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News_article_listing_image_listing Over 300,000 ‘excess’ deaths attributed to UK government austerity measures

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Published
05 October 2022
1528201509 The unprecedented rise of mortality across poorer parts of the UK Danny Dorling discusses recent findings from a major study of mortality across UK countries and cities, and highlights unprecedented worsening mortality among the UK’s poorest communities.

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Published
11 November 2020
The crisis before the crisis Major new study of mortality across UK countries and cities highlights worsening mortality among the UK’s poorest communities.

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Published
06 November 2020
1528201490 Policies to reduce health inequalities: where were we in Scotland pre-pandemic? David Walsh discusses new research looking into what has happened in Scotland since 2016 with regards to inequalities-related policies and the pre-pandemic situation.

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Published
03 July 2020
1528201490 Higher or lower - How well do you know Glasgow? Jessica Watson looks at our new ‘Higher or Lower’ game, an engaging way to use data to investigate how neighbourhoods across Glasgow compare.

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Published
11 June 2018
1528201509 Playing the Glasgow Game to develop our future leaders This summer, the GCPH and three PhD students hosted an international and diverse group of nine aspiring leaders from Common Purpose’s 33Sixty programme.

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Published
14 December 2017
1378286103 New children and young people's data profiles A new set of children and young people’s health and wellbeing profiles have been published on our Understanding Glasgow website.

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Published
07 December 2016
1378286103 A perspective on children's health in Glasgow Bruce Whyte discusses a new set of children and young people's health and wellbeing profiles, which aim to help inform services planning and identify population health patterns.

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Published
07 December 2016
1528201490 Playing the Glasgow Game Bruce Whyte describes the Glasgow Game – a fun and engaging way to find out about life and health in Glasgow.

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Published
27 September 2016
1528201490 The ‘Glasgow Effect’ and the ‘Scottish Effect’: unhelpful terms which have now lost their meaning David Walsh discusses new research on excess mortality and why the terms 'Glasgow Effect' and 'Scottish Effect' are unhelpful and outdated.

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Published
02 June 2016