Ruth Watkinson

Research fellow studying health inequalities at the University of Manchester. She/her 🏳️‍🌈

[Ruth Watkinson @RuthWatkinson]

Our new study showing wide inequalities in Covid-19 vaccine uptake between ethnic groups in Greater Manchester. Inequalities were far wider than for routine flu vaccine uptake pre-pandemic. https://t.co/UWOU1ip9t5 with @rwilliams251 @Mons93Stephanie @carolin_sanders @MattXSutton

[HOPE at UoM @HOPE_UoM]

We'd like to wish a warm welcome to Harriet Bullen and Marco Chan who are joining us this summer for @ARC_GM_ Internships! Harriet & Marco are currently both undergrads on the @ManUniEconomics course.

[Julia Thrift @juliathrift]

🧵'If you look at a map of child mortality in the 1850s, and mortality during Covid, they are almost the same. This suggests we have failed to understand the drivers in ill-health and tackle them.' Powerful point from @CMO_England speaking at #TCPAAnnualConference [1/2]

[HOPE at UoM @HOPE_UoM]

✍️NEW PAPER✍️: 'COVID-19 and deprivation amplification: An ecological study of geographical inequalities in mortality in England.'

https://t.co/voLV30kHDE

@dukester24, Sam Khavandi, and @ProfBambra

[HOPE at UoM @HOPE_UoM]

New paper out - “The effect of #devolution on health: a generalised synthetic control analysis of Greater Manchester, England”
Access it here: https://t.co/QUirLy5YJS
This research was funded by @HealthFdn and #NIHR
It found 👇👇

[Christabel Pankhurst Institute UoM @UoMPankhurst]

Join us for a deep dive into how the Greater Manchester Care Record is being used for Covid19 #research with the @RoyalStatSci @RSSManchester network - register here https://t.co/E7vJzprnMS #datasaveslives @ruthlady @NielsPeek @rwilliams251 @HeRC_Tweets @FBMH_UoM @RuthWatkinson

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

✍️New Publication

🔎A University of Manchester study supported by ARC-GM researchers is the first to show evidence of income-related inequalities in access to timely and appropriate #emergencycare in England.

Read more: https://t.co/3kGo5Mulcg

#healthinequalities #urgentcare

[Matt Sutton @MattXSutton]

Several research papers have shown people from deprived areas wait longer for treatment by the NHS in England

But still we were surprised to find this discrimination exists in emergency care too
https://t.co/bWRHxzicXL

[Alex Turner @Al_Turner_]

📢 New from me with @MattXSutton @RuthWatkinson @Mons93Stephanie @igorfrancetic 📢

Deprived patients attending A&E wait longer, receive less complex care, are less likely to be admitted, and are more likely to re-attend or die shortly after attendance.

https://t.co/NQcGQLXTa3

[HOPE at UoM @HOPE_UoM]

Congratulations to 3 of our PhD students: @ChavarriaPino, Barshana Goswami & Christine Camacho who have recently passed their PhD continuation vivas! 🎉🍾

A big thanks to all of their examiners too.

[Jennifer Williams @JenWilliams_FT]

New research out from @IPPRNorth today shows public spending since ‘levelling up’ was unveiled - three years ago this week - has risen more in London than anywhere else; lowest rises in the north. It says levelling up has been ‘business as usual’

[HOPE at UoM @HOPE_UoM]

Our Sam Khavandi & @dukester24 were co-authors on this report that investigated the mental health impacts of COVID-19 and regional inequalities.

[NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @ARC_GM_]

🖊 NEW BLOG

Excellent new @UoMPolicy blog by Melissa Surgey (@MelissaSurgey) on how ICSs will interact with pre-existing bodies, where the gaps are in legislation & how policymakers in Gov & the NHS can fill them.

For more info about Melissa's PhD:
📎 https://t.co/CiKTxiuQoT

[Giles Wilkes @Gilesyb]

This is an astonishingly important story from @jburnmurdoch. Our suddenly-diminished labour force is an immediate, dangerous drag on UK prosperity. It's a hypothesis, but if NHS decay is the reason, this is THE issue of the decade https://t.co/zghb5JwYDo

[Stonewall @stonewalluk]

HUGE WIN! Lesbians, bi women and trans people will no longer face additional barriers to accessing IVF, following our #IVFforAll campaign. This wouldn't have been possible without the help of our supporters, who campaigned alongside us for this change 🫶🌈

[HOPE at UoM @HOPE_UoM]

We are pleased to announce that Sam Khavandi has been awarded an @NIHRresearch pre-doctoral fellowship! He'll be looking at the role of NHS organisations as anchor institutions & mental health inequalities within England. Supervised by @dukester24 @RuthWatkinson @MattXSutton

[Ruth Watkinson @RuthWatkinson]

@HOPE_UoM @NIHRresearch @dukester24 @MattXSutton Congratulations Sam! 🎉

[Ruth Watkinson @RuthWatkinson]

@ruthlady @Mons93Stephanie We know we looked cool 🤣

[Ruth Watkinson @RuthWatkinson]

@igorfrancetic @NIHRSPCR @HOPE_UoM @MattXSutton @RachelMeacock @HESG2022Shef @UK_HESG Brilliant news! Congratulations!💫

[NIHR Greater Manchester PSRC @GM_PSRC]

Read the full paper in @BJGPjournal

Remote primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic for people experiencing homelessness: a qualitative study

https://t.co/kFNpZ0hlMT

@KellyHowells17 @carolin_sanders @Dr_TaiChi @RuthWatkinson @TomBlakeman @tommyallen87 @AneelaMcavoy @MRCSTART

[Ruth Watkinson @RuthWatkinson]

@ruthlady @GM_HSC @HealthInnovMcr @bionowevents Thanks @ruthlady hope you had fun 🥳