National Institute for Health and Care Research

Parental socioeconomic position, childhood poverty and healthy aging: retrospective and prospective study of six cohorts across 32 wealthy and developing nations

Background and aim Children who were poor in wealthy countries have reported worse cognitive, muscle, and mental functions, as well as greater frailty and multimorbidity, in later life. However, it remains unclear whether those who were poor in childhood worldwide fall short of h...

Implementation of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland and subsequent rates of hospital-admitted self-harm: controlled interrupted time series analysis

BACKGROUND: Harmful alcohol use is a major modifiable risk factor for self-harm. We aimed to examine associations between minimum unit pricing for alcohol, introduced in Scotland in 2018, and rates of hospital-admitted self-harm. METHODS: Data were obtained from Public Health Sco...

Periprosthetic joint infection

Infection is one of the most devastating complications following arthroplasty. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded the multinational INFection ORthopaedic Management (INFORM) research programme to study this problem comprehensively, and then funded I...