Projects - The Health Policy Partnership

Advancing a prevention agenda for cardiovascular care in Ireland

HPP was invited by leading stakeholders to develop a position paper advocating for a new national strategy for cardiovascular health in Ireland.

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Wilson’s Disease Policy Network

The Wilson’s Disease Policy Network is a European multidisciplinary alliance that aims to drive greater awareness, momentum and engagement from policymakers.

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RSV in adults

HPP produced a policy report and infographic to raise awareness of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adults and to highlight opportunities to reduce its burden through prevention, diagnosis and care.

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Non-melanoma skin cancer

HPP developed a discussion paper exploring the risk of non-melanoma skin cancer among outdoor workers and the opportunities that exist to better protect them.

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Opioid use disorder

HPP has worked with stakeholders from across Europe to develop a call to action on improving access to best-practice treatment and care for opioid use disorder.

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Thought Leadership Forum on Cardiovascular Disease

HPP is working to establish an innovative forum with the aim of accelerating policy leadership and transformation in cardiovascular disease.

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Dementia and sport

HPP partnered with Alzheimer’s Research UK to identify research priorities around the relationships between physical activity, brain injury and the risk of developing dementia.

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Lung Cancer Policy Network

HPP acts as secretariat to the Lung Cancer Policy Network, a global multidisciplinary alliance that aims to make lung cancer an international policy priority.

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The Heart Failure Policy Network

HPP acts as secretariat to the Heart Failure Policy Network, a multidisciplinary network working to raise awareness of the unmet needs of people with heart failure across Europe.

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All.Can cancer care efficiency hub

HPP leads on the All.Can efficiency hub, an online collection of best practice examples of cancer care from around the world.

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Depression scorecard

Depression has a profound effect on people’s lives and is linked to a number of negative outcomes. HPP developed a framework to support the assessment of national-level performance in key aspects of policy and care.

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HPP webinar series

The first webinar in a new series from HPP focused on how to create a digital-first health system.

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Decarbonising healthcare

Fifty countries have pledged to decarbonise their health systems by 2050. HPP is working with experts to find solutions that will help turn this ambition into a reality.

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Heart valve disease

Heart valve disease is a serious condition which can be fatal if left untreated, yet it tends to receive less attention than other cardiovascular diseases.

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Digital health in the management of non-communicable diseases in the UK

Greater digital health integration can help the UK combat the growing burden of non-communicable diseases, improving people’s quality of life.

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Shared decision-making for people with heart valve disease

HPP collaborated with the Global Heart Hub to develop patient resources to support guideline‑recommended shared decision‑making

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Lung cancer in Europe: the way forward

For too long, lung cancer has not been given the policy attention it deserves. The implementation of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan offers a chance to remedy this.

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Prioritising non-communicable diseases in post-pandemic recovery

HPP developed a think piece exploring whether European governments are giving sufficient attention to non-communicable diseases in their post-COVID-19 recovery plans

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Flu vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic

There is a strong case for dedicating resources to secure timely flu vaccination of vulnerable groups and overcome the barriers posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Lung cancer screening: the cost of inaction

Improving early detection of lung cancer via targeted screening has the potential to drastically reduce the burden of the world’s leading cause of cancer deaths.

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Health system readiness for radioligand therapy

HPP developed an international framework to assess health system readiness for radioligand therapy, an innovative cancer treatment.

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Secondary prevention of heart attack and stroke

HPP consulted experts from 11 countries to develop a consensus report and country profiles exploring prevention of recurrent heart attacks and strokes among high‑risk groups.

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Harnessing data for better cancer care

HPP and The Health Value Alliance partnered with All.Can International to produce a policy report on the value that high-quality data bring to every aspect of cancer care.

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MS Barometer 2020

HPP was commissioned by the European MS Platform to develop a report and national factsheets based on the findings of a survey of MS societies in 35 countries across Europe.

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Health system sustainability and resilience

HPP developed two case studies, on lung cancer screening and heart failure, for the Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience’s global summit in March 2021.

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Fragility Fracture Network policy toolkit

HPP supported the Fragility Fracture Network to produce policy and clinical toolkits for the FFN Global Call to Action.

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Brain tumours and COVID‑19

HPP co-authored a lay summary of survey findings from the International Brain Tumour Alliance and Society for Neuro-Oncology on how COVID-19 has affected brain tumour patients and carers around the world.

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Achieving optimal care for women of childbearing age living with chronic diseases

The lack of evidence around medication use in pregnancy leaves many women with chronic diseases facing difficult choices about whether, and how, to start a family.

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Adapting health and social care in the wake of COVID‑19

In June 2020, HPP developed a think piece exploring areas in which gaps exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic could be addressed to help build more robust health and social care systems.

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$Osteoporosis and fragility fractures$

Osteoporosis and fragility fractures

Osteoporosis is a chronic disease that weakens bones and leaves people at risk of a fragility fracture. It is expected to become more common in Europe as populations age.

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