NIHR ARC NWL News

Keeping up to date on our latest projects, research and initiatives

Latest News

April 2025

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Bringing Social Care to Life: Stories, Data, and Action in Northwest London

March 2025

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Virtual Consultations Prove as Effective as In-Person Care for Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes

March 2025

Professor Azeem Majeed Named NIHR Senior Investigator for Contributions to Primary Care and Public Health

March 2025

Unlocking the Power of Self-Care: Why Health Professionals Need More Support to Help Patients Thrive

March 2025

ARC National Social Care Capacity Building Event

March 2025

Empowering Women in Health & Research: Dr Natasha Singh’s Journey

March 2025

5 Years on: COVID-19's Impact on Ethnic Minorities, from Crisis to Change

March 2025

Online Seminar Explores Prevention in Social Care

February 2025

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Community Research Champions Initiative Recognised for Driving Diversity in Health Research

February 2025

NIHR ARC NWL and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Join UK Health Data Research Alliance to Drive Ethical and Inclusive Health Data Research

February 2025

Predicting the Unpredictable – How Data is Reshaping Pandemic Healthcare Planning

February 2025

From Tilapia to Treatment: Could Natural Fish Skin Transform Burn Care in the NHS?

February 2025

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Recognising the Global Impact of Professor Azeem Majeed’s Research

February 2025

ARC Outreach Alliance: CYP Open Minds Newsletter – Children's Mental Health Week Edition 2025

January 2025

Empowering BME Healthcare Professionals: A New Mentoring Model for Career Growth

2024 News

December 2024

Take Part in our Mental Health Engagement Study

December 2024

Apply Now: £28,000 Funding Opportunity for Social Care Practitioners in North West London to Lead Research and Capacity Building

December 2024

Integrating health and care services: Creating capacity to deliver change

November 2024

Mitchell-Jones Prize 2024: Honouring Natalie Nunes and Team for Initiative to Improve Patient Care

November 2024

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The EHU's Ganesh Sathyamoorthy and Patricia Wharton Honoured for Advancing Health Equity

November 2024

Double Jeopardy: Alcohol Disorder Doubles Mental Health Risks for Newly Diagnosed Diabetics

October 2024

Giving children the best start: How Child Health Hubs in North West London are Improving Early Years Health for Longer-Term Benefits

October 2024

ISQua 2024: NIHR ARC NWL and Imperial College Public Health Team Highlights Key Research on Health Equity, Diversity and Sustainability

October 2024

Exploring DEEP: NIHR ARC NWL Introduces Evidence-Enriched Social Care Practices

October 2024

Bridging the Gap: Strengthening Social Care Through Research in Northwest London

October 2024

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NIHR awards Applied Research Collaborations £7.8m to Drive Healthcare Improvements Through Knowledge Mobilisation

October 2024

Transforming Health and Social Care Nationwide: A Model of Success and Resilience

September 2024

Flyer highlighting the shortlist of the ICS REN II project for Community Initiative of the Year at the National B.A.M.E Health & Care Award 2024. Quote by Ganesh Sathyamoorthy "We need to develop trust with the diverse communities we serve if research and improvement organisations are ever to be truly effective. As one young person told us, ‘If they had only explained, we might have trusted them,’ highlighting the importance of clear communication in building that trust."

Community Research Champions ICS REN II Project Shortlisted for Prestigious B.A.M.E Health & Care Award 2024

September 2024

New £50k Grant Boosts Efforts to Tackle Systemic Barriers in UK Health Research

September 2024

Consultation patterns before Inflammatory Bowel Disease diagnosis associated with worse outcomes

August 2024

Community Health and Wellbeing Workers Initiative shortlisted for HSJ Award

August 2024

One-third of NHS "soups and shakes" participants achieve remission from type 2 diabetes within a year

August 2024

Grazia Antonacci receives President’s Award for Excellence in Education

August 2024

The Geography of Loneliness

July 2024

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Community Health Roadshows Highlight Northwest London’s Commitment to Inclusive Health Research

June 2024

Funding Opportunity: Social Care Research Capacity Building

May 2024

Building Capacity for Integration: Engaging Local Workforces

April 2024

Driving Knowledge Mobilisation and Change Across Communities

April 2024

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Community Health and Wellbeing Workers Star Appeal

March 2024

BLOG: Why is involving people with lived experience not universally embraced in the NHS?

March 2024

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Unique research collaboration highlights innovative approaches for post-pandemic healthcare

March 2024

Advocating for a Flexible Approach to Defining Multiple Long Term Conditions in Healthcare Research

February 2024

Community Health and Wellbeing Workers Making Waves

February 2024

Young Voices Rise: ARC Outreach Alliance Champions Youth Mental Health Research in Northwest London

February 2024

BLOG: Unlocking the Joy of Movement: Exciting Strategies to Inspire Primary School Children Towards an Active Lifestyle

February 2024

Study reveals…Mothers who have pregnancy vaccines are more likely to have their child vaccinated against MMR

February 2024

Empowering Minds: Unveiling the Latest ARC Outreach Alliance Newsletter for Children and Young People's Mental Health

January 2024

Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation: An in-depth discussion with Dr Matthew Harris

January 2024

Government Cites Innovative Community Health and Wellbeing Worker Program in House of Lords enquiry

January 2024

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Renowned Public Health Advocate Professor Mala Rao Honoured with CBE

2023 News

December 2023

Sparking a Snowball Effect: The Ongoing Impact of Community Interventions to Raise Dementia Awareness and Promote Proactive Brain Health

December 2023

Apply to be part of the 2024 Improvement Leader Fellowship

November 2023

Race, place of residence and social status impact a patient's lung cancer treatment outcome

November 2023

Leading in uncertain times: Delivering care for today’s and tomorrow’s needs

November 2023

New collaborative funding to investigate barriers to children and young people participating in health research

September 2023

Remote GP appointments as effective as in-person care for some conditions

September 2023

Whispers of Hurt: Seeing Abuse Through the Eyes of a Child

September 2023

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The London Self-Care Summit: pioneering thought leadership to clarify the key research & development priorities for self-care

September 2023

Health of young people with ulcerative colitis at risk due to halting medication

September 2023

Understanding Urgent and Emergency Care Trends in Northwest London

August 2023

It’s time to act on racism in the NHS

August 2023

Evaluating children’s physical activity, health and wellbeing

July 2023

Improving early identification and management of chronic kidney disease

June 2023

New national ARC webinar series launches exploring mental health and our modern world

June 2023

Case study: co-designing friendly online and physical ‘community spaces’

May 2023

Collaboration across health care communities: New relationships and alliances

May 2023

Poor self-esteem and body image drive weight gain and worse mental health in teenage years

May 2023

Hard to reach or easy to ignore: Successfully engaging Northwest London’s most diverse boroughs

April 2023

Establishing a Schools Research Network in Northwest London during a pandemic

March 2023

How NIHR ARCs rose to the challenge of COVID-19

March 2023

Exploring vaccination rates amongst pregnant women and children in deprived ethnic minority communities

March 2023

Evaluating Best for You: A new service for Children and Young People with mental health problems in Northwest London

March 2023

Join the Children and Young People's Mental Health Network

February 2023

Best for You: A new model of care for integrating young people’s mental health services in NWL

February 2023

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Recruiting Community Research Champions for Brent and Hounslow

January 2023

Apply to be part of our Improvement Leader Fellowship 2023 cohort

January 2023

Uptake of flu vaccination in pregnancy varies with age, ethnicity and socio-economic deprivation

January 2023

The impact of climate crisis on mental health – a global perspective

January 2023

Delayed diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease is linked to worse clinical outcomes

January 2023

Our Journey Into AI

2022 News

December 2022

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ARC NWL secures proportion of £1.6m funding from NHS England’s ICS REND Programme

December 2022

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Sonia Saxena marries data and social justice in healthcare

November 2022

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Exploring the barriers and facilitators to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) access

November 2022

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Collaborative partnerships for healthier lives: Getting research into practice

October 2022

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Reflections on mental health from young people

September 2022

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Redesigning services to improve children’s oral health

September 2022

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VIDEO: Health care and the digital revolution: Challenging that translational gap

August 2022

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Life Science and Healthcare Analyst vacancy with Eleven Health

August 2022

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International Medical Graduate Induction launches

July 2022

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Publication: The BMJ: Vaccinating children aged under 5 years against COVID-19

July 2022

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Collaborating to build back better

July 2022

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Dementia funding will support the development of early career researchers

July 2022

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NIHR launches new publishing platform for all types of research output

June 2022

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Compassionate Communities: Evaluating a local health funding programme

June 2022

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Free online public health courses for NHS staff launched

May 2022

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Recovery for children and young people’s mental health after COVID-19

April 2022

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How did childrens’ contacts with GPs change during COVID-19?

April 2022

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Meet our Fellows: Transformation of musculoskeletal service

March 2022

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MeCare: Caring for the carers

February 2022

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Meet our Fellows: Improving professional wellbeing and patient safety

February 2022

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Tackling racism in UK health research: what people can learn from reading the paper

January 2022

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New funding to build mental health research capacity and capability

January 2022

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Putting Community Health and Wellbeing Workers at the heart of primary care

January 2022

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Research study to map social isolation and loneliness across London

2021 News

December 2021

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Applications open for NIHR ARC NWL Improvement Leader Fellowship 2022

December 2021

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‘Multifaceted approach’ important in adolescent growth, nutrition and development

November 2021

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Co-researchers drive co-production workshop

November 2021

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Collaborative Learning Event makes a difference

October 2021

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‘Global champion’ Prof. Mala Rao awarded prestigious Alwyn Smith Prize for outstanding service to public health

September 2021

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Your Path in Research: Exploring a NIHR ARC NWL Supported PhD Studentship

August 2021

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The legacy of the CLAHRCs 2014 - 2019 (Publication)

July 2021

What award -winning co-production looks like and how we go further

June 2021

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What happened to English NHS hospital activity during the COVID-19 pandemic?

May 2021

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Assessing the long-term safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines

March 2021

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Inviting abstract submissions for Spring Collaborative Learning Event

February 2021

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Precision medicine and the impact of digital alerts for sepsis

January 2021

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Engaging young creatives with COVID-19 research

2020 News

December 2020

NHS Charities Together - North West London Community Partnership Grant Funding Call

December 2020

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A picture of health

September 2020

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Optimising how we work with communities to tackle inequalities: Learning from the ‘Community Voices: Conversations for Change’ initiative

August 2020

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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, publish first public health profile

August 2020

Do you have Sickle Cell or live with somebody who does? Take a survey to capture your experiences living with or caring for someone with sickle cell during the COVID-19 pandemic

August 2020

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Exclusion in Research: A point of view from Black and Asian Research Partners

July 2020

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The iMprOVE study team at Imperial College London are recruiting participants to help find out which child health outcomes are the most important to measure

July 2020

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Child Population Health Theme Lead warns that the UK is at increased risk of infectious diseases following the COVID pandemic

June 2020

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NIHR funds urgent research into COVID-19 with UKRI

May 2020

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Applications now open for 5 PhD Studentships: World-Class Applied Health Research Projects

April 2020

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Online Community Involvement in COVID-19 Reporting

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