Health economist at University of Liverpool. Interests: inequalities in access to health care. Research outputs: https://xitter.cf/t.co/5Y7lQ0yeeA
Joined August 2022
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Will Whittaker retweeted
Exciting to see our 1st piece of work on the relationship between work & health in unpaid carers published! Thx to @NIHRresearch & @DWP for funding our study!
#openaccess @HealthEcon_Will @arc_nwc @windle_gill
link.springer.com/article/10… – at Manchester, England
New #healtheconomics paper re generational trends in health: Unlike males, more recent female cohorts have higher rates of long-term health conditions. The increase corresponds with an increase in probable
mental disorders. Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10…
Great event 🥰🥰🥰 (why do I look like I’m about to break into song 😆). Day 2 tomorrow 👍#nihrhah2025 #virtualwards
Dr Will Whittaker rounds up key learning from all our afternoon sessions and opens the floor to questions, ideas and next steps for future research.
#NIHRHaH2025 #VirtualWards
Face-to-face GP appointments linked to higher patient satisfaction manchester.ac.uk/about/news/…
Our work on pay in adult social care had a parliamentary launch yesterday.
You can find a video of our key messages here:
mmutube.mmu.ac.uk/media/NIHR…
Our reports here:
mmu.ac.uk/research/projects/…
🤪😆🥰
Also in Duchess 3, Ibrahim Al Jahwari & @do_mignon's paper: "Crowding in GP practice and patient-reported unmet care needs: an analysis of GP Patient Survey data," being discussed by @HealthEcon_Will (with promo for @HealthEcon_HEEL !)
Will Whittaker retweeted
Are you interested in funding for #PublicHealth research?
We've offering funding for research in key topics including:
🔵 mental health
🔵 stop smoking interventions
🔵 commercial determinants of health
Find out more and apply: nihr.ac.uk/funding/continuin…
ALT Funding Continuing areas of research interest to the PHR Programme
Say hello to HEEL 🥰 Those at #hesg will find me wearing the T-shirt, yep, we are that proud 😝 Give us a follow and share, I’m confident great things are coming… #healtheconomics
Well hello X! 👋
Today we announce the Health Economics and Equity at Liverpool research group! Based within the Institute of Population Health (@LivUniIPH) at University of Liverpool (@LivUni).
To find out more: liverpool.ac.uk/population-h…
Will Whittaker retweeted
VACANCY: Research Fellow in Health Economics at University of Manchester with @HOPE_UoM #healtheconomics jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…
Will Whittaker retweeted
🇬🇧 Impact of ‘arthritis’ on work in the UK 🦴
👥 Employees (50+) with ‘arthritis’ are more likely to :
Have sickness absence (↑1.35 percentage points).
Exit employment due to long-term sick (+0.79 points)/early retirement (+0.58 points).
❌ No significant increase in unemployment risk found.
👉 Highlights the need for supportive workplace policies and interventions to help maintain employment for those with arthritis.
🔓 rmdopen.bmj.com/content/10/4…
@HealthEcon_Will
Will Whittaker retweeted
A study shows that pre-existing distrust in public health systems, exacerbated by structural racism and inequalities, significantly impacted vaccine uptake in marginalised communities in #GreaterManchester.
Read more here: bit.ly/4e3I28M
My latest paper: Employees living with arthritis have higher rates of sickness absence and greater rates of transitions to long-term sick and early retirement. Future work could look at quantifying the implications for individuals, employers and the state
rmdopen.bmj.com/content/10/4…
What is the relationship between the volume and type of appointments in general practice and patient experience?
Patrick Burch, William Whittaker and Yiu-Shing Lau
bjgp.org/content/early/2024/…
Will Whittaker retweeted
POSTCARD: Dr Will Whittaker @LivUniPHPS recently travelled to Australia for a research visit, featuring collaborators in Queensland, a conference in Sydney and a lot of entertainment alongside!
➡️bit.ly/4035Whq
#HealthEconomics | #TeamLivUni
ALT Blog title card. The title "Postcard: G'Day from Down Under." is placed in a white outlined box on a teal background. A photo of Dr Will Whittaker presenting his research is on the left of the image.
Australia was great, pushed forward another paper on an Australian Research Council project with UQ colleagues, discussed opportunities for closer working with Liverpool, presented at #AHES work on arthritis and employment, and I may have spent weekends having a bit of fun 😜
New project:
Our research seeks to develop the understanding of delegated healthcare in Greater Manchester, where the roles of community nurses from the NHS and adult social care workers from private sector care providers are blended.
Details ⬇️
mmu.ac.uk/research/projects/…
Opportunity for a qualitative researcher to join Man Met on a project exploring new ways of working for adult social care workers - a collaborative project w/ researchers at Uni of Salford and Uni of Liverpool (we are all lovely - promise! 🥰)
Details ⬇️
manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/va…