Closing The Gap Network

@GordonAJohnston The feelings are mutual, dear Gordon! May our paths cross soon again!⭐️💫☀️🌷

I've loved being a part of @CTGNetworkUK over the past few years. Having the opportunity to work with some amazing people and contribute to brilliant research has been enlightening - and fun too.

8. Note: due to capacity, we won't be able to keep our Twitter as active as in the past. Keep visiting our webpages for knowledge, inspiration and identifying potential collaborators.

7. ..can generate other beginnings. It's been a long road, smooth & bumpy; the love & dedication we've seen (the love for working in the sector and trying to tackle the health inequalities in SMI) has made the journey truly special. We will treasure it. york.ac.uk/healthsciences…

1. As we're approaching the final official stages of wrapping up Closing the Gap, kudos to all the people with lived experience of #SMI who shared their wisdom & helped us understand better the intricacies of the health inequalities they face & develop ways to tackle them.

#EquallyWellAu23 will help reducing the life expectancy gap for people living with mental health challenges. If YOU want to be part of the change, sign up now for this FREE event (25-27 July). The programme looks amazing! @EquallyWell_AU @EquallyWellUK @CTGNetworkUK

🌟 #EquallyWellAu23 🌟 Working together to achieve health equity for people with severe mental illness. We're really excited to be covering the @EquallyWell_AU National Symposium in Sydney next week. @LHemming123 will be live tweeting @justinjchapman will be live blogging

📢New findings show a mixed picture of student wellbeing in relation to the Covid pandemic 📢 The majority of participants maintained broadly consistent wellbeing over time. Some experienced worsened wellbeing during the pandemic, and a minority thrived tinyurl.com/3vpx3vwb

Some of our SMaRteN collaborators involved in brilliant work published today. A longitudinal cohort study saw researchers track wellbeing trajectories before, during, and after COVID restrictions. 🧵 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

📣Our follow-up survey from the @CTGNetworkUK OWLS study has been published in @CABI_News Human-Animal Interactions: the influence of #animal ownership on #mentalhealth for people with severe mental illness 🐾 Available open access ⬇️ cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/ha…

New findings from @CTGNetworkUK showed that whilst people with severe mental ill health are more likely to have a poor diet & be less active; they are just as likely to want to make lifestyle changes to improve their health. Read more in our latest blog: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/news-events-an…

Congratulations to Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham, Professor of General Practice Research in the School of Medicine, who has been awarded an OBE for services to General Practice and Patient Care, and to Primary Care Research 👏🎖️ Read more ➡️ bit.ly/465YJ0x

Research can improve lives. Research can save lives. Loads of appreciation to all those participating and conducting research. #Red4Research P.S. Enjoy the weekend ahead!!☀️

We presented Hidden: Joanna's Story at @YorkFestofIdeas with @CTGNetworkUK last week. There were powerful discussions around closing the gap for those affected by #digitalexclusion, with plenty of pledges made. Explore more immersive Hidden pieces here: madebymortals.org/hidden/

Follow us to find out what the BALM study is doing to help improve men's health. MEN'S HEALTH WEEK 2023 - JUNE 12-18, 2023 #MENSHEALTHWEEK

So glad we were able to attend this event earlier today! Amazing panel, excellent chairing by @ClaireCarswellx, engaged audience and a hot topic for discussion; as hot as the weather this afternoon! #PhysicalHealth #Diabetes #SMI #ClosingTheMortalityGap #DoingMoreDoingBetter