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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Karen Bulsara and I have summarised the findings of the CARERS Feasibility Trial in a brief blog. Please take a look! (It also has a fab animation which nicely summarises the findings) Thank you! blogs.york.ac.uk/sbs-spotligh...

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Improving Support for Carers of People with Chronic Emotion Dysregulation – Spotlight on Business and Society

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

New report highlighting the lack of supported housing for people with mental health problems which leads to delays in hospital discharges: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default...

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

If you are exploring a research career in social work and social care in the UK, this webinar recording provides information about pathways, support and funding from NIHR: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAeS.... It's worth checking out!

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'Is a career in research for me?' - social work and care

YouTube video by NIHRtv

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The THRIVE Centre at the University of Worcester is offering 3 PhD studentships in mental health in rural contexts. Full information at www.worcester.ac.uk/research/res... or contact @lizhughesdd.bsky.social

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PhD Studentships - University Of Worcester

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Two international social work conferences coming up that are worth checking out: -Social Work Congress, Australia, 18-20 November 2026 - socialworkcongress.com.au -International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, India, 5-8 January 2027 - icswhmh.com Abstracts open!

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The social prescribing link workers involved in our @nihr.bsky.social funded feasibility study of community-enhanced social prescribing have spoken out! Here are some of their reflections: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I'm really looking forward to the online launch tomorrow of our Inclusive Volunteering Guide. Please join us if you can at 1pm BST: www.york.ac.uk/business-soc.... Thank you!

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New Guide to Inclusive Volunteering Launch

This event will share the findings of inclusive volunteering research and launch a new Guide to Inclusive Volunteering.

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Our Umbrella Review of the conceptualisation and measurement of social frailty has just been published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... This informs our current work in developing a screening tool for social frailty for health and social care professionals (sphr.nihr.ac.uk/prevention/d...).

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School for Business and Society 🏫 @uoysbs.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

📣 Heritage Volunteering Group Conference 2025 🗓 25–26 Nov | ⏰ 9.30am–1.15pm | 💻 Zoom Join @martinwebber.bsky.social, @heritagevols.bsky.social and amazing volunteer engagement pros as they explore how volunteering transforms lives and communities: linktr.ee/heritagevolu... #Heritagevolunteering25

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Final call for papers for special issue of Social Work in Health Care on the role of social workers in addressing social and health inequalities: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... Please take a look and share with anyone interested. Thank you!

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The roles of social work in improving health & Social Inequity; How can social workers in healthcare promote changes

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I’m looking forward to speaking at the Heritage Volunteering Group Conference: 🗓25–26 Nov ⏰ 9:30–13:15 💻 Zoom It's a great opportunity to explore how volunteering transforms lives & communities 🎟 Info:https://linktr.ee/heritagevolunteeringgroup #Heritagevolunteering25 #Volunteering #Heritage

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The increasing prevalence of mental health problems found in the National Psychiatric Morbidity Society is, unfortunately, not surprising, but very worrying. Tackling causes, including social determinants of mental health, is now as important as ever. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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One in four young people in England have mental health condition, NHS survey finds

Rates are three times as high in young women as in young men and mental ill health up across age groups, study says

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

We are exploring good responses to mental health emergencies so that we can evaluate (and hopefully scale up) good practice from the perspective of people with lived experience. If you know of UK examples that you can share, please do get in touch - www.nsun.org.uk/a-place-of-s.... Thanks.

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A Place of Safety: identifying good practice in mental health emergencies

We are developing a research project with people who have experienced mental health emergencies to show what good care looks like.

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

NIHR Research Programme for Social Care has a special call out for research in Children's Social Care - www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/rpsc.... It's worth checking out!

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The NIHR Research Support Service Specialist Centre for Social Care can provide advice on applications: www.nihr.ac.uk/support-and-.... Why not give it a go?

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

NIHR School for Social Care Research Career Development Awards are now open for applications - sscr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel.... This is an excellent opportunity for social work practitioners who want to get some research training or experience.

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Career Development Awards: Round 2 now open for applications - NIHR SSCR

Apply for NIHR SSCR Career Development Awards to strengthen your career in social care research. Funding from £20k to £75k for training and development—deadline 25 September 2025.

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The Mental Health Social Care Research Centre has just joined Bluesky! We'll be posting news here about our work - new studies, publications, conferences, impact, findings - and engaging with discussions about policy and practice relevant to our work. Please follow us at @mhscrc.bsky.social. Thanks!

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If you're looking for a place to publish research on social workers addressing structural or social determinants of health, please take a look at this call for papers for a special issue of Social Work in Health Care: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu.... Thank you!

think.taylorandfrancis.com

The roles of social work in improving health & Social Inequity; How can social workers in healthcare promote changes

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Next Monday from 11am-12pm for Mental Health Awareness Week, I'll be giving a webinar on Connecting People and how we can support people to connect with others. Please do come along: www.bespokementalhealth.co.uk/live-events/.... Thank you @bespokemh.bsky.social!

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Connecting People: an evidence-informed approach to developing social connections

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School for Business and Society 🏫 @uoysbs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

📢 New project alert: @martinwebber.bsky.social has been awarded funding from @nihrsphr.bsky.social, to undertake a major follow-on study to develop and validate a new screening tool for social frailty among older adults. Read more: sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #YorkResearch

Two older people dancing. Text reads: Social frailty in older adults. A new project to tackle 'Social Frailty' in older adults secures NIHR Three Schools funding after a pioneering preliminary study.

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

1. Motorist kills cyclist and is jailed for 14 months: www.theguardian.com/football/202.... 2. Cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life under new law in England: www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap.... Any loss of life is a tragedy, but can we please get our priorities in order?

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Just finished reading Act Now by @plancommonsense.bsky.social. This presents a radical yet achievable alternative future for the UK, which progressives can get behind. Change is needed. Let's start talking about some of these ideas @podsavetheuk.crooked.com

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🙌Very excited to share our new support network for mental health and/or addiction research academics with lived experience. We have called it LENS (Lived Experience Network for Scholars). Read more and sign up on Eventbrite for our 1st online meeting in May: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lived-expe...

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Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS) Online Meet-up

An support and information network for academic mental health and addiction researchers with lived experience

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Our review of interventions that support unpaid carers of adult mental health inpatients that was published online 3 years ago, has now been published in print in the Journal of Mental Health. It's still available open access online, so please do take a look! Thanks. doi.org/10.1080/0963...

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Interventions that support unpaid carers of adult mental health inpatients: a scoping review

Unpaid carers of adult mental health inpatients often lack support for their well-being and feel excluded from decisions about patient care.This scoping review aimed to: synthesise the peer-reviewe...

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Read our latest newsletter for more on 🏫 Our Vulnerability and Policing International PhD Summer School 💻 A blog by @martinwebber.bsky.social & @lizhughesdd.bsky.social on the impact of Right Care, Right Person 📔 Our accessible research summary reports mailchi.mp/8bf9b9f43444...

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

📣 Calling all PhD students 📣 Applications are now open for the Vulnerability and Policing International PhD Summer School! 📅 Monday 7 – Friday 11 July 2025 📍 University of York, UK Deadline for applications: 28 February 2025. Read more and apply: vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/vulnerabilit...

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Liz Hughes @lizhughesdd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

ICYMI @martinwebber.bsky.social and I have some thoughts on the recent evaluation of Right Care Right Person… there’s still so much we don’t know for sure about the wider impact of this policing policy or how mental health services should be strengthened so that the police are less involved anyway

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Liz Hughes @lizhughesdd.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Check out our blog which is our reflections on the recent evaluation of the policy of Right Care Right Person - still a lack of evidence about impact on mental health and ambulance service especially given the under resourcing of health and social care

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Two evaluations have recently been published exploring the impact of Right Care Right Person on the police, health and social care. @lizhughesdd.bsky.social and I have just posted a blog with our thoughts on them - vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/whos-job-is-....

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“Who’s job is it, anyway?” Responding to mental health emergencies - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre

Read our latest blog about the impact of Right Care, Right Person, based on first evaluations that have been published.

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Voluntary sector, community-based + non-clinical social support to prevent or reduce mental ill health experienced by young mothers and young birthing LGBTQ+ people in the perinatal period: what works, for whom and in what circumstances? Our review starts in Jan! www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/dis...

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Here's a good news story about a talented 6 year old trying out something new at the local art club. This is what Arts Council funding is really for. thestrayferret.co.uk/news/latest/...

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Six-year-old pupil's outstanding work goes on display in Ripon

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I’m looking for academic researchers who research mental health and also (like me) have lived experience of mental ill health! Please share and get in touch if that’s you ❤️#academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social

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Martin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Here's more information about joining the UK's largest health research programme - Our Future Health. Its findings can lead to real improvements in our health. study.ourfuturehealth.org.uk/welcome?utm_...

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Our Future Health

Let’s prevent disease together

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