Category: Health and Wellbeing
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Compassion: The key to Minimising Restrictive Practice in Mental Health Settings
By Dr Mary Lavelle and Dr Trisha Forbes.
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Delivering solutions to the cancer crisis – acting on the evidence
Delivering a keynote address at the Global Innovation Summit being held this week at Queen’s University Belfast, Professor Mark Lawler, Professor of Digital Health at Queen’s University Belfast highlights a new report which he co-authored in the internationally respected journal Lancet Oncology that pulls no punches on the crisis in cancer, but proposes solutions that…
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Investing just £850 million on cancer would help save thousands of lives
With Budget day looming, taking the first steps to reverse the last 14 years of mismanagement of cancer policy, cancer care and cancer investment in the UK must be a priority for the new government says Professor Mark Lawler.
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All-Island Cancer Innovation – Driving a health and wealth agenda
Professors Mark Lawler and William Gallagher highlight the myriad impacts that can come about through harnessing our expertise in cancer research and innovation across the island of Ireland.
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Beyond hospital waiting lists: the need for accountability and reform in our health system
The health system in Northern Ireland is at a critical juncture but what can be done to stop the NHS from being consigned to history asks Professor Ciaran O’Neill.
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How a Fun Game is Transforming Attitudes towards Dementia
Professor Christine Brown Wilson looks at a novel new way developed at Queen’s of transforming people’s attitudes to, and knowledge of, dementia.
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Lassa fever detected in the UK – here’s what you need to know
Dr Connor Bamford looks at the recent cases of Lassa fever detected in the UK.
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What has COVID-19 shown us about the best ways to encourage people to adopt preventive health behaviours?
The COVID Health Related Behaviour Review project (COHeRe) has identified three key factors driving healthier and less risky behaviours – leading to recommendations for more effective public health messaging during the pandemic and beyond says Dr Jennifer Hanratty and Professor Martin Dempster.
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Solidarity and Marginality: Family Care in a Pandemic
Throughout the pandemic, more attention should have been paid to those caring for a vulnerable family member at home and to their everyday anxieties says Dr Lisa Smyth.