Publications

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

In this edition: Vending machines could improve access to sexual health testing; Evaluation and evidence toolkits get fresh new look; Evaluation of programme to support high impact users of emergency departments

In this edition: New videos inspired by public contributors’ ideas; Training pages revamp; Tips for assessing risk of bias in RCTs; How an RCT rolled out interventions rapidly during the pandemic

In this edition: Working with public contributors event round up; Telling everyday stories of physical activity; Inflammatory marker testing research saves NHS resources

In this edition: Working effectively with public contributors webinar; Helping people who inject drugs care for their veins and avoid infection; Blood pressure risk of taking multiple antipsychotics

In this edition:  Co-production with people who’ve experienced trauma; Health Research Ambassador award win; New guide to working effectively with public contributors; Plus much more

In this edition: Unequal exposure to unhealthy product advertising; BMI hip replacement policies inappropriate; New evidence synthesis group awarded £2.5m; The importance of everyday life while dying; Plus much more