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Who are the young people not getting mental health help?
YoungMinds, ARC Wessex and the University of Southampton work together to find answers. Over the past two years, the charity YoungMinds...


Dementia Care at Home: Bringing Together Research Ideas from across England
Dementia Care at Home: Highlights from the DEM-COMM Research and Practice in Homecare SIG Public Event. DEM-COMM Research Fellows Written...


Innovative research supports national work to eliminate the devastating hepatitis C virus among drug users
Ryan Buchanan at Westminster A consultant doctor from Southampton, supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research...


Education and staying on at school are linked to fewer hospital visits as an adult
New research suggests that staying in school is linked to fewer hospital appointments in midlife. A study published this week examined...


Fair food boost to hungry families
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded £1.5 million for research to help provide better food for people in need in the New Forest,...


New course for social care brings REAL benefits
New course sets social care on research journey


The ARC Event - Applied Research - Real Lives - Change that Matters
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - Southampton Hilton, Utilita Bowl ARC Wessex is hosting a celebration of the best of applied research in Wessex...


ARCs host National seminar on Creative Arts for Dementia
Creative Arts for Dementia In this year's national #ARCseminar series, we explored the healing power of creative arts. In the third...


ARC reaches milestone figure as 100th Internship awarded
The ninth group of internship awards ARC Wessex presented its first internship awards in 2020. Now, five years later, over 100 people...


Summer 2025 News Update
There has and is so much going on - find out all about it in our newsletter here


Dementia Action Week events
Events across England have been taking place to mark Dementia Action Week supported by Alzheimer's Society.


Data and maps could hold the secret to better care for older people who need an ambulance
A new collaboration between researchers in Southampton and South Central Ambulance Service has the potential to cut long waiting times...


Domestic abuse programme is extended after research evidence proves it can work
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Donna Jones, has extended funding for a programme to reduce...
I cannot be what I can’t see – How an idea tackled the lack of senior minority women in university health and medical schools
It was before the pandemic that Professor Nisreen Alwan MBE* from the University of Southampton, started having conversations with women...


Caring for veterans with dementia - why we all need a sense or purpose
Vikki Tweedy is a nurse working at an acute hospital in Dorset with people who have dementia. Vikki was awarded an internship with ARC...


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
Scientists are calling for ‘deprescribing’ to be integrated into routine medical care for patients with dementia, to reduce risks and cut...


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...
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