Wednesday, 15 March 2023

Budget March 2023


Monday, 13 February 2023

cost of living crisis research feb 2022

State of the nation 2022: children and young people’s wellbeing

A report on the wellbeing of children and young people over the academic year 2021 to 2022.

The Department for Education (DfE) has published a new State of the nation report looking at the wellbeing of children and young people in England over the academic year 2021/2022. The report sets out previously published data from various sectors. The report finds that during the 2021/22 academic year, while wellbeing on most measures remained consistent, anxiousness among both primary and secondary-aged pupils appears to have increased and is higher than in 2020/21

The tooth hurts: smiles shaped by poverty
Hygiene poverty charity Beauty Banks has teamed up with the British Dental Association (BDA) to understand the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the oral health of students and on the role of teachers in classrooms across Britain. The survey found that one in four UK secondary school teachers surveyed reported that they have given out toothbrushes and toothpaste to their pupils.



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 



Tuesday, 29 November 2022

social science covid research

  First 1001 Days Movement and the Institute of Health Visiting has been published today – ‘Casting Long Shadows: The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on babies, their families and the services that support them.’