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20 September 2021

UK COVID plan: how will the pandemic play out this winter?

Winter is always a challenging time for the NHS. On top of providing routine healthcare, there are the added demands of seasonal illnesses such as flu. There’s also a large backlog this year of healthcare delayed by the pandemic.

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24 September 2021

University of Sheffield awarded renewed term as partner in the NIHR School for Public Health Research

The University of Sheffield has been awarded a third term of membership of the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) for another five years from 2022.

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20 September 2021

“It’s A Grey Area”: searching the grey literature on how local governments use real-world data

When searching for information, our usual practice as information specialists is to start with the published literature & a structured search strategy around a setting or population of interest. Some projects, however, require a different approach.

6 September 2021

ScHARR's Communicable Research Podcast, Episode 3

Professor John Holmes - Alcohol drinking guidelines.

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New Publications from ScHARR for August 2021

ScHARR publishes over 400 new journal papers every year across our four sections - Public Health, Health Economics and Decision Science, Design, Trials and Statistics and Health Services Research.

16 September 2021

COVID-19: why infection rates among double-vaccinated older adults look worse than they are

Colin Angus, Research Fellow in the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, discusses published data showing how many new COVID cases, emergency hospital admissions and deaths were among unvaccinated, partially vaccinated, or fully vaccinated people.

13 September 2021 | The Conversation

Online seminar: Emergency management (EM) professionals in healthcare organisations

Canadian health emergency management professionals’ perspectives on disaster preparedness activities in response to COVID-19. Recorded seminar now available to watch.

2 September 2021

Surge in smoking among young adults during lockdown

The number of 18-34 year-olds who smoke increased by 25 per cent in England during the first lockdown, according to a new study conducted by the University of Sheffield and UCL.

25 August 2021

Why I no longer think we can eliminate COVID – public health expert

Dr Andrew Lee, Reader in Global Public Health at the University of Sheffield, explains how in an ideal world, completely eliminating COVID-19 is what all countries would aim to do, but now the approach makes less sense.

18 August 2021 | The Conversation