Prevention of Risks and Onset of Mental Health problems through Interdisciplinary Stakeholder Engagement-PROMISE Population Health Improvement Cluster
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: Psychological Medicine
Abstract
Over the coming decades the world will face a wide range of complex, new and persistent public mental health challenges, exacerbated by disruptive events, many of which can be fully addressed only through strategies and investments that improve lifelong public mental health outcomes for everyone. 1 in 6 adults in England have a common mental health condition. Mental distress and ill health are associated with significant disability, sickness absence, unemployment, and suicide attempts. Three quarters of all mental health conditions have occurred in young people by the age of 24 years. Despite widespread acknowledgement that mental distress and illness make a substantial contribution to the global burden of disease, there is still a major gap in evidence to inform policy making for their primary prevention.
We will establish the 'Prevention of Risks and Onset of Mental Health problems through Interdisciplinary Stakeholder Engagement' (PROMISE) Population Mental Health Improvement Cluster, which will create new opportunities for population-based improvements in mental health. We will focus on three challenge areas: 1. Children and young people; 2. Suicide and self-harm prevention; 3. Multiple long-term conditions. Challenge areas will be supported by four cross-cutting themes: 1. Partners in policy, implementation and lived experience; 2. Data, linkages and causal inference; 3. Narrowing inequalities; 4. Training and capacity building.
We will work with stakeholders across public health, local government, voluntary organisations and interdisciplinary academic experts, and people with lived experience of adversities which impact mental health, to identify and rigorously evaluate population-level interventions which hold the greatest promise for the improvement of mental health. The structure of our cluster reflects the integration of academic, policy and lived experience in leadership and delivery, which will lead to systems change and the ability to work effectively across traditional silos which have held progress in this area behind.
We will use a range of large-scale datasets, including representative studies which follow people over time, nationally representative studies of health, and data generated when people come into contact with health and other services, take part in census, alongside information from children in schools, and the linkages between these, for our investigations. We will use statistical methods in this data to understand which population-interventions benefit people's mental health and reduce inequalities. We will draw on the wide-ranging interdisciplinary expertise of our team to develop a unique suite of training (seminars/ tutorials/ short training videos) which will be freely available, the training will be entitled "New ways of working in population mental health" and will cover a range of topics useful to researchers, practitioners, and people with lived experience.
Our cluster will foster methods to develop creative and innovative solutions by working with people who have not applied their expertise to improving population health before, through a range of approaches:1. We will work with arts-based practitioners to develop creative outputs (films, children's books/ comic strips, animations, infographics, public photography and art exhibitions), which will also ensure inclusive engagement. 2. We will convene a series of interdisciplinary 'sandpit' events to engage a wide range of interdisciplinary groups, to develop innovative projects across challenge areas. 3. We will convene policy roundtables with support from English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Government representatives, to bring together stakeholders, experts, policymakers, and the public to engage in discussion on cluster challenges to gather feedback, build consensus, and develop actionable recommendations. Our findings will be co-produced with people with lived experience.
We will establish the 'Prevention of Risks and Onset of Mental Health problems through Interdisciplinary Stakeholder Engagement' (PROMISE) Population Mental Health Improvement Cluster, which will create new opportunities for population-based improvements in mental health. We will focus on three challenge areas: 1. Children and young people; 2. Suicide and self-harm prevention; 3. Multiple long-term conditions. Challenge areas will be supported by four cross-cutting themes: 1. Partners in policy, implementation and lived experience; 2. Data, linkages and causal inference; 3. Narrowing inequalities; 4. Training and capacity building.
We will work with stakeholders across public health, local government, voluntary organisations and interdisciplinary academic experts, and people with lived experience of adversities which impact mental health, to identify and rigorously evaluate population-level interventions which hold the greatest promise for the improvement of mental health. The structure of our cluster reflects the integration of academic, policy and lived experience in leadership and delivery, which will lead to systems change and the ability to work effectively across traditional silos which have held progress in this area behind.
We will use a range of large-scale datasets, including representative studies which follow people over time, nationally representative studies of health, and data generated when people come into contact with health and other services, take part in census, alongside information from children in schools, and the linkages between these, for our investigations. We will use statistical methods in this data to understand which population-interventions benefit people's mental health and reduce inequalities. We will draw on the wide-ranging interdisciplinary expertise of our team to develop a unique suite of training (seminars/ tutorials/ short training videos) which will be freely available, the training will be entitled "New ways of working in population mental health" and will cover a range of topics useful to researchers, practitioners, and people with lived experience.
Our cluster will foster methods to develop creative and innovative solutions by working with people who have not applied their expertise to improving population health before, through a range of approaches:1. We will work with arts-based practitioners to develop creative outputs (films, children's books/ comic strips, animations, infographics, public photography and art exhibitions), which will also ensure inclusive engagement. 2. We will convene a series of interdisciplinary 'sandpit' events to engage a wide range of interdisciplinary groups, to develop innovative projects across challenge areas. 3. We will convene policy roundtables with support from English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Government representatives, to bring together stakeholders, experts, policymakers, and the public to engage in discussion on cluster challenges to gather feedback, build consensus, and develop actionable recommendations. Our findings will be co-produced with people with lived experience.
Technical Summary
Mental distress and ill health significantly contribute to the global burden of disease and are associated with a range of adverse impacts. Despite this, there has been limited research on the prevention of mental distress and ill health. To tackle this, we will establish the 'Prevention of Risks and Onset of Mental Health problems through Interdisciplinary Stakeholder Engagement' (PROMISE) Population Mental Health Improvement Cluster.
We will bring together a team of world-leading expertise in population mental health spanning academic, government, local and national voluntary organisations across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including people with lived experience. We will co-design and produce research to improve mental health at the population-level across the UK, with a specific focus on reducing inequalities and prevention. Our cluster will focus on three challenge areas with the greatest scope for population-focused prevention, determined through prior stakeholder consultations: (1) Children and young people's mental health, (2) Prevention of suicide and self-harm, and (3) Mental health in the context of multiple long-term conditions. These will be underpinned by four cross-cutting platforms: (1) Partners in policy, implementation, and lived experience, (2) Data, linkages, and causal inference, (3) Narrowing inequalities, and (4) Training and capacity building.
We will work with diverse stakeholders to enable identification, prioritisation and evaluation of population (e.g. public health/ policy) interventions, underpinned by novel, rigorous methods, capacity building, and involvement of the public and communities. We will harness large-scale data, with methods to enhance causal inferences from observational studies, to inform our evaluations. Our research findings will have rapid impact through the partnerships across government, public sector, voluntary organisations and people with lived experience, established at the outset.
We will bring together a team of world-leading expertise in population mental health spanning academic, government, local and national voluntary organisations across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including people with lived experience. We will co-design and produce research to improve mental health at the population-level across the UK, with a specific focus on reducing inequalities and prevention. Our cluster will focus on three challenge areas with the greatest scope for population-focused prevention, determined through prior stakeholder consultations: (1) Children and young people's mental health, (2) Prevention of suicide and self-harm, and (3) Mental health in the context of multiple long-term conditions. These will be underpinned by four cross-cutting platforms: (1) Partners in policy, implementation, and lived experience, (2) Data, linkages, and causal inference, (3) Narrowing inequalities, and (4) Training and capacity building.
We will work with diverse stakeholders to enable identification, prioritisation and evaluation of population (e.g. public health/ policy) interventions, underpinned by novel, rigorous methods, capacity building, and involvement of the public and communities. We will harness large-scale data, with methods to enhance causal inferences from observational studies, to inform our evaluations. Our research findings will have rapid impact through the partnerships across government, public sector, voluntary organisations and people with lived experience, established at the outset.
Organisations
- King's College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- Swansea University (Collaboration)
- Mental Health Foundation (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Imperial College London (Collaboration)
- King’s Health Partners (Collaboration)
- Birmingham City University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (Collaboration)
- School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) (Collaboration)
- BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (Collaboration)
- TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (Collaboration)
- NHS ENGLAND (Collaboration)
- Thrive London (Collaboration)
- Middlesex University (Collaboration)
- London South Bank University (Collaboration)
- University of York (Collaboration)
- University of Leeds (Collaboration)
- Ardwick Climate Action (Collaboration)
- Ulster University (Collaboration)
- Public Health Agency (PHA) (Collaboration)
- University of Dundee (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- Arup Group (Collaboration)
- TOYNBEE HALL (Project Partner)
- Centre for Mental Health (Project Partner)
- Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland) (Project Partner)
- Office for Health Improv & Disparities (Project Partner)
- Public Health Wales NHS Trust (Project Partner)
- Greater London Authority (GLA) (Project Partner)
- National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (Project Partner)
- NORTH EAST LONDON CCG (Project Partner)
- Forward Thinking Birmingham (Project Partner)
- Inspire Wellbeing Limited (Project Partner)
- Traumascapes CIC (Project Partner)
- Action Mental Health (Project Partner)
- Place2Be (Project Partner)
- Association of Directors for Public Heal (Project Partner)
- Stem 4 (Project Partner)
- Black Thrive Global CIC (Project Partner)
- NICVA (Project Partner)
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION (Project Partner)
- PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide (Project Partner)
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
Publications
Alvarez CV
(2024)
Social connection interventions and depression in young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Boyd A
(2025)
UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC): The National Trusted Research Environment for Longitudinal Research
in International Journal of Population Data Science
Catalao R
(2024)
Access to psychological therapies amongst patients with a mental health diagnosis in primary care: a data linkage study
in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Das-Munshi J
(2024)
Long term mortality trends in people with severe mental illnesses and how COVID-19, ethnicity and other chronic mental health comorbidities contributed: a retrospective cohort study.
in Psychological medicine
Dempsey B
(2024)
Post COVID-19 syndrome among 5248 healthcare workers in England: longitudinal findings from NHS CHECK.
in Occupational and environmental medicine
Morris AC
(2024)
A framework for remotely enabled co-design with young people: its development and application with neurodiverse children and their caregivers.
in Frontiers in psychiatry
| Description | Development of the 'Public Health and Mental Health' module for the King's College London Public Health MSc (online) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | This is the only module on the King's College London Public Health MSc which focuses on population mental health, bringing new attention and developing new skills related to mental health promotion and mental illness prevention. The module is in the final stages of development and is due to be delivered to postgraduate students online (number to be determined) beginning in April 2025 and repeating yearly for new cohorts. Students typically comprise of public health professionals or those interested in a career in public health, and are mostly international to the UK - broadening the global reach of this impact. |
| URL | https://online.kcl.ac.uk/online-masters/public-health-msc |
| Description | Greater London Authority Whole School Approaches programme |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | expert at government enquiry |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | ADR UK Research Fellowships 2023 |
| Amount | £189,755 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2024 |
| End | 02/2026 |
| Description | APP59590: ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health - transition funding |
| Amount | £1,975,630 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2025 |
| End | 01/2028 |
| Description | Changing the trajectories of mental health dif?culties in Norfolk and Suffolk: a research-priority-setting project with patients, the public, clinicians, policymakers, and stakeholders. |
| Amount | £120,804 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Description | Collective Action For Race Equity In Health and Social Care (CARE-HSC) |
| Amount | £4,699,999 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 308556/Z/23/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2025 |
| End | 12/2031 |
| Description | ESRC LISS-DTP: With Lambeth CASE- Using data linkage to understand health and social care pathways |
| Amount | £80,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2025 |
| End | 08/2028 |
| Description | Identification, recording, and reasonable adjustments for people with learning disability and/or autistic people in NHS electronic clinical record systems: studies using routine data, data linkage and artificial intelligence |
| Amount | £1,274,617 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR163394 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2025 |
| End | 03/2028 |
| Description | Knowledge Support to support clinicians to manage self-harm and preventing suicide in primary care |
| Amount | £148,369 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR206947 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2024 |
| End | 06/2026 |
| Description | LGBTQ+ Population Health and MLTC-M |
| Amount | £99,033 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR305175 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2024 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | Longitudinal impacts of no recourse to public funds on health and wellbeing for children and families in England |
| Amount | £705,273 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR165140 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2025 |
| End | 12/2027 |
| Description | NIHR Global Health Research Groups Call 5 - Roger Webb |
| Amount | £0 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR163359 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Regulation of coagulation and thrombosis by C1 inhibitor |
| Amount | $3,230,000 (USD) |
| Funding ID | 1R01HL171042-01 |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 08/2024 |
| End | 07/2029 |
| Description | Unravelling the paradox of clozapine and mortality in treatment-refractory schizophrenia using linked electronic health records |
| Amount | £379,182 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/Z505031/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2026 |
| End | 01/2029 |
| Description | Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action |
| Organisation | School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Thrive LDN are a lead partner of the Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action providing input into the development of the centre, how it engages with public sector and policy partners and co-deliver pilot projects. CAMHRA researchers will work with the Thrive LDN team. I am member of the CAMHRA external advisory board. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in social sciences - anthropology of mental health, ethnography and community engagement. |
| Impact | Joint leadership meeting across CAMHRA & PMHC |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | King's Population Health Institute: Theme 4: Health and Equality: Integrative Mind-Body Approach |
| Organisation | King’s Health Partners |
| Department | King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre (NIHR BRC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am an affiliate member of the newly created cross-disciplinary team at King's named Population Health Institute and have provided input in the development of the institute from a mental and physical health integrative perspective. I will supervise future PhD students applying to the institute |
| Collaborator Contribution | expertise in clinical psychiatry, electronic health records data access |
| Impact | grant application to the Colt Foundation - multi-disciplinary team involving mental and physical health experts |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | PMHC - Birmingham's Women's & Children's NHS Trust |
| Organisation | Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The KCL team brings to the collaboration research/academic/clinical expertise as well as institutional support and resources for administration of the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Birmingham team contributes to the work on the challenge area "children and young people's mental health' by way of Dr Paul Patterson's experience in community research programmes across regional schools and wider public health and education networks developing digital and data infrastructure. |
| Impact | The sandpit event led by Dr Paul Patterson is scheduled to take place on 20 June 2025. The collaboration is still active; full details of outputs will be reported at a later stage of the award. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | PMHC - Mental Health Foundation |
| Organisation | Mental Health Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The KCL team brings to the collaboration research/academic/clinical expertise as well as institutional support and resources for administration of the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Mental Health Foundation contributes to the consortium its expertise in national leadership and lived experience in mental health equalities. It also supports the development of an embedded peer research methodology. |
| Impact | The policy roundtable led by The Mental Health Foundation took place in January 2025. The collaboration is still active; full details of outputs will be reported at a later stage of the award. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | PMHC - Middlesex University |
| Organisation | Middlesex University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The KCL team brings to the collaboration research/academic/clinical expertise as well as institutional support and resources for administration of the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Middlesex team contributes to the work on the challenge area "suicide and self-harm prevention" by way of Prof Lisa Marzano's expertise in suicide prevention and digital innovations. |
| Impact | The sandpit event led by Prof Lisa Marzano is scheduled to take place in September 2025. The collaboration is still active; full details of outputs will be reported at a later stage of the award. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | PMHC - Swansea University |
| Organisation | Swansea University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The KCL team brings to the collaboration research/academic/clinical expertise as well as institutional support and resources for administration of the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Swansea team contributes to the work on the challenge area "suicide and self-harm prevention". Through Prof Ann John at Swansea University the consortium is developing the collaboration with Datamind. |
| Impact | The collaboration is still active; full details of outputs will be reported at a later stage of the award. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | PMHC - Thrive LDN |
| Organisation | Thrive London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The KCL team bring to the collaboration research/academic/clinical expertise as well as institutional support and resources for administration of the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Thrive LDN contributes to the collaboration by way of expertise in developing and leading large-scale, complex health programmes operating across localities and cross-sector agencies. Capitalising on their experience developing long-term strategic alliances across public health and universities and on political and policy engagement, the team will co-lead work or collaborate with partners on Platform 1: Partners in Policy, Implementation and Lived Experience and Platform 4: Training and Capacity Building. |
| Impact | Some of the more tangible events were successfully held resulting from this collaboration, e.g. policy roundtable and the first sandpit event. The overall smooth operation of the consortium reflected the well-maintained collaboration. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | PMHC - Ulster University |
| Organisation | Ulster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The KCL team brings to the collaboration research/academic/clinical expertise as well as institutional support and resources for administration of the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Ulster team contributes to the work on the challenge area "multiple long-term conditions". |
| Impact | The collaboration is still active; full details of outputs will be reported at a later stage of the award. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | PMHC - University College London |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The KCL team brings to the collaboration research/academic/clinical expertise as well as institutional support and resources for administration of the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The UCL team contributes to the work on the platform "data, linkages, and causal inference" and on the challenge area "children and young people's mental health". |
| Impact | The collaboration is still active; full details of outputs will be reported at a later stage of the award. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | PMHC - University of Manchester |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The KCL team brings to the collaboration research/academic/clinical expertise as well as institutional support and resources for administration of the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Manchester team contributes to the work on suicide and self-harm prevention and also leads on one of the three sandpits for the consortium. |
| Impact | In addition to the work on the challenge area of Suicide & Self-harm prevention, a sandpit event was hosted by the University of Manchester on 5 March 2025. Initiatives at University of Manchester, including Healthier Futures and Manchester Urban Institute, as well as their partner FutureEverything, provided administrative input and facilitated the discussion at the event. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | PROMISE - Population Mental Health Cluster |
| Organisation | NHS England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As part of this consortium, my team and I are providing expertise in data linkage and novel analytical methods with a focus on the impacts of work and welfare policies on people with mental health problems. The linked DWP/CRIS data that was established during my NIHR Fellowship forms an important data asset for the programme of work as part of the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators like NHS England and the Joint Work and Health Unit provide expertise and input into the research questions we pursue, analytical guidance, interpretation of the findings and will provide avenues to knowledge exchange and impact. |
| Impact | No outputs as of yet. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Public Health Agency Northern Ireland |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The PHA has worked with the project to set up a steering committee with the aim of identifying a Northern Ireland focus and resources for research based in NI. We have met regularly to discuss the network and priorities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partner organisation is the lead agency in NI for delivering public health and also leads the NI Mental Health Strategy. This makes them an ideal partner for delivering policy impact. |
| Impact | in development |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Sandpit - ARUP |
| Organisation | Ardwick Climate Action |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'loneliness, mental health and the built environment'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - ARUP |
| Organisation | Arup Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'loneliness, mental health and the built environment'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - ARUP |
| Organisation | Birmingham City University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'loneliness, mental health and the built environment'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - ARUP |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'loneliness, mental health and the built environment'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - PURE Innovations |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'perceived urban environment barriers and challenges to service users' mental health in Greater Manchester'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. PURE Innovations will bring in their local knowledge and networks to the collaboration. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - PURE Innovations |
| Organisation | Ulster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'perceived urban environment barriers and challenges to service users' mental health in Greater Manchester'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. PURE Innovations will bring in their local knowledge and networks to the collaboration. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - PURE Innovations |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'perceived urban environment barriers and challenges to service users' mental health in Greater Manchester'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. PURE Innovations will bring in their local knowledge and networks to the collaboration. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - PURE Innovations |
| Organisation | University of Dundee |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'perceived urban environment barriers and challenges to service users' mental health in Greater Manchester'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. PURE Innovations will bring in their local knowledge and networks to the collaboration. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - PURE Innovations |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'perceived urban environment barriers and challenges to service users' mental health in Greater Manchester'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. PURE Innovations will bring in their local knowledge and networks to the collaboration. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - Transport for London |
| Organisation | London South Bank University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'preventing suicide in the London underground network'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. Transport for London has a vast amount of data and is keen to develop ways of preventing suicide in the network from the perspective of physical / environmental design. The researchers will contribute their expertise in data analysis and on suicide prevention. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - Transport for London |
| Organisation | Transport for London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'preventing suicide in the London underground network'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. Transport for London has a vast amount of data and is keen to develop ways of preventing suicide in the network from the perspective of physical / environmental design. The researchers will contribute their expertise in data analysis and on suicide prevention. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - Transport for London |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'preventing suicide in the London underground network'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. Transport for London has a vast amount of data and is keen to develop ways of preventing suicide in the network from the perspective of physical / environmental design. The researchers will contribute their expertise in data analysis and on suicide prevention. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - Transport for London |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'preventing suicide in the London underground network'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. Transport for London has a vast amount of data and is keen to develop ways of preventing suicide in the network from the perspective of physical / environmental design. The researchers will contribute their expertise in data analysis and on suicide prevention. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - Transport for London |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'preventing suicide in the London underground network'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. Transport for London has a vast amount of data and is keen to develop ways of preventing suicide in the network from the perspective of physical / environmental design. The researchers will contribute their expertise in data analysis and on suicide prevention. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit - Transport for London |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The consortium held the sandpit event at which these collaborators bid for and were awarded funding to work on a project on 'preventing suicide in the London underground network'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | These collaborators brought the consortium their research / policy / community experience outside the area of population mental health. Transport for London has a vast amount of data and is keen to develop ways of preventing suicide in the network from the perspective of physical / environmental design. The researchers will contribute their expertise in data analysis and on suicide prevention. The consortium will benefit from the diversified expertise, the broadened reach through these networks, and novel solutions to challenges in population mental health. |
| Impact | The project emerged from a half-day event where collaborators met each other for the first time, discussed the issue at stake and agreed on the scope of the project. It is expected to be completed in one year's time. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | "Invited to speak at the DS4MH March 2024 -AI UK Fringe event. The Alan Turing Institute, London." |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Presentation Title: "AI for Mental Health Monitoring". " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | CONNECT PhotoVoice Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A celebration event of the CONNECT project, a collaborative initiative amplifying the voices of Black and racially minoritised communities in Southwark and Lambeth. The event showcased the incredible insights and artwork of our CONNECT community collaborators and local supporters. CONNECT (Contributions of Social Networks to Community Thriving) has worked to amplify community voices to foster more equitable, health-promoting neighbourhoods. Through diverse methods, our projects have sought to greater understand community experiences of food insecurity, skills/ employment, violence against women and girls, and community safety. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Cabinet Office EDS Wellbeing event for Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat colleagues |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This event was to get people across EDS together to meet and encourage cross-team conversations and promote understanding of wellbeing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Health & Social Equity Collective - Impact Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Under the Community Organised Research for Equity (CORE) initiative within the Health & Social Equity Collective, we hosted a full day, sold out workshop titled "Making an Impact: Essentials of Theory of Change and Project Management for Charities and Research". The workshop was designed to understand the fundamentals of project impact assessment and empower those from the charity and research sectors with the skills to measure and communicate the impact of their initiatives effectively. The workshop was led by Verity Buckley, the Research Impact Lead at King's College London. Before joining King's, she worked in the charity sector, running professional development programmes for charity leaders and researchers, designed to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. She continues to volunteer as a Trustee and as a trainer running impact workshops for Bexley Voluntary Services Council. She specialises in impact monitoring and evaluation, and related project design. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Health & Social Equity Collective - Networking event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We hosted the Health & Social Equity Collective: Connect & Collaborate Networking Evening, inviting Collective members and others passionate about health and social equity. The informal gathering with supplied refreshments, brought together 30 attendees, including advocates, researchers, policymakers, community workers, healthcare professionals, and artists. Guests were able to establish new connections, explore partnerships, and exchange ideas in a relaxed and inspiring setting. The event fostered meaningful dialogue and collaboration opportunities among individuals committed to advancing equity in health and social care. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | IoPPN news story - Wellcome Discovery Award |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | New story on the IoPPN KCL website to announce £4.7m Wellcome Discovery Award for new research into Race Equity in Health and Social Care. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/race-equity-in-health |
| Description | King's Health Partners' 2024 Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to conference delegates on the the PMHC infrastructure and plans for the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.kingshealthpartners.org/latest/seven-things-we-learned-khp-annual-conference |
| Description | Local Authority Public Health Research Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Update to the London & North Thames Local Authority Public Health Research Network on the infrastructure and research agenda of PMHC and invitation to collaborate and align projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.arc-nt.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved/laphrn/ |
| Description | London Economic Wellbeing Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An update and invitation to engage and consult in the Population Mental Health Consortium. The presentation gave an overview of the consortium infrastructure and intended aims, followed by a brief discussion on how members (Debt Free Advice, Trussell Trust, Greater London Authority, Mind, Turn2Us, Rethink, FLEX, Christians Against Poverty, YGAM and London councils). Consortium researchers are now members of the Economic Wellbeing Forum to continue to develop the research agenda on the intersection between financial pressures and population mental health. Members are keen to provide insight and learnings from the frontline on how policies and strategies impact individuals and communities mental health and the knock on effects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://thriveldn.co.uk/about/our-activities/economic-wellbeing/ |
| Description | London Suicide Prevention Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An update and invitation to engage and consult in the Population Mental Health Consortium. The presentation gave an overview of the consortium infrastructure and intended aims, with a specific view of the suicide and self-harm challenge area. Members made up of over 40 organisations and people with lived experience discussed the potential for how London Real-Time-Surveillance system database for suspected suicide and self-harm could be used alongside national and UK wide data to produce evidence to inform local, regional and national policy and practices. Consortium researchers are now members of the Suicide Prevention Group and will regularly input to to the governance group and update on progress. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://thriveldn.co.uk/about/our-activities/suicide-prevention/ |
| Description | Maternal and Neonatal Health Inequalities Learning and Action Network data webinar (NHS RHO) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The NHS Race and Health Observatory have been working with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, on a Learning and Action Network which aims to reduce maternal and neonatal ethnic health inequalities through quality improvement methods that incorporate an anti-racism approach. The LAN is focused on identifying changes to clinical practice to reduce inequities and embedding anti-racism approaches in maternity and neonatal services. The RHO LAN team have developed an anti-racism webinar series, through which they share core anti-racism principles, together with insights around implementation and good practice exemplars. The webinars are usually attended by around 30-40 participants from across the LAN teams and are as much a forum for discussion as for information sharing. Stephani was invited to talk at the webinar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.nhsrho.org/implementation/learning-action-network/ |
| Description | Mentally Healthier Councillor Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Input at an in-person launch of the new Mentally Healthier Councils Network for elected councillors and council officers councillors across England. The consortium has represented at the event and invited to join the network to establish a bi-directional relationship where researchers work with councillors and council officers to assure the research agenda and share findings to better inform how local policy decisions are made. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/mentally-healthier-councils-network/ |
| Description | NIHR Lambeth Health Determinants Research Colloboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk on the importance of embedding Anti racism in research and reporting on the work of the Building Race Equity and Diversity in Research Network, South London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Oral conference presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | it was an oral presentation for a European conference in Vienna, Austria attended by an international audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Piece for The Conversation about recently published work on inequalities in the health service |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Published an article in The Conversation exploring the impact of racism, harassment, and discrimination experienced by ethnic minority NHS staff, highlighting associated mental health consequences, workforce retention issues, and implications for healthcare quality. The article aimed to raise awareness among health professionals, policymakers, and the wider public, sparking discussion online and across social media, and has contributed to ongoing dialogue around improving workplace equity and inclusion within NHS settings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/racism-harassment-and-discrimination-takes-a-terrible-toll-on-ethnic-min... |
| Description | Policy roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The first Population Mental Health Consortium Policy Roundtable took place on 16 January 2025, bringing together 70 influential policymakers, key stakeholders from civil society and academics to shape the research agenda for the consortium. The ambition was to bring together a small group of representatives in-person from across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to engage in discussion on population mental health challenges to gather feedback, build consensus, and develop actionable recommendations. On the day 40 delegates joined us from across the four nations, operating at national, regional and local levels, bringing insights and expertise from across public health, Governmental departments such as the Department for Work & Pension, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology and Cabinet Office, as well as decision makers from London, Greater Manchester and West Midlands and local leaders from local authorities, charities, civil society and with lived experience. There was an overwhelming sense of energy and enthusiasm for connection and creating a space to come together on shared issues. There was consensus in the room that the solution is in preventative approaches, but the supply of and demand on services remains the priority, with little understanding of how to balance healthcare and public health strategies which meets the needs and rights of the population in the short-term, without compromising on long-term sufficiency and improving outcomes for future generations. Within a month of the event, several follow-up meetings with different governmental departments took place for discussing further collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Presentation at ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented findings from my recent study on the impact of discrimination experiences on health outcomes within health services. The presentation shared empirical evidence, highlighting implications for policy, service improvements, and strategies to reduce inequalities in healthcare provision. The session promoted interdisciplinary discussion, and attendees reported increased awareness and engagement with equity-focused research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/esrc-centre-for-society-and-mental-health-conference-2024 |
| Description | Presentation at European Psychiatric Association conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I represented the IoPPN at the European Psychiatric Association Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, where I contributed to a symposium on health inequalities with my presentation 'Ethnic inequalities among NHS staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from our Inequalities Survey' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.psychepi.org |
| Description | Presentation at Greater London Authority Unit Group Public Health Unit meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was given at the GLA Unit Group meeting on 14 November 2024. Together with Co-Director Dan Barrett (Thrive LDN), Prof Jayati Das-Munshi presented on the consortium and discussed the various public mental health challenges in relation to the 'health in all policies' approach across the GLA Group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation at London Public Mental Health Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave a presentation about the consortium at the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) London Public Mental Health Network Meeting on 12 December 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation at London Public Mental Health Network meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This talk included a broad overview of the Population Mental Health Consortium and details on the upcoming sandpits. There presentation sparked some discussion, and an invitation to share further details of the sandpits which will be taking place later in the year. For context, the London Public Mental Health Network meets on a quarterly basis in order to: - provide strategic leadership, support and advocacy for pan-London initiatives to maintain and improve the mental health of Londoners - facilitate sharing and improving of practice. - support the Thrive London & Good Thinking projects by providing Public Health leadership and subject matter expertise - provide Public Health input to the Mental Health Transformation Board The network is open to: Directors of Public Health (DPH) Consultants in Public Health (CPH) Officer/ Strategist (or equivalent) level public health professionals Regional programme and policy leads Voluntary sector leads |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Public Health Wales - Evaluation Community of Practice event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk about the use of AI in healthcare research for policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Sandpit event - Built environment and population mental health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This is a small grant funding event (05/03/25, at The University of Manchester) designed to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations to innovate new ideas on projects that tackle issues at the interface of the built environment and population mental health. Attendees were invited to complete an expression of interest and then matched with an organisation (including local government, charity and the private sector) which was keen to search for solutions to issues in areas they operated in. If successful, projects would be awarded funding from £1k to £10k and expected to complete in one year. This event is intended for broadening the reach of the consortium and bring together parties who have not applied their knowledge on population mental health improvement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-built-environment-and-population-mental-health-sandpit-event |
| Description | Webinar Built Environment and Population Mental Health: Sandpit Q&A |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a webinar that covered the aims and objectives of the consortium and the background to our sandpit funding event, where participants were invited to apply for funding for building cross-sector collaborations in the theme of 'built environment and population mental health'. The webinar was attended by 50 people, mainly academics and staff from local councils. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-built-environment-and-population-mental-health-sandpit-event |
| Description | presentation to the Protect Life Implementation Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | presentation of the Population Mental Health Network aims, structure, activities to a steering group of public health policy and practitioners led by the Chief Medical Officer NI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |