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Health research and public health, from new evidence to the everyday organisation of care.
Coverage includes healthcare, prevention, disability, chronic illness, ageing, health inequalities and the people and resources that make care possible. We examine evidence, access and practical consequences across the UK and internationally.
Daily editions bring accessible reporting and reflection into conversation with autopoietic ecology (AE), EdgeLab’s approach to understanding how people, practices and institutions develop and change. Each article links to its sources and is reviewed before publication.
Latest posts
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Health: After a high blood-pressure reading, what makes follow-up possible?
A public-health explainer on the gap between detecting high blood pressure and sustaining effective, accessible care.
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When mental health is negotiated, who gets to set the terms?
A conceptual paper links biological, relational and institutional norms in mental health. This critical review asks whether participation can change who has authority to decide.
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Health: The world’s care workforce is ageing with its patients
WHO projections of a global health-worker shortfall show why recruitment alone cannot repair care systems—and can move shortages between countries.
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Health: A second route to being heard in A&E
Martha’s Rule is being extended across English emergency departments. The central question is whether a formal escalation route can change care without becoming a substitute for routine listening.
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Health: Who joins up care between appointments?
After World Patient Safety Day, five questions about long-term illness, handovers and the work patients do to keep care connected.
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