Smoking remains one of the biggest causes of preventable illness and early death. It also increases the unfair differences in health that exist, with the greatest harm often experienced by people and ...

A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.

Sheffield is a city of artists, makers and do-ers, with a cultural life that is shaped at a community level and powered by the people who live and work here. We now have the opportunity to develop our...

In an age obsessed with productivity and profit, the Queen’s Stairs at John Smedley’s Lea Mills offer a quieter, more radical message: people matter

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Introduction The increasing popularity of alcohol-free and low-alcohol (NoLo) drinks could reduce alcohol-related harm if those at greatest risk replace their standard alcoholic drinks with these pr...

Data shows deprived communities have more off-licences and takeaways and fewer childcare facilities and gyms

Blog by SPHR intern Sachin Weatherburn  Determinants of health  Within South Yorkshire, the gap in life expectancy between the least and most deprived areas is 8.7 years for men, and 7.6 years for wom...

Sweden abolished its wealth tax. Tax became transactional, destroying the sense of a community building something together

The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.

Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.

ALT: a little boy sitting at a table with a plate of food and a cup that says how on it

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Place matters for understanding patterns of gambling harm as shown by the spatial clustering of both ‘vulnerable’ people and gambling outlets. Harms a…

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We are bringing buses back under public control. We want to hear from residents across South Yorkshire about how we can design better buses that are accessible for everyone. A public survey asking f...

SARG Director Professor John Holmes was part of an expert panel that supported the development of 'A Healthier Future: A long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK', a significant new report pu...

Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2

ASA action won approval of clean air campaigners, who said some ‘seriously misleading myths’ had been debunked

Owners of large cars such as SUVs would be charged more to encourage switching to smaller vehicles.

Mapping the distribution of wood fuel heat sources using Energy Performance Certificates

Exclusive: Education secretary told sponsored resources misrepresent evidence about diets, alcohol and betting

Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes Artificial intelligence tools used by more than half of England’s councils are downplaying women’s physical and mental health issues and risk creating gender bias in care decisions, research has found. The study found that when using Google’s AI tool “Gemma” to generate and summarise the same case notes, language such as “disabled”, “unable” and “complex” appeared significantly more often in descriptions of men than women. Continue reading...

Professor Nick Maynard is a consultant surgeon at Oxford University Hospital and has been volunteering in Gaza for the last 15 years. He returned last week from treating patients at Nasser Hospital in...

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

Sheffield City Council officers recommended councillors refuse the plans.