Mike Spence

Senior Programme Lead @ARC_GM_

Q initiative founding member

All views are my own

#OneManchester

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

📰New research shows how trust in digital health research among Muslim communities can be strengthened by working with Imams and mosques.

Read the paper & project details here: https://t.co/VohFJw7Mmb

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

🎧 The Bridge the Gap podcast is now live!

Created by young people with ARC-GM researchers the series aims to makes research more accessible and shows why young voices matter.

Find out more: https://t.co/9TezzB455a

@BridgeTGapNIHR

[Health Equity North @_HENorth]

Thrilled to see our Ghost Towns report, released earlier this year, mentioned in @theipaper article, detailing our research on how those living in deprived areas are more likely to live near unhealthy fast food outlets

[NHSA @The_NHSA]

Prof Chris Todd from @OfficialUoM co-authored of our Ageing in the North report, where we ask leaders to address housing inequalities by delivering a national housing strategy for older people that invests in age-friendly, accessible homes

https://t.co/uoJTB37fPD

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

Our academics contributed to the @The_NHSA / Ageing North network's #AgeingintheNorth report, which highlights the stark inequalities in health, wealth, and social participation experienced by older people in the North.

Read more #AgeingintheNorth 👇🏼

https://t.co/cNODANtHd6

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

Paul Wilson of @OfficialUoM and @ARC_GM_ led a @NIHRresearch-funded study on the success of #socialprescribing link workers following a Government plan to empower NHS patients to feel more supported in accessing healthcare services.

Read more: https://t.co/fx2SgnAd49

[Mike Spence @M_Spence_]

Really pleased to be here today and looking forward to it 👍

[ARC South West @ARC_SouthWest]

👥 In collaboration with:

@NIHR_ARC_NENC
@arc_nt
@arc_nwc
@ARC_NWL
@ARC_S_L
@ARC_West
@ARC_WM

#ChildHealthImpact2025

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

🎙️ ARC-GM Director, Professor Dame Nicky Cullum shares her journey from nurse to researcher, in this episode of Humans of Clinical Academia by @mcrcatalys

Watch or listen now 👇

Youtube: https://t.co/jxrlKGH8Fv
Apple: https://t.co/5n10JAquNc
Spotify: https://t.co/hgL5L1LLzQ

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

Join the @NIHRHAPRU webinar on addressing inactivity in later life with PhD candidates Danielle Harris & Lily Mott.

🗣 Topics:
• Interventions for older adults with lower socioeconomic status
• Reducing sedentary time in older home workers

🔗 Register: https://t.co/vI0sbMo1Zh

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

Tomorrow 👇 👇 👇

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

Germ Defence was adapted to help care home staff stop the spread of viruses like COVID-19. With staff input, the tool supports better infection control.

📽️Watch Alex Hall explain how: https://t.co/64k5KxRqkt

📚 Project info: https://t.co/RoignClASP

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

📢 An NIHR ARC-GM project identified 6 evidence-informed approaches to tackling vaccination inequality.

As part of @NHSEngland's NIPP project, we rapidly evaluated COVID-19 vaccination delivery in Greater Manchester to improve future uptake.

🔎Read more: https://t.co/Ml1A7TrxL2

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

🌟 #SocialCare Research Champions

Help build a research culture in Greater Manchester. Develop skills, support events, co-develop funding applications & more.

⏰Apply by 24th Jan 2025

Watch the Q&A on the website for more info:

🔗 https://t.co/cJGS2y7Krq

#SocialCare

[Mike Spence @M_Spence_]

@HealthEcon_Will Fantastic stuff Will 🙌🙌🙌

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

Fabulous new @NIHRresearch evidence Alert about the Far Away from Home study, led by @ARC_EM, collaborating with ourselves @ARC_EoE, @ARC_WM & @arc_oxtv

Read more ⬇⬇⬇

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

PhD Opportunity: Explore the lived experiences of individuals receiving acute sickle cell care in the NHS, marking the bicentenary of sickle cell research.

Find out more & apply here: https://t.co/9bBcq88A4T

#SickleCell #HealthResearch

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

New research reveals that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout widened health inequalities, with uptake rates far lower among ethnic minority groups than for the flu vaccine.

Tackling these barriers is more urgent than ever.

👉 https://t.co/SNuqXiMXYa

#HealthEquity #COVID19Research

[National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRresearch]

As #DiabetesAwarenessMonth draws to an end, we look at an #NIHRfunded evaluation which found referring people with pre-diabetes to the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme lowered their risk of type 2 diabetes by 20%, meaning 30,000+ of 1.2m participants avoided developing diabetes.

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

Last week, we hosted the national @NIHRARCs Knowledge Mobilisation, Comms Leads, Programme Managers & Directors meetings in Manchester.

Great discussions & collaborative planning, all topped off with a social at the iconic Manchester Museum.

Thanks to all who joined us! 🫂

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

Great to see our work 📄 published in @Age_and_Ageing on

"Virtual wards: a rapid evidence synthesis and implications for the care of older people"

included in this #NIHRevidence collection.

More info here 📎 https://t.co/IspZMolA4x

@GN_ARC @emmavardy2 @DrPaulaBennett