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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · 19d

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
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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · 28d

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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DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · 29d

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 ⬇️
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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · Jul 31

📢New publication from our team: "The meaning of ‘quality’ of homecare for older people: a scoping review" bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · Jul 3

‘How do we know if HSR impacts on policy?’ - a great workshop this morning led by @annetteboaz.bsky.social. The workshop was full of ideas of how to do things differently with fantastic engagement in the room!
#HSRUK2025
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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · Jul 2

Today our NIHR HAPRU Director @barbarahanratty.bsky.social contributed to the HSR UK Conference 2025 opening plenary panel, "The NHS Ten Year Plan: How might health services research respond?" #HSRUK2025

Sonia Dalkin @soniadalkin.bsky.social · Jul 2

Great opening plenary at @hsruk.bsky.social about how we as H&SC researchers make impact on policy. Lots of useful advice: share green shoots with caveats, involve local MPs, acknowledge different timescales, ensure representativeness throughout, work with third sector to mobilise findings #HSRUK25

Who gets to age healthily? New research shows frailty-free years are not shared equally in England

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · Jun 27

Team HAPRU were delighted to showcase their work, enjoy insightful presentations and engage with colleagues at the British Society of Gerontology 54th Annual Conference at the University of Surrey this week! #bsg2025

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · May 12

📢New blog from our team: "Who gets to age healthily? New research shows frailty-free years are not shared equally in England". You can read it here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/05/12/w... and find the related
@biomedcentral.bsky.social publication here: bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Looking at long term health conditions and later life disability

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · May 7

New paper by one of our jointly funded PhD candidates with
@vivensa.bsky.social - Schenelle Dlima @schenelled.bsky.social 'Frailty indices based on routinely collected data: a scoping review'. You can read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · May 7

📢New blog from our team 'Unequal Care at the End of Life: What the Evidence Tells Us', where our Research Associate & PhD candidate Patience Kunonga talks about her work on ethnic inequalities in palliative care prescribing in high-income countries. Read it here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/05/07/u...

Unequal Care at the End of Life: What the Evidence Tells Us

Reflecting on end of life care

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · May 6

📢New paper from one of our PhD students, Patience Kunonga, published in BMC Palliative Care. 'Ethnic inequalities in palliative care prescribing in high income countries'. You can read it here: bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · May 6

Check out this new podcast from Lancet Healthy Longevity and our very own Dr Andrew Kingston - talking about health inequalities. Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1746618/epis...
Full paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · Mar 20

📢New blog from our team: 'Bridging the Digital Gap: Making Healthcare More Accessible for Older Minoritised Adults'
Read it in full here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/03/20/b...

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · Mar 20

📢New article from our team: 'Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in activities of daily living disability-free life expectancy in England: a modelling study'
Read it in full here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Creating Social Care That Works for Older People

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · Mar 18

Don't miss our free webinar tomorrow - "Promoting healthy ageing: inclusive approaches to physical activity for older adults" - all are welcome! Register here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/category/upc... -

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · Mar 13

📢New blog from our team: 'Creating social care that works for older people'. Read it in full here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/03/13/c...

Looking at whether the social care that is available is what older people would like

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · Mar 13

📢New article from our team: 'Differences in the risk of frailty based on care receipt, unmet care needs and socio-economic inequalities' published in the Journal of Frailty and Aging.
Read it in full here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Improving methods for studying Health Inequality and Inequity in evidence synthesis

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · Mar 6

📢Check out our new blog: "Improving methods for studying Health Inequality and Inequity in evidence synthesis". Read more about the research and find the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology article here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/03/06/i...

A reflection on Health Inequalities and Health Inequities

Development of a prototype minimum data set for homecare

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing (NIHR HAPRU) @nihrhapru.bsky.social · Feb 28

📢New report: "Exploring the content of a minimum dataset for homecare" - you can find it here (& read more about our research project): www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/p...

Working to suggest content for a minimum dataset for homecare that is usable, feasible and acceptable to relevant stakeholder groups.