Vivensa showcase Chris Warhurst and team鈥檚 research into stroke patient transfer
Researchers from IER and 果冻传媒 Medical School have developed a model to identify barriers to the effective transfer of stroke patients between hospital and social care settings.
We鈥檙e delighted that Vivensa Foundation, who funded the work, and its PI, IER Director Chris Warhurst, as the 鈥楢cademy member鈥� of the month.
The team led by Dr Gianni Anelli included Professor Derek Bosworth, Dr Jason Madan (果冻传媒 Medical School) and Dr M.A. Whitehead, a stroke consultant at University Hospital Crosshouse, Scotland, where the team hope to trial the model using real-world data.
Dr Sangwoo Lee responds to the latest labour market figures
IER's Dr Sangwoo LeeLink opens in a new window comments on the latest ONS labour market overview: The June 2026 release depicts a labour market stuck in structural cooling. The unemployment rate eased slightly to 4.9% on the quarter but remains up 0.3 percentage points annually. Rather than signalling genuine stabilisation, the concurrent 0.3 percentage point tick-up in economic inactivity to 21.0% suggests that the minor headline reduction in unemployment is partly driven by discouraged jobseekers retreating from the market rather than being successfully absorbed into stable jobs.
The defining structural feature remains the acute divergence between contracting administrative payrolls and resilient household survey employment. Payrolled employees fell by 31,000 this quarter and 103,000 over the year. This persistent decline is consistent with a gradual shift away from traditional payroll employment towards a broader range of non-traditional working arrangements, many of which offer weaker job security and fewer income protections. Demand-side retrenchment is reinforced by vacancies falling by 2.6% to 707,000, their lowest level since early 2021, leaving the unemployed-to-vacancy ratio trapped at an elevated 2.5. While this softer demand has eased immediate pressures, long-term unemployment still remains high at 24.8% of the total share.
Looking ahead, although softer wage growth reduces domestic inflationary pressure, the Bank of England is likely to remain cautious given persistent inflation risks, particularly from energy and household costs. Even if monetary policy becomes less restrictive later this year, lower interest rates alone will do little to reverse the ongoing weakening of payroll employment and broader labour market fragmentation. Strengthening baseline protections for non-traditional workers remains the primary economic imperative.
Other publications
Pustovalova, A., Hayford, M.D., Erickson, E., & Lee, S. (2026). . SkillsPULSE Project, HORIZON.
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