People living with severe mental illness have a reduced life expectancy of 15-20 years❗The Primrose Programme is an example of how healthcare professionals can be supported to facilitate community-centred, preventative health solutions.

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A new review published in @thelancetendo.bsky.social argues primary care is fundamental to tackling the rising number of people living with diabetes worldwide.

Our researchers are among the authors, and it was presented today at #EASD2026 in Milan.

Read more:
🔗 arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/primary...

In the lead-up to Falls Prevention Awareness Week, over 70 people from care homes, home care, local authorities, charities, healthcare trusts and universities came together to learn what works in preventing falls.

Read the highlights in our blog:
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A new framework published today in @thelancetendo.bsky.social sets out 35 core outcomes for testing interventions to modify the progression of #type2diabetes.

Researchers from @arc-em.bsky.social and @uniofleicester.bsky.social are part of the team behind it.

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Over 220,000 emergency hospital admissions each year in the UK are caused by falls in older people
Read how @arc-em.bsky.social, @arcsouthwest.bsky.social & arc-gm.bsky.social have shown how the FallsManagementExercise (FaME) programme can be used to shape national health policy tinyurl.com/yfcr7vjm

Our Knowledge Mobilisation team is growing 📢

We are recruiting for three part-time roles, based at University of Leicester:

🔹 Knowledge Mobilisation and Impact Specialist x2
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🔹Senior Administrator
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Apply by Sunday, 11 October 2026.

What can be done to build a preventative, community-based model for diabetes care?

The @arc-em.bsky.social Diabetes Model of Care sets out a proven, integrated approach to transforming diabetes services that could save the UK £276 million.

Find out more: bit.ly/4xLhPXj

Looking ahead to The Lancet Summit on diabetes prevention, where Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Co-Director of ARC East Midlands, will be speaking alongside experts from across the field.

🗓️ 30 November to 2 December 2026
📍 Sitges, Spain
🔗 thelancetsummit.com/diabetes-pre... #LancetSummit

This afternoon at #NIHR20 we're leading the masterclass "Equality in Research Matters" with @ethnichealthres.bsky.social.

Covering Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) and how to embed equality thinking into study design and delivery.

📑 Download EqIA toolkit: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/arc-store-re...

🎉 We're at the #NIHR20 event in the East Midlands today, marking 20 years of the NIHR.

A day of celebration, reflection and connection at Trent Vineyard, Nottingham, with colleagues from across the region's research infrastructure.

@nihr-rss.bsky.social @leicestersresearch.bsky.social

Dr Riya Patel spoke to BBC Radio about the new Co-Trust Toolkit, helping to build trust in medical research among ethnic minority communities.

Listen to the full interview (from 1.43.06):
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📢 We're recruiting! 2 NIHR Programme Administrator roles, supporting:

🔹 ARC East Midlands
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🔹 Multiple Long-Term Conditions Cross-NIHR Collaboration
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Hybrid working based at the @ldc-news.bsky.social @uniofleicester.bsky.social.

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