News
News items are drawn from the working groups on the PHINE site.
ISARE
NEPHO has received confirmation of funding for a European project looking at inequalities across regions of Europe....
News from NYCRIS
NYCRIS has an active research agenda with strong links to University of Leeds and other academic centres across the two regions....
National Child Measurement Programme
A new report has been published on the NEPHO website, describing a pilot research study on the National Child Measurement Programme in the North East....
Alcohol Information Resources
Cases of alcohol related harm are attracting a high profile under the political spotlight and a number of reports have been recently published in this area....
Population Working Group Update
The population working group of PHINE last met on 26th September. At this meeting the group agreed to develop and publish a series of web reports on the PHINE website relating to each of the key population datasets....
Welcome to the most friendly region in England
A tourist guide book has named the North-East as one of the top 30 must-see destinations in the world and gives examples such as the Great North Run, Stockton International Riverside Festival and Hartlepool quayside as examples.
News from NYCRIS
NYCRIS 2007/08 Business Plan and Work Programme
The NYCRIS Steering Group chaired by John Wilkinson met in September to consider the 2007/08 NYCRIS Business Plan and Work Programme of Cancer Intelligence Activity and Outputs....
SHAPE
Shape (Strategic Health Asset Planning and Evaluation) is a web-enabled toolkit, which is being designed to inform and support the strategic planning of services and physical assets across a whole health economy....
Obesity: An Update
In light of the public health priority around obesity, NEPHO has appointed a full time obesity lead and has established an extensive ongoing programme of work utilising existing datasets and developing new research projects to bridge current gaps within the evidence base....
Commissioning
Senior staff are meeting the Directors of Commissioning to discuss how the PHO and HES unit can support the process....