NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU)
@nihrhapru.bsky.social
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing aims to produce timely, high-quality evidence for policymakers. We are a collaboration between Newcastle University, The University of Manchester and the LSE.
Huge thanks to the refreshed @newcastleuni.bsky.social Centre for Ageing (NUAGE) for hosting an excellent event yesterday- Celebrating Research Excellence in Ageing at Newcastle University: Transforming Ageing Together. HAPRU Director @barbarahanratty.bsky.social was delighted to speak at the event.
February 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Huge thanks to the refreshed @newcastleuni.bsky.social Centre for Ageing (NUAGE) for hosting an excellent event yesterday- Celebrating Research Excellence in Ageing at Newcastle University: Transforming Ageing Together. HAPRU Director @barbarahanratty.bsky.social was delighted to speak at the event.
📢Please come along to our next free webinar on ‘Longer Working Lives – exploring rising state pension age on health and wellbeing inequalities in later life’, on Wednesday 25th February, 12pm–1pm. For more information and to register, please follow this link: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/category/upc...
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
📢Please come along to our next free webinar on ‘Longer Working Lives – exploring rising state pension age on health and wellbeing inequalities in later life’, on Wednesday 25th February, 12pm–1pm. For more information and to register, please follow this link: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/category/upc...
📢New blog from our team: "Bridging the Digital Divide in UK Primary Care: What 19 million Records Tell Us About Remote GP Consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic" tinyurl.com/bddrkp8e. Read more about the research project here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/06/30/d...
Bridging the Digital Divide in UK Primary Care: What 19 million Records Tell Us About Remote GP Consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Looking at a large health dataset to see what it might tell us about remove GP consultations during the pandemic
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January 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
📢New blog from our team: "Bridging the Digital Divide in UK Primary Care: What 19 million Records Tell Us About Remote GP Consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic" tinyurl.com/bddrkp8e. Read more about the research project here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/06/30/d...
Paper from our PhD student Hilary Shepherd @vivensa.bsky.social "The association between multiple long-term conditions & dementia". It found that existing MLTC increased risk of dementia for people in England & got worse with younger age at onset. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The association between multiple long‐term conditions and dementia: A UK cohort study
INTRODUCTION Studies examining the risk of dementia in people with multimorbidity are commonly conducted in research cohorts or outside the UK. Multimorbidity has historically been associated with a...
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Paper from our PhD student Hilary Shepherd @vivensa.bsky.social "The association between multiple long-term conditions & dementia". It found that existing MLTC increased risk of dementia for people in England & got worse with younger age at onset. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Great workshop yesterday with our community partners, the
Greater Manchester Older People's Network. With them, we held a listening session to gain lived experience insights into what matters for healthy ageing.
Greater Manchester Older People's Network. With them, we held a listening session to gain lived experience insights into what matters for healthy ageing.
December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Great workshop yesterday with our community partners, the
Greater Manchester Older People's Network. With them, we held a listening session to gain lived experience insights into what matters for healthy ageing.
Greater Manchester Older People's Network. With them, we held a listening session to gain lived experience insights into what matters for healthy ageing.
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Coming soon: a new Shared Care resource from our collaborators at Together in Dementia Everyday (tide) 🎉
Co-created with family carers and care home staff, it builds on tide's research into carers' experiences when the person they have looked after moves into residential care.
tinyurl.com/mr2dmwje
Co-created with family carers and care home staff, it builds on tide's research into carers' experiences when the person they have looked after moves into residential care.
tinyurl.com/mr2dmwje
Making Shared Care a Reality – Resource Launch
As we move into the next phase of the “Shared Care” initiative, we are proud to announce the official launch of the Making Shared Care a Reality – Resource for Care Home Staff.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Coming soon: a new Shared Care resource from our collaborators at Together in Dementia Everyday (tide) 🎉
Co-created with family carers and care home staff, it builds on tide's research into carers' experiences when the person they have looked after moves into residential care.
tinyurl.com/mr2dmwje
Co-created with family carers and care home staff, it builds on tide's research into carers' experiences when the person they have looked after moves into residential care.
tinyurl.com/mr2dmwje
📢New paper from our team-"Disparities in the use of remote general practice consultations: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis of 19 million electronic health records using OpenSAFELY" here: bit.ly/3KrjpKA & read more about our research project here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/06/30/d...
Digitalisation of health and social care services for older adults
Advancing understanding of how health and care services have been digitalised during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📢New paper from our team-"Disparities in the use of remote general practice consultations: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis of 19 million electronic health records using OpenSAFELY" here: bit.ly/3KrjpKA & read more about our research project here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/06/30/d...
📢Please come along to our next free webinar on ‘Longer Working Lives – exploring rising state pension age on health and wellbeing inequalities in later life’, on Wednesday 17th December, 12pm–1pm. For more information and to register follow this link: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/category/upc...
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📢Please come along to our next free webinar on ‘Longer Working Lives – exploring rising state pension age on health and wellbeing inequalities in later life’, on Wednesday 17th December, 12pm–1pm. For more information and to register follow this link: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/category/upc...
📢 New publication!
Patience Kunonga and team discuss the development of the Kunonga framework for operationalising approaches to health inequality and/or inequity evidence syntheses in BMC Public Health.
Read it here:
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Patience Kunonga and team discuss the development of the Kunonga framework for operationalising approaches to health inequality and/or inequity evidence syntheses in BMC Public Health.
Read it here:
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Development of the Kunonga framework for operationalising approaches to health inequality and/or inequity evidence syntheses - BMC Public Health
BMC Public Health - Health inequalities and inequities are shaped by intersecting social determinants and cumulative life-course experiences. However, conventional evidence synthesis methods often...
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📢 New publication!
Patience Kunonga and team discuss the development of the Kunonga framework for operationalising approaches to health inequality and/or inequity evidence syntheses in BMC Public Health.
Read it here:
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Patience Kunonga and team discuss the development of the Kunonga framework for operationalising approaches to health inequality and/or inequity evidence syntheses in BMC Public Health.
Read it here:
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Great to join @nihrhapru.bsky.social to co-host yesterday's webinar on shaping the future for brain health.
Weren't able to join us? The recording is now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkdi...
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social
Weren't able to join us? The recording is now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkdi...
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Great to join @nihrhapru.bsky.social to co-host yesterday's webinar on shaping the future for brain health.
Weren't able to join us? The recording is now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkdi...
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social
Weren't able to join us? The recording is now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkdi...
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who came along to our webinar today (co-hosted with @denpru-qm.bsky.social)"Shaping the future for brain health, dementia prevention & future care needs including quality & measurement". YouTube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkdi... & events info: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/events/
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thanks to everyone who came along to our webinar today (co-hosted with @denpru-qm.bsky.social)"Shaping the future for brain health, dementia prevention & future care needs including quality & measurement". YouTube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkdi... & events info: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/events/
Join us on Wednesday, 19 November 12pm - 1pm for a free webinar with @denpru-qm.bsky.social on "Shaping the future for brain health, dementia prevention and future care needs, including quality and measurement". Find out more and register here: tinyurl.com/y3nzw3c4
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Join us on Wednesday, 19 November 12pm - 1pm for a free webinar with @denpru-qm.bsky.social on "Shaping the future for brain health, dementia prevention and future care needs, including quality and measurement". Find out more and register here: tinyurl.com/y3nzw3c4
📢 Article from 1 of our PhD students (with @vivensa.bsky.social) European Review of Aging & Physical Activity."How can we encourage engagement in physical activity among older adults in Chinese diasporas?Mixed methods evidence synthesis using the COM-B model" eurapa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📢 Article from 1 of our PhD students (with @vivensa.bsky.social) European Review of Aging & Physical Activity."How can we encourage engagement in physical activity among older adults in Chinese diasporas?Mixed methods evidence synthesis using the COM-B model" eurapa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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At @commonshealth.bsky.social today, I asked @nihrhapru.bsky.social's Prof Cris Todd about exercise to prevent frailty in older people.
Exercises like tai chi and yoga were common ways to keep older people exercising, but these successful programs often disappear when the initial funding dries up.
Exercises like tai chi and yoga were common ways to keep older people exercising, but these successful programs often disappear when the initial funding dries up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
At @commonshealth.bsky.social today, I asked @nihrhapru.bsky.social's Prof Cris Todd about exercise to prevent frailty in older people.
Exercises like tai chi and yoga were common ways to keep older people exercising, but these successful programs often disappear when the initial funding dries up.
Exercises like tai chi and yoga were common ways to keep older people exercising, but these successful programs often disappear when the initial funding dries up.
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Join us on Wednesday, 19 November for a webinar with @nihrhapru.bsky.social focused on brain health, prevention & future care needs.
Dr Harriet Demnitz-King and Prof Naaheed Mukadam will present their work from the #denpruQM prevention theme.
Find out more and register here:
tinyurl.com/y3nzw3c4
Dr Harriet Demnitz-King and Prof Naaheed Mukadam will present their work from the #denpruQM prevention theme.
Find out more and register here:
tinyurl.com/y3nzw3c4
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Join us on Wednesday, 19 November for a webinar with @nihrhapru.bsky.social focused on brain health, prevention & future care needs.
Dr Harriet Demnitz-King and Prof Naaheed Mukadam will present their work from the #denpruQM prevention theme.
Find out more and register here:
tinyurl.com/y3nzw3c4
Dr Harriet Demnitz-King and Prof Naaheed Mukadam will present their work from the #denpruQM prevention theme.
Find out more and register here:
tinyurl.com/y3nzw3c4
Publication from one of our jointly funded PhD students (with @vivensa.bsky.social): "Culturally appropriate physical activity promotion strategy package among older Chinese adults in the UK: a feasibility randomised control trial protocol".
pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Publication from one of our jointly funded PhD students (with @vivensa.bsky.social): "Culturally appropriate physical activity promotion strategy package among older Chinese adults in the UK: a feasibility randomised control trial protocol".
pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
📢New publication from one of our jointly funded PhD students (with the Vivensa Foundation): "Exploring the acceptability of engaging in physical activity amongst older adults living in socioeconomically deprived areas after the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study". doi.org/10.1186/s128...
Exploring the acceptability of engaging in physical activity amongst older adults living in socioeconomically deprived areas after the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study - BMC Public Health
Background Older adults from lower socioeconomic status (SES) groups have lower physical activity levels compared to those from higher SES groups. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these disparities in ph...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📢New publication from one of our jointly funded PhD students (with the Vivensa Foundation): "Exploring the acceptability of engaging in physical activity amongst older adults living in socioeconomically deprived areas after the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study". doi.org/10.1186/s128...
If you missed our webinar today on "What works to promote active ageing", you can watch the YouTube video here: youtube.com/watch?v=TJPq... and read more about the research project here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/p...
October 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you missed our webinar today on "What works to promote active ageing", you can watch the YouTube video here: youtube.com/watch?v=TJPq... and read more about the research project here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/p...
Join us tomorrow for a free webinar 12-1pm - "What works to promote active ageing: reviewing the evidence for reducing inequalities in physical activity". Register here: bit.ly/4n1XWWA. Read more about the research project: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/p...
October 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Join us tomorrow for a free webinar 12-1pm - "What works to promote active ageing: reviewing the evidence for reducing inequalities in physical activity". Register here: bit.ly/4n1XWWA. Read more about the research project: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/p...
🚀 We’ve launched our official LinkedIn page for the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (HAPRU)!
Follow us over on LinkedIn for updates on our latest research, publications, events, and more.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/nihr...
#HealthyAgeing #NIHR #PolicyResearch #HAPRU #LinkedInLaunch
Follow us over on LinkedIn for updates on our latest research, publications, events, and more.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/nihr...
#HealthyAgeing #NIHR #PolicyResearch #HAPRU #LinkedInLaunch
NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) | LinkedIn
NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) | 5 followers on LinkedIn. Answering questions to promote healthy ageing and inform government health and social care policy and practice. | Th...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🚀 We’ve launched our official LinkedIn page for the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (HAPRU)!
Follow us over on LinkedIn for updates on our latest research, publications, events, and more.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/nihr...
#HealthyAgeing #NIHR #PolicyResearch #HAPRU #LinkedInLaunch
Follow us over on LinkedIn for updates on our latest research, publications, events, and more.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/nihr...
#HealthyAgeing #NIHR #PolicyResearch #HAPRU #LinkedInLaunch
📢New blog from our team: "Getting active to support healthy ageing: what works to support disadvantaged communities?" bit.ly/4pQZQel. Also, register for our free webinar taking place via Teams on 15.10.25 - "What works to promote active ageing" bit.ly/4n1XWWA
Getting active to support healthy ageing: what works to support disadvantaged communities?
Looking at how to promote active ageing
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October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📢New blog from our team: "Getting active to support healthy ageing: what works to support disadvantaged communities?" bit.ly/4pQZQel. Also, register for our free webinar taking place via Teams on 15.10.25 - "What works to promote active ageing" bit.ly/4n1XWWA
Great to see Abodunrin Aminu and Katie Davies representing HAPRU at #WONCA2025 in Lisbon, with their poster, 'Disparities in the use of remote general practice consultations: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis of 19 million electronic health records' @WoncaWorld
🔗 tinyurl.com/3j4c69dr
🔗 tinyurl.com/3j4c69dr
September 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Great to see Abodunrin Aminu and Katie Davies representing HAPRU at #WONCA2025 in Lisbon, with their poster, 'Disparities in the use of remote general practice consultations: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis of 19 million electronic health records' @WoncaWorld
🔗 tinyurl.com/3j4c69dr
🔗 tinyurl.com/3j4c69dr
Join us for a free webinar on 15th October 12-1pm - "What works to promote active ageing: reviewing the evidence for reducing inequalities in physical activity'. Register: bit.ly/4n1XWWA. Read more about the research project: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/p...
September 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join us for a free webinar on 15th October 12-1pm - "What works to promote active ageing: reviewing the evidence for reducing inequalities in physical activity'. Register: bit.ly/4n1XWWA. Read more about the research project: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/p...
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Join us on 19 November for a joint webinar with the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing focused on brain health, prevention & future care needs.
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social and Prof Naaheed Mukadam will present their #denpruQM work.
More info ⬇️
tinyurl.com/y3nzw3c4
@nihrhapru.bsky.social
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social and Prof Naaheed Mukadam will present their #denpruQM work.
More info ⬇️
tinyurl.com/y3nzw3c4
@nihrhapru.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Join us on 19 November for a joint webinar with the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing focused on brain health, prevention & future care needs.
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social and Prof Naaheed Mukadam will present their #denpruQM work.
More info ⬇️
tinyurl.com/y3nzw3c4
@nihrhapru.bsky.social
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social and Prof Naaheed Mukadam will present their #denpruQM work.
More info ⬇️
tinyurl.com/y3nzw3c4
@nihrhapru.bsky.social
📢New publication from our team: "The meaning of ‘quality’ of homecare for older people: a scoping review" bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
July 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
📢New publication from our team: "The meaning of ‘quality’ of homecare for older people: a scoping review" bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....