Food poverty can’t be tackled alone

The University of Northampton has been appointed to lead an evaluation into the effectiveness of a collaborative and multidisciplinary food and poverty programme based in the town. The project is funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Help Through Crisis’ fund. Natasha Bayes, researcher and graduate of the university’s Masters in Public Health…

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Cutting child deaths from treatable infections

An 18-month study will investigate concerns raised by Melissa Mead and Sue Morrish, who both lost sons to sepsis after high profile failures in the health system. ‘Before Arrival at Hospital: Factors affecting timing of admission to hospital with serious infectious illness (BeArH)’ has received £147,000 funding from the NIHR,…

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