Healthand Social Care
Health and Social Care
Our Expertise
We aim to align our research to the Department of Health & Social Care’s main objective which is to help people to live more independent, healthier lives for longer.
Using Virtual Reality to help Pulmonary Disease Patients
Researching how technology has helped patients continue rehabilitation during the Covid 19 pandemic.
RESEARCH
Supporting Autistic Adults' Intimate Lives
SAAIL (Supporting Autistic Adults' Intimate Lives) is a sex-positive research project that aims to explore and represent autistic adults' intimate lives in affirmative ways.
RESEARCH
Investigating variation in pay in adult social care
Exploring how local conditions, such as deprivation, and local authority processes for buying care, affect pay variations in adult social care.
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Women’s health strategy in healthcare
Understanding women’s reproductive health in healthcare employment to support the Well Women Strategy of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
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Giving life to young carers
Research into children and young people who are caring for family members has given young carers a voice.
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Creating opportunities for older women
Challenging the inequalities faced by women over 50 in Greater Manchester in relation to work, through the Uncertain Futures research project.
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Safeguarding vulnerableyoung people
Providing tools to promote improvement in inter-agency child protection practice.
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Getting ahead of new drug trends
Researchers at Manchester Met have found a way to keep tabs on drug trends and help protect communities.
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Finding good work in a crisis
There's a crisis in adult social care affecting almost all developed economies.
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Healthcare innovationin Greater Manchester
Evaluating the application and increasing adoption of research-based innovations to improve healthcare.
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Mental Health Reform Act
Improving the experiences of Black African-Caribbean men detained under the Mental Health Act: a co-produced intervention using the Silences Framework (ImprovE-ACT).
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Domestic abuse safeguarding during Covid-19
Investigating how the pandemic has affected policies and practices, with testimony from survivors.
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Substance useand palliative care
Researchers committed to improving social and health care for people who use substances, their families and friends, and practitioners who support them.
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The science of healthy ageing
Shaping the policies, treatments and approaches to help people stay healthy in old age.
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MetroPolis showcases Manchester Metropolitan University research which reflects the Department for Health and Social Care’s areas of interest around improving the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer.