BNF to coordinate innovation partnerships to tackle the key research questions for global health

Unhealthy diets are a major contributor to the global burden of disease. The Diet and Health Open Innovation Research Club (OIRC), coordinated by the British Nutrition Foundation, aims to bring together leaders in the field to find innovative, real-life solutions to tackle the major diet and health-related challenges we face. The UK is a global […]

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BNF to coordinate innovation partnerships to tackle the key research questions for global health

Unhealthy diets are a major contributor to the global burden of disease. The Diet and Health Open Innovation Research Club (OIRC), coordinated by the British Nutrition Foundation, aims to bring together leaders in the field to find innovative, real-life solutions to tackle the major diet and health-related challenges we face. The UK is a global […]

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Music charity inspires staff working in dementia care

A music charity with more than 25 years’ experience of working with care staff has released a new, free resource to inspire and encourage the use of music in dementia care. Music as Therapy International is a UK-registered charity which believes in the power of music to strengthen care. For more than 25 years they […]

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Music charity inspires staff working in dementia care

A music charity with more than 25 years’ experience of working with care staff has released a new, free resource to inspire and encourage the use of music in dementia care. Music as Therapy International is a UK-registered charity which believes in the power of music to strengthen care. For more than 25 years they […]

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Midwives need the time to care

The Royal College of Midwives is warning that vital perinatal mental health support is on the precipice, as it launches a new ‘roadmap’ to ensure women receive the support they need and to improve perinatal mental health care in the UK. ‘Strengthening perinatal mental health’ makes for sobering reading. One in five women will experience […]

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Midwives need the time to care

The Royal College of Midwives is warning that vital perinatal mental health support is on the precipice, as it launches a new ‘roadmap’ to ensure women receive the support they need and to improve perinatal mental health care in the UK. ‘Strengthening perinatal mental health’ makes for sobering reading. One in five women will experience […]

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Final round of community groups to receive free air quality sensors

The third and final round of London community groups which will receive free sensors to monitor and tackle local air pollution have been selected. As part of the Breathe London Community Programme, 20 additional groups will have the opportunity to measure air quality, with assistance from Imperial College London researchers, in their local area. Breathe […]

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Final round of community groups to receive free air quality sensors

The third and final round of London community groups which will receive free sensors to monitor and tackle local air pollution have been selected. As part of the Breathe London Community Programme, 20 additional groups will have the opportunity to measure air quality, with assistance from Imperial College London researchers, in their local area. Breathe […]

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Enjoy a Sight Sanctuary Summer

Enjoy a Sight Sanctuary Summer:  New research from the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has revealed that over half (52 percent) of today’s generation play outside less than their parents did when they were young. A study of 2,000 parents of children aged four to 12 highlighted the true extent to which today’s younger generations […]

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Enjoy a Sight Sanctuary Summer

Enjoy a Sight Sanctuary Summer:  New research from the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has revealed that over half (52 percent) of today’s generation play outside less than their parents did when they were young. A study of 2,000 parents of children aged four to 12 highlighted the true extent to which today’s younger generations […]

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