Qin Xi joined PCU in summer 2022 to study for her PhD. Her research is on the economic evaluation of predictive genetic testing. From Beijing to Yale I have been interested in health care since I did my Bachelor’s thesis, which was on China’s public and private health insurance market. My B.A was in economics […]
LGBTQ+ Research and Involvement – what have we learnt?
Reflections on working with a LGBTQ+ public panel to inform research undertaken by Katie Saunders from the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge. by Clara M de Barros, Katie Saunders and Sally Crowe Dr Catherine (Katie) Saunders, researcher, Cambridge, Clara M de Barros, member of the LGBTQ+ panel and public contributor, […]
Telephone triage in primary care does not disadvantage patients with multimorbidity
New research on telephone triage in primary care finds that it does not disadvantage patients with multimorbidity in terms of access to care, compared with other patients in the same GP practice. The research is from Dr Katie Saunders and the Birmingham, RAND and Cambridge Rapid Evaluation Centre (BRACE). Patients who are living with more […]
LGBT+ health: what our research tells us so far
Primary Care Unit Research Briefing (updated October 2022) LGBT+ people are more likely to be living with long-term physical or mental health problems, and more likely to report poorer healthcare outcomes. University of Cambridge statistician Dr Catherine Saunders has explored these inequalities over the last five years by studying health data provided by large numbers […]
Public health experts urge government to put health at centre of levelling up agenda
COVID-19 has exacerbated health inequalities, say researchers Health needs to be at the heart of the Government’s levelling up agenda, say researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Newcastle. The team have today published practical guidance on how to reduce health inequalities. Based on decades of research around tackling health inequalities at local and regional […]
Cuts to public health laid bare in new analysis
The Health Foundation and the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) are today calling on the government to increase funding for public health. The years of underinvestment are documented in new analysis commissioned by the Health Foundation and conducted by a team led by John Ford and Mike Kelly. The analysis shows that the […]