Monday 9 January 2023

Cost of Living crisis social science research January 2023


Poverty 2023 Joesph Rowntree report

How the cost of living crisis is damaging children’s health
BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o3064 (Published 04 January 2023)

Changes in children’s mental health and parents’ financial stress from March 2020 to October 2022, Co-SPACE study, University of Oxford

State of health visiting, UK survey report: a vital safety net under pressure
This report details the findings from a UK survey of frontline health visitors working with families across the United Kingdom. It finds health visitors reporting epidemic levels of poverty, with more parents struggling with the cost-of-living crisis that is forcing them to turn to food banks to feed their children. 

Tackling health inequalities: delivering accessible pharmaceutical care for everyone
This position paper outlines how the cost-of-living crisis is adding to widening health inequalities and aims to help pharmacists and pharmacy teams to take action.

New report highlights urgent need for improved care regarding continued inequality and mothers’ mental health NPEU

State of the North 2023 - Looking out to level up: How the North and the UK measure up

Mental health of children and young people in England 2022: wave 3 follow; up to the 2017 survey. Looks at the mental health of children and young people in England in 2022. NHS Digital, 2022

IMF economic forecasts

Cities outlook 2023

The Rising Cost of Living: A Review of Interventions to Reduce Impacts on Health Inequalities in London Institute of Health Equity

The Child Poverty and the Cost of Living Crisis report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group Child of the North, has found that children in the North are some of the least protected from the current cost of living crisis.

Mental Health Foundation Supporting and expanding green social prescribing to address mental health inequalities in London