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Health, and hence economic growth and prosperity, cannot improve if we do not have a properly functional social security system Some evidence and thoughts from some amazing colleagues in this Blog
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Were hosting 4️⃣ important conversations about the future of #communitywealthbuilding and the final one, on 26 November, will focus on health, featuring @jenniferen, @thriving_places' Rachel Laurence and @benj_barr2. Book here: https://t.co/BTAgsOvotN
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Right then. I think we've reached a watershed point in the waging of culture wars, and Conservatives ought to see it, and act on it. I wrote this today: What kind of person would drag autistic children into the culture wars? The Kemi Badenoch kind https://t.co/HRZJP2xw8c
theguardian.com
The Tory leadership hopeful paints a picture of special treatment. As the father of an autistic child, I can tell you that’s a lie, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Toshiyuki Mimaki: “I thought the prize would go to those working hard in Gaza… In Gaza bleeding children are being held by their parents. It’s like Japan 80 years ago”. Power of Hiroshima/Nagasaki: 36,000 tons of explosives. Bombs on Gaza: 82,000
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.@arc_nwc's Place-based Longitudinal Data Resource https://t.co/yPSVA0JQAY brings together datasets that track changes in determinants of health & health outcomes in specific places. These are used by researchers, government, the #NHS & VSOs https://t.co/VMqDSCQEwk 📍#ARCimpacts
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New @NuffieldFound report out today by @AMBachMortensen, myself and colleagues. What can data tell us about 10 years of social care outsourcing? Link: https://t.co/4bWuvXzTRh A thread:
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Congratulations to our colleagues - Huihui Song, Anwen Zhang, @benj_barr2 , Sophie Wickham - on the publication of this paper: Effect of Universal Credit on Young Children’s Mental Health: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Understanding Society https://t.co/pNfuKwqkIP
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Roberta Piroddi @LivUni kicking us off at #SSM2024 session on Child Health. A&E attendance data on self-harm in Liverpool and Cheshire. Increased rates amongst teenage girls and young men. @ChildHealthScot @theSPHSU #ScottishChildrensHealthWeek
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Roberta Piroddi @LivUni kicking us off at #SSM2024 session on Child Health. A&E attendance data on self-harm in Liverpool and Cheshire. Increased rates amongst teenage girls and young men. @ChildHealthScot @theSPHSU #ScottishChildrensHealthWeek
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Yep, and we wrote a book on how to fix it https://t.co/a9qxkTjYnb
economy2030.resolutionfoundation.org
The Economy 2030 Inquiry is a three-year project to explore the nature of economic change that the UK is living through, and start a national conversation about what this means for people, places and...
Something is wrong in the UK
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Face-to-face support session for colleagues in the North East considering an application for a NIHR Pre-Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship. https://t.co/WSdVyqBSQD
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