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Heart failure patients need better support to stay well
A new study into the health of people with chronic heart failure suggests more needs to be done to support them to stay well. The...
How a research project helped to transform care for Covid patients across the NHS
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Professor Michael Boniface from ARC Wessex was working with Consultant Dr. Matt Inada-Kim...


Wessex Mental Health Research Hub gets £875,000 to boost research into mental health
NIHR ARC Wessex is to build a new Mental Health Research Hub at the centre of its research programme following an award from the National...


How do long shifts, overtime, and higher patient load influence activities that support good nursing
Nursing workforce factors like shift length, workload, and use of overtime are known to influence care quality and staff wellbeing. But...

Ros Austin awarded by British Society for Heart Failure
By Ros Austin Specialist nurse, QA Hospital Portsmouth For the past 3 years, every year in October, I have a tradition. The call for...

Southampton-led study shows need for painkiller caution to prevent kidney damage
Research has found that prescriptions of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduced over the two years before the pandemic....


New Study: Stratifying risk for blood testing for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inflammatory
Regular blood tests are needed to monitor the potential toxicity of methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and azathioprine for...


Long Covid study wants to speak to people who are still feeling the effects of the virus
Scientists are trying to understand how fatigue may differ across health conditions such as long Covid, cancer and heart disease. We want...


ARC Wessex Winter Update
Read our ARC Wessex Winter Update 2021 here.

How I overcame my fears to win recognition for nurse research
By Rosalynn Austin - Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow and Specialist Research Nurse, Portsmouth For the past 3 years, every year in...


Remote Community Monitoring to support action against COVID-19 2nd Wave
20 October 2020 BBC national news: CO@h from Wessex AHSN Limited on Vimeo. The ARC Wessex COVID Health Systems research team has...


ARC Wessex Director share lead National Nursing role
England’s Chief Nursing Officer, Ruth May, has appointed Professor Alison Richardson as Head of Nursing Research, Academic Leadership and...


MyBills looks at the impact of cost-of-living on mental health
A new research project at NIHR ARC Wessex looks to measure how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting people’s mental health in...


Covid-19 data analytics research supports frontline
8 June 2020 Back in March 2020 Professor Michael Boniface and his team of Mathematicians, Physicists, Statisticians, Data Scientists and...


Traveling back in time: exploring the Netley Red Cross Hospital during World War I
By Nestor Serrano-Fuentes RN, PhD student and Research assistant for the Long-Term Conditions Research Group, Health Sciences, University...

New approach to tackling the long-lasting symptoms of COVID-19
New approach to tackling the long-lasting symptoms of COVID-19 The National Institute for Health Research has awarded £782,000 to a new...


Thinker, sailor, author, physio. Justin's journey so far..
Written by Justin Strain, ARC Wessex Intern and a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Pain Management and Spines, working at Hythe on...


DALLI study Survey
Do you provide care to adults with a life-limiting illness or work for an organisation supporting people affected by domestic abuse? In...
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