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Policy brief outlines how exercise can cut falls in older people
£4.4 billion pounds is spent of falls in old people each year in the UK


Deprescribing for dementia
Image of Pharmacy Scientists are calling for ‘deprescribing’ to be integrated into routine medical care for patients with dementia, to...


Report recommends holistic approach to maintain growth in applied dementia research
The report praises existing initiatives but suggests how to go further A new report has shown more work is needed to attract and retain...


Chocolate at the checkout
Weak enforcement of obesity regulations is undermining public health Read our latest article by Dr Preeti Dhuria (University of...


Talking therapies for people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder less effective for those from poorer areas
A new paper published by Dr Thomas Richardson and colleagues at Universities of Southampton, Cardiff and Sheffield has shown that people...


Award for DALLI study into violence against the most vulnerable
The Marie Curie Clair Fisher Research Impact Award The DALLI research project has been awarded the Marie Curie Clair Fisher Research...


Work starts on knowledge mobilisation and public policy as part of major investment into research by National Institute for Health and Care Research
The ARC Wessex team developing Knowledge Mobilisation capacity across Wessex has begun it's 3 year programme - alongside two new Public...


New partnership to bring together Wessex communities for mental health research
RViR Public involvement event in Southampton NIHR* Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Wessex has teamed up with Raising Voices in...


Social care insights show a system under pressure
A year long research study looking at the recruitment and retention of social workers has given an insight into the challenges facing...


What's the impact of having multiple long-term conditions on everyday life?
Themes of work. Footnote: The outer oval includes examples of concepts in each theme (not an exhaustive list) New research has been...


New Tricks? The ARC Wessex approach turns things around
Thinking outside the box then it comes to learning A growing scheme across our NIHR infrastructure has flipped the traditional notion of...


Having ImPACt - Sam's work with older people
Dr Sam Meredith is an ARC Wessex Research Fellow with the geriatric medicine team at the University of Southampton’s Faculty of Medicine...


ARC Wessex Update Autumn 2024
Welcome to the Autumn edition of our newsletter. It's an exciting time as we start the extension research projects, offer yet more...


Long Covid could cost the economy billions every year
Working days lost to long Covid could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year, as patients struggle to cope with symptoms...


ARCs DEM-COMM researchers in Geneva
The National ARCs Dementia research team DEM-COMM was out in force at the 34th Alzheimer’s Europe conference in Geneva. Professor Ruth...


Half a million pounds to drive knowledge mobilisation
ARC Wessex has been awarded £560,000 over 3 years to develop Knowledge Mobilisation capacity across Wessex. Knowledge mobilisation (KM)...


It's awards season
We opened our biggest round of awards in our five year history in November 18 2024 - applications for up to 20 internship awards and 4...


Nisreen and Dianna take the lead
ARC Wessex is entering a new phase until Spring 2026, as funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research has been...
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