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Dan Hayes

@danhayesphd.bsky.social
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Director Social Prescribing Youth Network, Deputy Director National Centre for Social Prescribing and Analysis, Senior Research Fellow @UCL_SBB UCL profile: profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44018-daniel-hay…

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Social Biobehavioural Research Group @ucl-sbb.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A big thank you to our partners National Academy for Social Prescribing, Southbank Centre, Prudence Trust and @uclenterprise.bsky.social, all our fantastic speakers including @danhayesphd.bsky.social and @lousticp.bsky.social, plus attendees in the room and online in the UK and internationally 🌍
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Thanks so much ASPIRE (Australian Social Prescribing Institute of Research and Education) for allowing me to share my keynote reflections on youth social prescribing: learning from the UK on practice and research @ucl-sbb.bsky.social
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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
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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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...
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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
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
First plenary: Tom Osborne: Accessible, community-based youth mental health at scale: what can Africa teach us?
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Kicking off #ESCAP with some jazz
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Dr Dan O'Hare @edpsydan.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Legends. #Pride #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Tens of thousands defy Hungary’s ban on Pride in protest against Orbán
Crackdown on Pride is part of effort to curb democratic freedoms ahead of a hotly-contested election next year
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
After a long and quite traumatic train journey, have just arrived in #Strasbourg for the #ESCAP conference. Looking forward to some interesting talks #child and on #youth #mentalhealth, catching up with colleagues and some great French food and wine in a stunning location
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Excited to announce that I have been appointed to Principal Research Fellow within @ucl-sbb.bsky.social. It’s an honor to work at such a great university with wonderful colleagues and a fantastic team. Very much looking forward to all the new social prescribing work we have planned.
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🚨 Paper alert 🚨 There’s a lot of debate at the moment around universal, interventions in schools. A thread 🧵 Our new meta-analysis, published today, shows they can work in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety. www.frontiersin.org/journals/chi... Findings discussed more below…
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Frontiers | Universal, school-based, interventions to improve emotional outcomes in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis
IntroductionThere is debate into the impact of universal, school-based interventions to improve emotional outcomes. Previous reviews have only focused on anx...
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
New paper out led by my fab PhD student @sarahhayward25 on collaborative relationships between #professionals and #parents of young people with #neurodisabilities doi.org/10.1007/s404...
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Developing Collaborative Relationships between Professionals and Parents of Children with Neurodisability: A Meta-Narrative Review - Current Developmental Disorders Reports
Purpose of Review Parents of children with complex neurodisabilities have multiple encounters with healthcare and disability professionals. Many parents view these encounters as unsatisfactory, citing...
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
It’s great to see this finally out - our viewpoint and learning from implementing #socialprescribing in the #US
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Can #socialprescribing be implemented in #schools for #pupils or who #lonely? We are testing this across 12 schools nationally, testing its feasibility, acceptability and suitability (and are looking for more schools for next stage) Protocol paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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INcreasing Adolescent social and Community supporT (INACT): Pilot study protocol
Background Social prescribing is a mechanism for connecting patients with non-medical forms of support within the community and has been shown to improve loneliness. Yet uptake from young people (YP)...
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
What is the impact of youth sector proviso n on mental health? Check out our latest report commissioned by NCST tinyurl.com/uhxmuu32 @ucl-sbb.bsky.social
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Very excited to be developin best practice guidelines for #child and #youth #socialprescribing as part of this work
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Social Biobehavioural Research Group @ucl-sbb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Only one week until #SocialPrescribingDay! 📅 We'll be taking the opportunity to share some exciting updates 👀 Keep an eye on our socials & join the Social Prescribing Youth Network mailing list to be the first to know: sbbresearch.org/spyn/
A blue square features the Social Prescribing Day logo, alongside a large number 7, indicating there are only seven days to go. Scattered around the image edges are colourful illustrations of trees and people enjoying all kinds of activities such as painting, running and playing music. The hashtag #SocialPrescribingDay appears at the bottom.
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We are looking for a #researchfellow / #trialmanager to come and work with us at @ucl-sbb.bsky.social on 2 exciting #socialprescribing #trials in #CAMHS and #schools Link for further information here: shorturl.at/RFcdv @ucliehc.bsky.social
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Over the moon that I have been selected as one of the recipients for a @medresfdn.bsky.social launchpad grant - where I will be testing #socialprescribing as part of #CAMHS treatment to help take a holistic approach to be tackling #youthmentalhealth @ucl-sbb.bsky.social
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Kate Mulligan @katemulligan.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
New resource alert! Teaching #SocialPrescribing: An Educator’s Guide, based on my course “Social Prescribing in the City" Available here: bit.ly/3VFnz3O
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Social Biobehavioural Research Group @ucl-sbb.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Hello Bluesky 👋 We’re the Social Biobehavioural Research Group, a WHO Collaborating Centre for Arts and Health at UCL. We investigate how social connections & behaviours impact people’s health by conducting cutting-edge, cross disciplinary research. Learn more about us 👇 sbbresearch.org
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Home - SBRG
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
🚨 hot off the press 🚨our new review exploring longitudinal #risk and #protective factors for #loneliness in youth, led by the amazing @bueckersusanne.bsky.social nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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NYAS Publications
This systematic review synthesizes longitudinal studies on risk and protective factors for loneliness in youth under 25 years old. From 398 articles 105 met inclusion criteria, consistently identifyi....
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Maria Loades @marialoades.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Interested in mental health/young people's mental health? We have got post doc jobs out to advert now! www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy... - this is part of the NIHR award to Bath, and the post doc opportunities are very exciting. Working potentially across work packages and getting training too!
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CH12270 Research Associate - Jobs at Bath
Research Associate
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Jeffrey Wong @jeffrey.cspsc.ca · 04/12/2024
Looking to connect with the #SocialPrescribing community on Bluesky? Check out my starter pack and let me know if I missed someone:
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
📢Reminder to join us for the next #GlobalSpeakerSeries session on Nov 28! 🌍 I, along with Dr. Nicole D'Souza, and Le-Tien Bhaskar, will explore social prescribing opportunities on post-secondary campuses and #studentmentalhealth Register now uoft.me/b55
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Did you miss out webinar detailing practical examples and learning from #socialprescribing in #CAMHS. It’s now available to stream here: youtu.be/50Mvwug1xv8?...
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Youth social prescribing in action - practical examples and learning from Wellbeing While Waiting
YouTube video by National Academy for Social Prescribing
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
We're delighted to have published this new new study 📣 Read the first comprehensive analysis of #SocialPrescribing across diverse referral pathways in the UK, using data records provided by Access Elemental - full BJ Psych paper in the link below sbbresearch.org/pioneering-i...
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Pioneering insights into social prescribing pathways - SBRG
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
Had a great last night hallowing carving with colleagues at UCL Social Biobehavioural Research Group 👻🎃
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
Led by the fab CaitlinMuhl our collective commentary on #socialprescribing seeking consensus and defining across context is out now bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Building common understanding: seeking consensus and defining social prescribing across contexts – a collective commentary on a Delphi study - BMC Health Services Research
Social prescribing has become a global phenomenon. A Delphi study was recently conducted with 48 social prescribing experts from 26 countries to establish global agreement on the definition of social ...
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Looking forward to a second great day at Edge Hill university exploring green youth #socialprescribing for # children and #youngpeople
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
Toronto bound for the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing conference. Looking forward to hear lots of exciting work in the #socialprescribing , seeing lots of amazing colleagues and meeting new people from across the globe
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
Youth social prescribing in action This NASP webinar on 14 Nov, 12-1.30pm will share the latest learning & research from the Wellbeing While Waiting project by UCl exploring how #SocialPrescribing could help young people while they wait to access #CAMHS: ow.ly/tlRK50TmI0e
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NASP webinar: Youth social prescribing in action - practical examples and learning from Wellbeing While Waiting
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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Hi #psychscisky! Have taken the plunge I’m a researcher/psychologist interested in social, cultural and community support and its imapct on mental health outcomes. My main interest is social prescribing and am currently running studies in schools and camhs investigating implementation & impact
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