Developing consistent, evidence-based physical activity & sedentary behavior guidelines requires shared methodological standards.

A new Delphi study reached consensus on key processes to strengthen guideline development and improve global consistency.

➡️ doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0175

Editorial: Universities are — and must continue to be — a force for good www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Doing Something About University Finances
a ‘manifesto’ for change ... you asked! profserious.substack.com/p/doing-some...

Interesting blog here by Tom Burton from @sport-england-se.bsky.social

Tom reflects on the government’s 10 Year Health Plan a month on from its publication and considers the opportunities it brings.

www.sportengland.org/blogs/10-yea...

Nice work Richard and team!

📣 This #workshop aims to share the learnings from the Policy Evaluation Network (PEN; https://loom.ly/sGmkqfI), a 4 million, 7 country, 28-research centre project in Europe, and the IMPAQT ERA4Health EU partnership project.
📆 Sep 16 ⏰ 13:00-16:00 CET
Learn more 👉 https://loom.ly/mEEDx0I

It is clear that bold action is needed to make the shift to prevention a reality.

The Chief Medical Officers from England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland will be joining us in September to explore what we can learn from across the UK.

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🧵 There's been lots of talk about the UK govt struggling to reform the state. Do they do DOGE-lite? Is the answer devolution? How do we get beyond re-arranging the machinery of government? In this post I share seven ways to make bureaucracy less sclerotic. They are: ...

In which countries do scientists earn the most? Does having a doctorate degree provide greater job security than having a master’s degree? What sectors and jobs do Ph.D.-holders in different parts of the world end up in?

These questions and more are now easier to answer, thanks to a new database… ⮛

Been waiting for this to drop so I an tuck into it! Lots for us Digital Health folks and loving the prevention focus. www.gov.uk/government/p...

16 years ago, I found myself in the back garden of a couple I'd just met, as they showed me their pillow fighting arena. The lesson they taught me about games - especially competitive ones - has stayed with me ever since, but I forgot to mention it in interviews when asked if competition is bad. So:

"We want [applicants] to be able to describe that project as they see it, rather than trying to force it into the box of a particular council scheme."

This year, we launched phase 2 of our cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme. Prof Alison Park explains the philosophy behind it 👇

See #obesity trail for 10 year plan > There's a lot in this if big retailers (who are also big producers) really buy-in, but can't shift the dial on it's own & needs careful design re health inequalities. (From some time ago.. kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...)
Trail >
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Last week on Wonkhe: Rather than examine how much graduates get paid, why not ask them how they feel about what they are doing? Sean Brophy explains.

Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and intrinsic capacity at older ages: get active

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

With regard to intrinsic capacity, whatever the question.... the answer = sweat more and lift stuff

As ever, "prevention" is always "someone else's responsibility"

Musculoskeletal diseases have risen sharply with global ageing, affecting over 121 million people in the USA.

In ‪The Lancet Healthy Longevity, authors discuss the need for personalised, multidisciplinary approaches to address these diseases: tinyurl.com/4ybej569

A new research paper from Tera Allas and Dimitri Zenghelis explores why the UK invests less in capital than its international peers - and what that means for our long-term productivity. Read the summary blog and full paper here www.productivity.ac.uk/news/mind-th...

#productivity #ukproductivity

The remarkable benefit of exercise was just extended to improved survival after cancer in a randomized trial
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Exciting new study on the benefits of regular physical activity for preventing cancer recurrence in those with colon cancer apnews.com/article/colo...

The NHS is due a refresh of its long term workforce plan for England - analysis of trends in the workforce provides useful context.

Our staffing tracker sets out trends in key areas of the NHS including hospital and community care, general practice, and the training pipeline 👇

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Fancy a short weekend read?

Here’s this weeks article on the NHS aspirations for a single patient record.
It should stop care gaps, put people in control of their data & help research.

I cover what it is in more depth & why tech is only part of the solution.

priteshmistry.ghost.io/spr-avoiding...

Another opinion paper arguing for adversarial collaboration. However, many researchers invest a lot in theories/models/paradigms; being able to take the risk that they might be wrong can be hard! But, it is important! Funders should have calls to support such efforts. www.nature.com/articles/d41...