Project updates
2025
February 2025
- A different kind of disadvantage and a summary of the scoping review: two new blogs about the project released by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration NENC
- The first paper from the study - a scoping review - has been published Open Access (£0) by BMC Health Services Research
- Presented study findings at a QPaP network seminar - an edited version is on the Joined Up YouTube channel
- Mark and two of the study's public contributors attended the Progression Ball & Awards event, after the Joined Up project was nominated for an award by Pride Action North and ReportOUT
January 2025
- Reports from the study and the community event are now available as pdf files
- Mark has met with members of the NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and presented study findings to the Healthcare Inequalities Workstream Group
- Discussions are now underway for a follow-up project: Joined Up 2.0
2022-2024
December 2024
The reports from the study are in the final stages...
September 2024
Details for the event on Tuesday September 24th have been finalised. Click here for details and registration - we look forward to seeing you then!
May 2024
Plans are starting to come together for an event in September for local services - watch this space...
January 2024
The process of analysing the study findings continues...
December 2023
A trip down to Stockton to video some of the project's Public Advisors about their experiences taking part in the study.
September 2023
We have now reached the end of the interviews - thank you to everyone who has contributed.
May 2023
62 interviews have now taken place: 30 with LGBTQIA+ people, and 32 with professionals, totalling just under 60 hours.
On May 25th Mark, Livv and Karl presented early stage findings at the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East and North Cumbria Conference .
The next meeting of the Public Researchers will be taking place on June 2nd 2023. We will also then be turning our gaze towards solutions, and exploring how the project might have impact in the future.
March 2023
Public Researchers are now over halfway through their data analysis. We held our second in-person meeting in March in which the group started exploring themes within the data.
The PhD was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East and North Cumbria (NENC) (NIHR200173). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.
