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HEN Academic Co-Director comments on new ‘Young people and work’ report
May 29th 2026

HEN Academic Co-Director comments on new ‘Young people and work’ report

A new government-commissioned report, authored by the Rt Hon Alan Milburn, assesses why so many 16-24 year olds are not in education, employment or training (NEET), arguing that Britain is facing a “lost generation” crisis.

The ‘Young people and work: interim report’, a predecessor to a report that will come out later this year, has found that nearly 1 million young people in the UK are currently NEET, about 1 in 8 young people. This is a challenge that bridges…


Declining mental health, long COVID and preventable deaths – how the COVID-19 pandemic hit the North harder
March 30th 2023
Declining mental health, long COVID and preventable deaths – how…

A group of leading academics have released a book that…

Improving mental health in Yorkshire and Humber – a Northern partnership launches
March 28th 2023
Improving mental health in Yorkshire and Humber – a Northern…

Patients across the North of England will be among the…

Children and the Cost of Living Crisis
January 24th 2023
Children and the Cost of Living Crisis

On January 24, 2023, the Child of the North APPG…

£2bn cost of mental ill health in the North
January 16th 2023
£2bn cost of mental ill health in the North

A report out today by the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA), with…

Deprivation and COVID-19 death
November 21st 2022
Deprivation and COVID-19 death

New research highlights the unequal impact that deprivation has on…

Interactive toolkit launched for bone health project
March 31st 2022
Interactive toolkit launched for bone health project

The outcomes of an innovative project to reduce the risk…

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