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- 12th Jan 2017
Expanding mental health provision: the PM’s speech
‘A broken leg gets treated in few hours. But a broken spirit will take months, and often won’t be treated at all’. It’s a haunting comparison often used by Richard Layard, and a theme picked up by the Prime Minister in her first major domestic policy intervention. The economic and…
- Blog
- 14th Jun 2017
Lifting the lid on a live project: Bringing behavioural insights into NHS procurement
In his February 2016 independent report, Lord Carter announced the creation of a ‘model hospital’. The purpose of this imaginary hospital is to show ‘what good looks like’ by providing a set of metrics, best practice checklists and benchmarks for other hospitals to build into their procurement processes. This is…
- Blog
- 23rd Aug 2017
Rethinking public health using behavioural science
How could - and should - findings from behavioural science make us approach public health differently? This week, BIT offered a provocative answer to this question in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. It was also a question addressed by over 100 academics and practitioners at a recent workshop organised by…
- Person
Dr Georgina Bremner
Georgie is a Senior Advisor in the Economic Growth & Productivity team, with a focus on firm decision making, industrial strategy and organisational behaviour. Prior to joining BIT, Georgie worked for the National Health Service as a Clinical Psychologist. In her most recent role in a London NHS Trust, she…
- Blog
- 26th Oct 2017
Thriving at work: how to improve our mental health and productivity
Today sees the publication of the Thriving at Work report, commissioned by the Prime Minister. It was co-authored by Paul Farmer, CEO of MIND, and Lord Dennis Stevenson, businessman and entrepreneur, who has also been open about his own battles with mental health. At a celebration hosted by Dennis yesterday…
- Blog
- 19th Dec 2017
When should you bring a child to hospital?
There are obvious answers. Any child should go to an emergency department if they’ve been knocked unconscious or are struggling to breath. For less serious problems, like broken bones and infections, they can go to minor injuries units and urgent care centres. However, the majority of children do not attend…
- Report
- 19th Dec 2017
Why do parents bring children with minor illness to emergency and urgent care departments?
Literature review and report of fieldwork in North West London
- Blog
- 2nd Mar 2018
Tackling inner-city childhood obesity
This week saw the launch of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity’s report; ‘Bite Size: Breaking down the challenge of inner-city childhood obesity.’ Rising childhood obesity is often seen as a classic wicked issue, rising inexorably around the world year after year. It also varies by geographical area and social class,…
- Blog
- 6th Mar 2018
20 per cent fewer calories by 2024: the new target from Public Health England
One in three children is leaving primary school overweight or obese. Last week we wrote about the launch of a new programme by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity that aims to change this fact. Today Public Health England added to the calls for action by revealing that children are consuming…
- Blog
- 6th Apr 2018
Sugaring the Bill: why lower revenue from the sugar tax is probably a good thing
With the Sugar Tax in force across the UK from today, many people are discussing what costs may be passed on to consumers and how they will react. It’s an important question, but it misses the key way in which the sugar tax is likely to improve our nation’s health:…