Is it cost-effective to deploy more nurses on hospital wards?
A new publication by researchers at NIHR ARC Wessex based at the University of Southampton has examined evidence from over five thousand...
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ARC Wessex given more than £3 million to extend work until 2026
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has extended the work of NIHR ARC Wessex for 18 months, allowing the ARC to...
Award for ADHD Professor Samuel Cortese
Professor Samuele Cortese, is based at the University of Southampton. His research topic with ARC Wessex is looking at personalising...
£6million added to dementia research
The ARCs have been successful in obtaining another £6million to help improve the lives of people living with dementia, their families and...
We have a new Deputy Director - Professor Cathy Bowen
Professor Catherine Bowen has been selected as the ARC Wessex Deputy Director to support our programme of research and capacity...
Scientists want to know how the cost-of-living crisis effects you
People have been feeling the pinch with higher interest rates, bills and food costs over the last year. In Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle...
Boniface and Lim take the lead
Two of ARC Wessex research themes have welcomed new leaders. Dr Stephen Lim has taken over the Ageing and Dementia theme in place of...
Clever planning improves home visits for care staff
Managing patient visits for a busy team of district nurses takes real skill. Matching nurses skills with often complex patient needs, and...
National Survey of the Mental Health Nurses aims to understand reasons behind record vacancies
Researchers from the University of Southampton working with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) are launching a...
Longer shifts for mental health staff linked to an increase in patient incidents including self-harm
Research conducted at the University of Southampton has shown a significant increase in the risk of patient incidents in mental health...
Useful tools can help under 5s with diet choices
Childhood obesity is a significant issue worldwide, with 39 million children under 5 years classed as overweight or obese in 2020. In...
Getting more active in care homes
How volunteers stepped up to keep older people fitter and more active in care It's long been known that keeping physically active in...
Safer nursing - one size doesn't fit all
A team of researchers from ARC Wessex has been examining one of the yardsticks used by hospitals in England to allocate the right number...
South West HEE-NIHR integrated clinical & practitioner academic (ICA) programme awards open for 2023
The programme, funded by both the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) and National Health Service England (NHSE), is...
Bringing research and innovation together to tackle health inequalities in our communities
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Wessex and the Wessex Academic Health Sciences Network (AHSN) brought more than 170 people...
Long Covid can impact fatigue and quality of life worse than some cancers
Fatigue is the symptom that most significantly impacts the daily lives of long Covid patients, and can affect quality of life more than...
Welcome to our 6th group of interns and researchers
ARC Wessex has welcomed nine new interns to meet the teams that will help support them through the next 6 months. Professor James...
What’s behind burnout and exhaustion in nursing staff?
A research survey of almost nine-hundred nursing staff has found that long hours combined with poor staffing and little choice in working...
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