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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Fantastic to see research by @igorfrancetic.fyi and Michael Anderson be acknowledged in the BJGP Top 10 for 2025. Make sure you go and give the paper a read! bjgp.org/content/75/7...
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Adoption of clinical pharmacist roles in primary care: longitudinal evidence from English general practice
Background Over the past decade, the number of clinical pharmacists working within multidisciplinary teams in English general practices has expanded. Aim To examine changes in quality of prescribing ...
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🎉Today is the first day of the 3rd Croatian Health Economics Workshop (CHEW). 🎉 To kick things off, @domignon.bsky.social discussed Pauline Mente's work on: "Health Shocks and Risk-Taking Behaviour: Evidence from Longitudinal Experimental Data".
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Yesterday, @domignon.bsky.social presented at the Productivity Conference, organised by the Productivity Institute @productivity.bsky.social.
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
New paper from Silas Amo-Agyei: "Impacts of livelihood empowerment programs on refugee wellbeing and economic inclusion: Evidence from Dollo Ado refugee camps in Ethiopia" Read it here 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Impacts of livelihood empowerment programs on refugee wellbeing and economic inclusion: Evidence from Dollo Ado refugee camps in Ethiopia
The ongoing insecurity and environmental shocks in Somalia have led to a substantial refugee influx into Ethiopia since 2006, particularly affecting D…
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
GP Patient Survey Conference 📢 Registration is now open! 📍 Manchester | 1 October 2025 🎤 Keynote: Dan Wellings (The King’s Fund) “20 Years of Understanding Patient Experience – What Have We Learnt?” 💡 Free to attend 👉 Register & find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gp-pat...
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The GP Patient Survey | Data that drives change
This free one-day event focuses on the value The GP Patient Survey brings to primary care research in England
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Yesterday Laura Anselmi & Jon Gibson presented at a Health Financing and Mental Health Equity seminar in Indonesia. Jon talked about "Mental health and lost productivity in Indonesia" whilst Laura spoke on "Equity and efficiency in health resource allocation and provider payment".
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Today we had the pleasure of hearing from our two #NIHR @arc-gm.bsky.social summer interns, Ted Thomas and Siyu Chen. They were both fantastic presentations, representing a huge amount of work!
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Our HOPE contingent have a busy few days coming up at #IHEA2025 with several presentations and special interest group meetings. We wish everyone attending a great conference!
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Congratulations to Eliana Chavarria Pino and Yuqi Zhang who graduated yesterday with their doctorates - an outstanding achievement! It was lovely to see you in your gowns 🎉🥂
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Igor Francetic @igorfrancetic.fyi · 03/07/2025
📣 New paper alert 📣 Very happy to see this piece of work with The University of Manchester colleagues Joe Dodd, @lukemunford.bsky.social and @mattxsutton.bsky.social out in Labour Economics. Full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @arc-gm.bsky.social @hope-uom.bsky.social
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The effect of area-level waiting times for psychological therapies on individual-level labour market outcomes
The association between common mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression, and labour outcomes has been extensively documented. Howeve…
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
📢Job vacancies! We are looking to recruit 2 Research Associates in Health Economics. Closing date: 14/07/25 👇 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate in Health Economics :Oxford Road
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
New in PharmacoEconomics - self-declaration misses 1 in 6 of unpaid carers compared to time diaries & may underestimate mental health impacts. Method matters when identifying informal carers! Authored by: Sean Urwin, Charles Smith & @mattxsutton.bsky.social 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Does the Informal Carer Identification Method Matter? Evidence from Self-Declaration and Time Diary Approaches - PharmacoEconomics
Objectives Impacts on informal carers are increasingly being incorporated into cost-of-illness and cost-effectiveness analyses. However, little is known about whether the method used to identify carer...
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Matt Sutton @mattxsutton.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Our report on the UK labour market for health economists is now out hesg.org.uk/download/emp...
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EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCES OF THE LABOUR MARKET FOR HEALTH ECONOMISTS IN THE UK – Health Economists' Study Group
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
📣Job vacancy (Research Associate in Health Economics)! The post holder will contribute to work exploring the role of primary care organisations on cancer diagnosis and detection in the NHS, with the fantastic @igorfrancetic.fyi. Closing date: 02/06/2025 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate in Health Economics :Oxford Road
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
📢Job vacancy - Research Associate in Health Economics! Come and work with us on an NIHR-funded grant looking at the impact of different models of integrating new or extended roles into primary care! Managed by @annawilding.bsky.social Find out more here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate in Health Economics:Oxford Road
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🥳🍾Congratulations to Eli Chavarria Pino who passed her viva today with minor corrections!!🎉🙌 Eli's thesis was titled: "Evaluating the effect of public health spending in low-income settings." She was supervised by: Laura Anselmi and @mattxsutton.bsky.social and funded by @nwssdtp.bsky.social
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Finally from the HOPE contingent at #BJGPRC we have Dr Anna Wilding presenting her work looking at whether social prescribing referrals have reduced appointment pressures in primary care. @annawilding.bsky.social
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Also presenting at #BJGPRC this afternoon was Dr Ben Walker, exploring the "Relationship between expected GP income and job satisfaction: a repeated cross-sectional study"
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
As part of the 'Vulnerable Groups & Health Inequalities' session at #BJGPRC, Dr Efu Agboraw is presenting work exploring: "Inequality in the impact of the national social prescribing programme on population outcomes"
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 21/03/2025
We open with Keynote Speaker Kath Checkland.
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🎉 Congratulations to @kathcheckland.bsky.social who has been appointed as an NIHR Senior Investigator. Very well deserved! 🎉 Information about the award can be found below: https//www.nihr.ac...
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
New paper: "Drivers of primary care appointment volumes before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study" by PhD student T Zhao, supervised by Rachel Meacock and @mattxsutton.bsky.social Read it here 👇 bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Drivers of primary care appointment volumes before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study - BMC Health Services Research
Background The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant reconfiguration of primary care systems internationally. For example, a large proportion of face-to-face appointments have been replaced by telephon...
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Last week we were pleased to have @petesivey.bsky.social visit us and give a seminar presentation. Peter presented work looking at the impact of NHS surgical hub openings on the volume, wait times and length of stay outcomes at NHS trusts.
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Today at the SPCR Bitesized Impact Showcase, Steph Gillibrand will be presenting: "The Creative Community Output Collective: exploring local communities experience during the covid-19 pandemic in Greater Manchester"
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Today @annawilding.bsky.social is speaking at "Social prescribing: equitable and effective health and wellbeing support". Anna will present work she undertook evaluating the impact of the national roll out of social prescribing link workers, together with @pmw777.bsky.social.
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Clare Bambra @profbambra.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
"To get Britain working we need to get Britain healthy" - our BMJ editorial today with ideas for government @lukemunford.bsky.social @healthequitynorth.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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To get Britain working we need to get Britain healthy
An approach linking health and skills could boost employability In the UK, 2.8 million people are economically inactive and in receipt of health related welfare benefits.1 Almost a million young peop...
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Today Rachel Meacock is presenting at the Northumbria University symposium on the 'Future of Evaluation in Health & Social Care Research'. Rachel's talk is titled: "Reconciling the micro and macro impacts of health and care interventions".
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
🎉Congratulations to Liwei Mou who passed her PhD viva yesterday, with her thesis titled: "What is the solution to emergency department pressures?" Supervised by Will Whittaker & Shing Lau, and funded by @arc-gm.bsky.social Many thanks to her examiners @tommyallen87.bsky.social & Nils Gutacker
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Today is the start of the Bristol #HESG conference, with many HOPE papers on the schedule! First up, a paper by @annawilding.bsky.social titled: "Have social prescribing referrals reduced appointment pressures on primary care? Evidence from Electronic Healthcare Records", discussed by Paolo Candio
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
New publication from Shaolin Wang, Shing Lau, @mattxsutton.bsky.social, Michael Anderson, Laura Anselmi & colleagues. Exploring inequalities in the prevalence of 205 conditions by the setting of recording in England. Read it here 👇 bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Inequalities in the prevalence recording of 205 chronic conditions recorded in primary and secondary care for 12 million patients in the English National Health Service - BMC Medicine
Background Understanding the prevalence of diseases and where it is detected and recorded in healthcare settings is important for planning effective prevention and care provision. We examined inequali...
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
And there's more good news! Yuqi Zhang passed her PhD viva yesterday, with her thesis titled: "Strengthening primary care and integrated care for patients with multi-morbidity in China". Yuqi was supervised by Laura Anselmi, Jonny Stokes, Pete Bower and Jin Xu (from Peking University)
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NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) @nihrarcs.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
#ARCadvent day 6️⃣: Coastal, rural & areas in the North of England are less able to withstand/recover from adverse events, according to research led by academics @healthequitynorth.bsky.social, The University of Manchester, @hope-uom.bsky.social & @arc-gm.bsky.social arc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/news/news/NE...
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Top ARC stories of the year 
Day 6
Regional inequalities in community resilience exposed 

Main image: Map showing regional inequalities in community resilience in England
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
🎉Congratulations to Yao Wei for passing his viva!🎉 His PhD is on “Impact of Greater Manchester Devolution on Population Health” with proud supervisors: @mattxsutton.bsky.social, Laura Anselmi & @lukemunford.bsky.social, funded by @arc-gm.bsky.social Thanks to Nigel Rice & Sean Urwin for examining.
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