Sharing another Isca Evidence Briefing Paper - all about a #systematicreview of different #digital programs supporting people to lose weight, we identified the features & used component network meta-analysis to determine which features were linked to better #weightloss bit.ly/4m6tGsr

With Mountjaro in the news again - here's a #podcast episode about our recent #scopingreview of network meta-analyses of GLP-1 RAs for #weightloss - enjoy! @esmi-exeter.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/01Ty...

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@jog13.bsky.social @midlandskidney.bsky.social @kidneyresearchuk.org @ukkidney.org @nckrf.bsky.social @kidneycareuk.bsky.social @nkf-uk.bsky.social @mirandajscanlon.bsky.social @robfinnigan.bsky.social @clairenaylor.bsky.social @yakidneygroup.bsky.social @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social

Back to school vibes are in the air & the sense of motivation is contagious... why not take the opportunity to benefit from our early bird rate & book a space on our #SystematicReviews of #MixedMethods evidence CPD course? @esmi-exeter.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social

News on the blog: How can technology support weight loss programmes as the NHS shifts its focus? #systematicreview #obesity #threeshifts @esmi-exeter.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk bit.ly/4mqxepR

A study published in the journal Age and Ageing has shown that inappropriate polypharmacy – the excessive or unnecessary use of multiple medications – significantly contributes to emergency hospital admissions amongst adults aged 65 and over. Read More: buff.ly/TMnBWas

New episode on our podcast 6 minutes & 9 seconds is all you need to learn about digital components for effective weight loss interventions #obesity #weightloss #digital @penarc.bsky.social @ukaso.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social @obesityalliance.bsky.social bit.ly/45xYGv3

No justification for arbitrary age cut-offs in clinical trials (e.g. excluding patients over 75) www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

No time to read our recent publication on GLP-1RAs for weightloss? Have a listen to the podcast! @penarc.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social @easoobesity.bsky.social @worldobesity.bsky.social @obesityalliance.bsky.social #obesity #weightloss #wegovy #systematicreview #ozempic bit.ly/4mCZbek

Join us for #OnlyConnect25 celebrating the power of #intergenerational and inclusive practice/research - hosted at Newlyn Art Gallery, with an expedition to Potager Garden for a magical evening meal. Get ready to connect, make, talk, wonder and look beyond the horizon to what is possible.

🧠 How can tech support weight loss as the NHS shifts focus? New blog from Isca Evidence explores digital tools in obesity care—framed by the NHS 10-Year Plan’s 3 shifts: 🏥 Hospital → Community 💻 Analogue → Digital 🩺 Treatment → Prevention 🔗 bit.ly/4mqxepR #DigitalHealth #ObesityPrevention

News on the blog: Read about our recent work on digital tools to support weight loss in the context of the Ten Year Health Plan for England bit.ly/4mqxepR @penarc.bsky.social @esmi-exeter.bsky.social

Why do AI company logos all look like buttholes? Warning: you can't unsee it via velvetshark.com/ai-company-l...

New paper: Evidence of inequities experienced by the #raredisease community with respect to receipt of a diagnosis & access to services: #scopingreview of UK & international evidence ojrd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... @simonjbriscoe.bsky.social @eppicentre.bsky.social @esmi-exeter.bsky.social

Join us for two days of talks and workshops celebrating the power of intergenerational and inclusive practice and research. 📍 Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange 📅 22 – 23 Oct 2025 🎟️ £65+ 🔗 To find out more, visit the link below #Intergenerational #Symposium #Conference #Cornwall #OnlyConnect25

New research from the Evidence Synthesis Team - read more on their #evidencegapmap on #topicalsteroidwithdrawal

Learning about topical steroid withdrawal was a real eye-opener! Our evidence gap map brings together academic research and social media posts. Check out our blog for details #tsws #TopicalSteroidWithdrawal @penarc.bsky.social evidsynthteam.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/t...

A common question we hear is, if I use #AI in my #systematicreview, what level of potential error is acceptable? Help us understand community expectations to inform future work via this NEW SURVEY: lnkd.in/e6tcTKfg Open til 2 Jul, ~35mins @cochrane.org @campbellreviews.bsky.social

‼️HOT OFF THE PRESS‼️ ⭐Updated Responsible AI use in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE) 3-paper collection on OSF: osf.io/fwaud/files/... ⭐ Now includes: 1️⃣Recommendations for practice for the main roles in the ecosystem 2️⃣ Guidance on building & evaluating AI tools 3️⃣Guidance on selecting & using AI tools

Just published - updated guidance and recommendations for the responsible use of AI in evidence synthesis (RAISE): osf.io/fwaud/ We're doing a webinar on this in about an hour! training.cochrane.org/recommendati...

Explore the June roundup of top stories from all 15 of our NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs): mailchi.mp/nihr/june-20... including the latest research news, resources, blogs, events, training & more from ARCs across the country Join the newsletter here: tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter

News on our blog: Find out more about a recent project on #topicalsteroidwithdrawal and the mismatch between academic literature and #patientexperience evidsynthteam.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/t... @penarc.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @esmi-exeter.bsky.social #tsw #tsws

“When I started my period at 15, I passed out, threw up, was petrified about what was happening and was told it was normal.”

“But if this isn’t a national emergency – one rape per day in schools – then I don’t know what is.”

When world's collide - spotted in the @hayfestival.bsky.social bookshop Naga Munchetty's important book on the women's health crisis cites our recent #systematicreview of #primarycare clinicians’ perspectives on interacting with patients with #gynaecological conditions bjgpopen.org/content/8/1/...

📢A new study from @uniofbath.bsky.social shows London's low emissions zones have had major benefits for human health and the economy, with a 10.2% decrease in respiratory issues following LEZ implementation, an **18.5%** reduction in sick leave, and annual public health savings of over £37 million.

Excited to see our paper "Framing #systematicreviews commissioned by policymakers as a hermeneutic process" published in Methodological Innovations -- a methodological commentary which uses hermeneutics to understand how reviewers and policy teams work together journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Happy Vernal Equinox 🌼

Delighted and honoured to be part of the team to have received the 2024 @campbellreviews.bsky.social Leonard E Gibbs Award for a Campbell systematic review that contributes to evidence-informed practice in social welfare pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38751859/ @penarc.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

✨ Happy World Social Work Day! ✨ Today we proudly stand together with social workers across the globe to celebrate #WSWD2025 A day to acknowledge, recognise and show appreciation for the hard work, care and dedication of social workers everywhere. Thank you for all you do everyday.

Spent a lovely afternoon yesterday with social workers from adults and children's services at the Devon County Council Adult Social Care Workforce Development Team World Social Work Day celebrations sharing research on intergenerational practice #WSWD2025 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Check out our systematic review on the implementation of Safety Management Systems (#PatientSafety) in healthcare Full report is now published on the NIHR Journals Library at lnkd.in/esF9YJUY and a briefing paper summarising the main points can also be found at the HSDR ESC website lnkd.in/eW-2EQ32.

🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities. This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods. I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration. 1/16

Spring is springing at Buckland Abbey...

“The UK’s universities are beleaguered and besieged. Redundancies continue to be announced. Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Kent, Queen’s Belfast, Sheffield; the list goes on and on. Perhaps 10,000 jobs will go in this academic year, and that’s just the beginning." by @gsoh31.bsky.social #UKHE

To what extent and in what ways is patient safety policy and strategy based on a #SafetyManagementSystems approach and what is the evidence supporting implementation and impact? Read our latest #systematicreview to find out! doi.org/10.3310/QPLF... @penarc.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

Excited to be here on bluesky #evidencesynthesis

📢 Job vacancy: @behaviourresuk.bsky.social are hiring a Research Fellow to support their work package on Methods & Evidence Synthesis, which aims to equip the behavioural research community with the methodological tools and frameworks for effective research Apply by 30 March 2025. Please share! 👇

📢Do you or a family member have #KidneyDisease, #HighBloodPressure or #Diabetes? 📒 We would like to hear about what information you have received about your #kidneys - what was good & what could be improved! 🔗https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/phase-1-patient-survey 🙌Thank you!

The England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2025 is published today and includes an annex with a summary of our scoping review of inequities relating to diagnosis and access to services for people with a rare disease (1/2) #RareDiseaseDay2025 www.gov.uk/government/p...

How can care home staff support people with dementia to be meaningfully engaged in activities? Building on her PhD, Dr Kat Strick worked with care homes to develop a workbook & ideas cards to support this. @penarc.bsky.social @ecehh.bsky.social @jog13.bsky.social arc-swp.nihr.ac.uk/research/pro...

Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Liverpool: FA Cup – live reaction www.theguardian.com/football/liv...

Check out my LinkedIn for detailed insights from Exeter's #MixedMethods #SystematicReview & #EvidenceSynthesis course! 🎓 Learned about integrating #qual & #quant from @jog13.bsky.social @ruthgarside.bsky.social & others in beautiful surroundings - Highly recommend!🌟 www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-hem...

"Just 3% of people in the organisation or system typically influence 85% of the other people." Super blog (with lots of great links!) by @hayleylever.bsky.social of @gmmoving.co.uk on understanding systems & how relationships can best effect change. hayleyleverblog.wordpress.com/2023/05/17/f...

Some interesting reading from @hildabast.bsky.social #systematicreviews #evidencesynthesis absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/01/24/w...

The burble of thoughtful discussion as we think about the use of logic models on day 2 of our @exeter.ac.uk CPD Mixed Methods #systematicreviews course @ruthgarside.bsky.social

Starting day 2 of our @exeter.ac.uk CPD mixed methods #systematicreview course with some G.J.Melendez-Torres dad dancing moves to help us learn about #realistreviews @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social

An entirely enraptured audience in the final session of day 1 of our mixed methods #systematicreviews CPD course as @ruthgarside.bsky.social talks us through using matrices! @exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that the Evidence Synthesis Hackathon will be taking place at UCL in London from 6th to 8th May 2025! We’re incredibly thankful to our partners at UCL and @eppicentre.bsky.social for supporting the event. Apply to join ESH2025 now! www.eshackathon.org/events/2025-...