Publications

How common is weight-based bullying and why does it need to be included in anti-bullying policies?

This infographic shares some information about anti-bullying policies in secondary schools in the West of England and their approach to weight-based bullying.

It is part of a wider project aimed at exploring how often policies explicitly mention weight-related bullying and how it’s handled by schools.

We hope this will help us build a picture of whether schools recognise weight-related bullying as an issue and how it is handled, if at all.

The number of people dying because of drugs is rising in the UK, especially in Scotland. Many of these deaths involve a combination of opioids (heroin, methadone or buprenorphine) and benzodiazepines (benzos) or z-drugs (sedatives often used to treat anxiety and insomnia), either prescribed or obtained illegally.

We set out to understand how benzos or z-drugs and opioids work together and why this makes a fatal overdose more likely.

In this edition: Involving public contributors in qualitative analysis; Knowledge mobilisation funding; Co-production to tackle primary care inequalities

Disciplinary behaviour management strategies are common in UK secondary schools. This includes sanctions such as detention and isolation.

Our Young People’s Advisory Group (YPAG) raised school discipline as something we should research. Our initial workshop with young people revealed negative experiences and impact on mental health and wellbeing.

Our Behaviour in Schools Study (BISS) aimed to find out more.

In this edition: Mental health impact of school discipline; Louise’s PPI diagram one year on; Local SDE gets new name; Holistic modelling could help shift the dial on obesity

In this edition: Best-evidenced PTSD treatments for young people in care; Video explores audiology patient reported experience measures; Public finds HIV and STI test kit vending machines acceptable

As the population ages, more people live with frailty and many are admitted to hospital with a frailty crisis.

Local health and care systems are introducing ‘virtual wards’ to help these patients be treated at home instead.

Frailty wards aim to prevent and treat crises, stabilise patient’s frailty and empower patients and caregivers to manage their own care.

Weight management services give people living with obesity support with diet and physical activity.

However, services haven’t always benefitted all groups of people equally. Those living in more deprived area, ethnic minorities, people with complex needs and men are less likely to benefit from services.

One possible solution is to design services with under-represented groups, so that services might better meet their needs.

In this edition: Great Western SDE milestone passed; Improving healthcare for people with multiple disadvantage; ARC West receives social care capacity building funding

In this edition: How to achieve effective frailty virtual wards; Co-producing weight management programmes; Cross-ARC knowledge mobilisation guide