MatCHNet

MatCHNet is a @UK_PRP network that aims to evaluate policy impacts on child and maternal health by harnessing administrative data across the 4 UK nations.

[MatCHNet @MatCHNet_]

Missed any of our 2025 policy webinars on #childhealth? Our bitesize 15 min recordings are online - catch up now! https://t.co/x7QF9EScwq

#earlyyears #SureStartNI #housing #HealthyStart @NHSHealthyStart

[MatCHNet @MatCHNet_]

Great video about exciting new research project on #childpoverty in Scotland
@CPW_Scotland

[UofG School of Health & Wellbeing @UofGSHW]

Dr Anna Pearce’s research is exploring which #ChildPoverty reduction policies are best for improving children’s health in Scotland, and whether they can be improved to increase their health benefits further.

#ChallengePoverty Week #CPW25 @CPW_Scotland

https://t.co/3BGzGLJsYD

[UCL ECHILD project @ucl_echild]

📊 Amazing work using #ECHILD data by @TheIFS! Despite significant income losses from the two-child limit, no measurable impact on children's school readiness at age 5. Important for policy and child development.
🔗 https://t.co/Pql4wuOoHJ @UCLchildhealth @ich_ppp @Klharron

[Scottish Parliament Information Centre @SPICe_Research]

Dr Emma Stewart's (@UofGSHW) project aims to research international evidence on the impact of cash and in-kind transfers on child health and health inequalities.

[Scottish Parliament Information Centre @SPICe_Research]

Following a competitive process, we’ve now appointed nine academics to be our SPICe academic fellows for 2025. For more details about fellowships see our website: https://t.co/D6b98KC1vV
This thread introduces our new fellows.

[UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health @UCLchildhealth]

Interested in a postgraduate degree in child health? We have a number of fully funded studentship opportunities available!
Apply for a fully funded PhD at our Institute and take part in pioneering research that transforms child health worldwide:

https://t.co/iYoPxshlvU

[UofG School of Health & Wellbeing @UofGSHW]

Over a 20 year period, implementing comprehensive #TobaccoControl measures was associated with:

- 1 in 4 fewer women smoking during pregnancy
- fewer cases of pre-eclampsia
- a sustained decline in small for gestational age births

New study👉https://t.co/tLFeJikiwc

[International Journal of Population Data Science @IJPDS]

CALL FOR PAPERS CLOSES IN 8 WEEKS
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬: 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚
Cross-country collaboration to gain novel insights & offer a platform to share best practices in data linkage

DETAILS: https://t.co/z91TihjaGg

[RCPCH @RCPCHtweets]

Our new report with @CPAGUK reveals the worsening impact of child poverty on children’s health and growing strain on health services.

One year since the Government’s Child Poverty Taskforce launched, the need for bold action is clearer than ever. 👇
https://t.co/jid5VYQqil

[Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS]

NEW PODCAST: The policy that changed childhood in the UK

@PJTheEconomist is joined by @ckfarquharson and @edballs to explore the legacy of Sure Start: what impact it had, how current services compare, and what we can learn from it.

🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/HuxVpHXI7Y

[HDR UK Wales @hdrukwales]

Excited to share that our MIREDA protocol has been selected as an @HDR_UK impact Case Study!

A big step toward improving maternal & child health research with a UK-wide electronic birth cohort.

🔗 Read more - https://t.co/W0m2sum9qh

#HDRUK #MIREDA #HealthData #Impact

[Gabriella Conti @Gabri_EllaConti]

Proud of our #SureStart work @TheIFS that we started in 2015 tx to @NuffieldFound
(https://t.co/KW4SR4fupx)—and that today it is at the basis of the new @GOVUK @bphillipsonMP Family Hubs announcement! ✨

Final report here: https://t.co/gGmYNuG4Z7
And don’t miss the podcast!👇🏻

[MatCHNet @MatCHNet_]

Thanks Meng Le Zhang @cardiffuni for a great webinar on Sure Start Northern Ireland. Interesting results on reduced social service intervention and esp for younger mothers. Look forward to hearing more in the autumn.

Thanks also to @EmmaHitchen17 @ParentingNI for chairing!

[MatCHNet @MatCHNet_]

Final reminder about next week's #earlyyears webinar on Sure Start Norther Ireland 👇
All welcome!
Please register: https://t.co/aTSRZ9A5uc

[MatCHNet @MatCHNet_]

📢Interested in using #admindata to evaluate #earlyyears policy?
Come along to our lunchtime webinar to hear Meng Le Zhang @cardiffuni talk about work on Sure Start Northern Ireland.
📅10 June, 12.30pm
✍️Register now: https://t.co/aTSRZ9A5uc

[MBRRACE UK @mbrrace]

The MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality ‘State of the Nation’ report for deaths that occurred in 2023 has now been published. @TIMMSleicester

👉 read more: https://t.co/nOEkke5d4S

[Scottish Health Equity Research Unit @ScotHealthEq]

A new report from the Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland (CHES) highlights the gradient in inequality across health outcomes in Scotland, including some interesting local-level analysis.

https://t.co/dRfm7sM5pb

[MatCHNet @MatCHNet_]

Interested in #earlyyears policy evaluation?
Come along to hear @ChristinaAVogel present primary data to evaluate the UK Healthy Start Scheme.
📅24 June, 12.30pm
✍️Register now: https://t.co/zgPhtCOTCe

[Sir Michael Marmot @MichaelMarmot]

New @WHO global report reveals nearly 20 after Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, social justice continues to kill on a grand scale @marmotihe @etiennekrug #AllforEquity https://t.co/I9JEoQugDJ

[UofG School of Health & Wellbeing @UofGSHW]

🚨Health inequalities in Scotland are persistent, growing - and solvable.

Join us at this @UofGPolicy @UofGMVLS and Glasgow Changing Futures event on 2nd June, 10am-4pm in the Clarice Pears building.

🔗 Sign up: https://t.co/eiXBKKr6Wu

[UCL ECHILD project @ucl_echild]

🚨 Last places remaining! 🚨
Introduction to Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) course starting tomorrow – a 2-day dive into working with HES data.
📅 Starts tomorrow
📍 Online
🕐 2-day course
🔗 https://t.co/eLNieES2yE
@zylberek @adr_uk @ich_ppp @UCL_IOE @educationgovuk
@ONSfocus