The Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (mric.uk) is taking a novel NHS-embedded and civic action-focused approach to improving #mentalhealth outcomes for all, as part of the UK Mental Health Mission via @NIHRresearch @Mersey_Care @LivUni @LpoolCityRegion Responding to the rising burden, inequalities and complexity of mental health conditions, @LivUni and @Mersey_Care formed a Connected Mental Health mission in 2021 and helped form the UK Mental Health Mission. We couple research with service innovation: liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-lif…

Rapid #Covid19 testing (1): clear communication and mass participation matter: likely third reduction in hospitalisation from roll-out of community testing around Liverpool liverpool.ac.uk/coronavirus/re… required a locally-owned, concerted effort to get half the population to take part Rapid #Covid19 testing (2): purpose-led, systematic testing such as test-to-release (daily contact testing) was effective with high levels of participation (e.g. fire crews) but ineffective with patchy participation (e.g. care homes pilot: liverpool.ac.uk/coronavirus/re…)

1) Sincere thanks to the people of #Liverpool & @LivUniIPH & @lpoolcouncil for important insights into open-access rapid testing for those without #COVID19 symptoms. Useful when led by local #PublicHealth teams giving testing more value than tests alone: gov.uk/government/pub… 2) Don’t assume everyone has a smartphone or can afford to isolate. People with fewer financial or digital resources were less likely to get tested and more likely to get #COVID19. Take tests to people not people to tests. Support isolation properly. gov.uk/government/pub…

1/9 gov.uk/government/pub… no uncontrolled outbreaks from 10 events at same time as large outbreaks around other venues without extra control measures of #EventsResearchProgramme: more on that from #Liverpool papers later; public health × event team × audience partnership is key 2/9 gov.uk/government/pub… rapid testing is wasted unless done just before the event and results checked reliably (not reading a text message at the gate). Big gap between test and event = big loss in end-to-end sensitivity. Testing is more than a test