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Blog 5th Feb 2025

Encourager les discussions sur l'arrêt du tabac entre patients et médecins

Chaque année, plus de 75 000 décès en France sont attribuables au tabagisme. Une étude de Santé publique France et l’Institut national du cancer menée en 2021 révèle que seuls 22,5 %  des fumeurs ont abordé la question du tabac au cours des 12 derniers mois avec un professionnel de…

Blog 5th Feb 2025

Encouraging conversations about quitting smoking between patients and doctors

Every year, more than 75,000 deaths in France are caused by smoking. Research shows that support from a doctor significantly increases the chances of quitting, but many of these critical conversations never happen 4. A 2021 study by Santé Publique France and the Institut National du Cancer revealed that only…

Blog 9th Jan 2025

The unexpected appeal of gambling through social media

Social media is increasingly being used to advertise, organise, and facilitate gambling – and in many cases, unregulated gambling. Unregulated gambling refers to gambling products offered without proper licensing or oversight from a recognised regulatory authority. In the Great Britain, where this work took place, this means operating without a…

Blog 19th Dec 2024

Tackling discharge delays: a systems approach to hospital efficiency

In January 2023, one in every seven NHS inpatient hospital beds was occupied by patients medically fit for discharge.¹ Delays in discharging patients not only impacts the availability of hospital beds for admitting new patients to the hospital, but patients whose discharge is delayed are also at higher risk of…

Blog 18th Dec 2024

What makes some communities better at building social connections?

Our social capital - the quality of our relationships - shapes critical life outcomes, from the jobs we get to whether we end up in prison. Yet historically, policymakers have often overlooked social capital, mainly due to difficulties in measuring it and a lack of evidence-based solutions to boost it.…

Blog 11th Dec 2024

Changing US consumer habits to reduce plastic bag waste

In most parts of the US, entering a store empty handed and leaving with purchases tucked inside a plastic bag is the norm.  As a result, the country uses 100 billion single-use plastic bags every year, contributing to millions of tons of CO2 emissions. The Center for the Circular Economy…

Blog 11th Dec 2024

Reducing paracetamol dosing errors in communities from Aotearoa, New Zealand

Liquid paracetamol is used for pain relief by most parents and caregivers for tamariki (children). Despite how commonly paracetamol is given to children, parents and caregivers can often forget about the possibility of paracetamol overdose if it isn’t administered carefully.  In fact, in Aotearoa New Zealand, overdoses of paracetamol are…

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