Integrated Health and Social Care

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With an NHS under increasing pressure and more people living with long term conditions, it is vital to explore new, sustainable and effective ways of promoting health and wellbeing across all age groups and to support patients and their families. The Marmot 10 year update, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, has shifted health and social care focus to place greater emphasis on health equity and the broader determinants of wellness. The Public Health England initiatives are now addressing health inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic.

The vision of Integrated Health and Social Care is to address the challenges of wellness, healthy ageing and health inequality. Northumbria University aims to support every sector of the community by promoting health equity to achieve five extra healthy years of life while promoting higher quality of life. It will achieve its vision by focusing on translational interdisciplinary research. Its Research Pillars foster synergies in three areas of existing Northumbria expertise and one emerging cross-cutting theme:

• Inequalities and engagement with marginalised groups
• Management of prevention of long-term conditions via tech-enabled and non-tech interventions.
• Optimising social, physical and mental determinants of wellbeing across all life stages
• Methodologies for co-creative design, implementation and (health economic) evaluation of real-world interventions (cross-cutting theme)

Northumbria Univeristy is building a critical mass of research excellence that has socio-economic impact setting the following priority areas:

• Enhance regional, national and international reputation for applied research in inequalities and wellness
• Increase bidding capacity via strategic partnerships with regional and national collaborators
• Promote unique regional strengths in health economics, implementation science and workforce development
• Grow impact on policy and practice and link to professional opportunities
• Increase presence and impact on the regional care ecosystem
• Contribute to develop regional economic growth via accelerator programmes (prosperity, wellness and productivity) leading to social and economic growth return (NIC-A, Aging HPO, ARC, Fuse)

Partners include NIHR, SPHR, Fuse, AHSN, GNCR, QCC, BMA, Family Justice Board, the EC, UK Research Councils, Ministry of Defence, Innovate UK, and Department of Health along with industrial and SME partners in Pharmaceuticals, Technology and Nutrition.

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Northumbria University
London