This is what happens when people have better housing, nutrition, hygiene, treatment for infections and long term conditions etc. Oh and vaccines.

Really excited to announce the publication of our framework which has been informed by a combination of literature, stakeholder interviews, consultation and real-world usability testing.

Trying to resolve a debate about the punctuation of my work address with colleagues, and Google's AI has been as helpful as one would expect.

Even with support systems in place, many NHS staff still feel unsafe or unheard when raising concerns about quality and safety. Join Nnenna Osuji & Graham Martin as they unpack the barriers and explore what real change looks like. Register: ths.im/4nGd5wJ

Patient safety specialists take NHS experience and blend it with expertise in safety theory to help manage safety risks. We examined their efforts to put their expertise into practice and how they worked with existing professional groups. Full paper: ths.im/47jOmI8 THIS summary: ths.im/47l8t8A

Check out this opportunity for an early career researcher to join our team and support an exciting programme of work on innovation and improvement in healthcare. ths.im/47snrKd

Come along tomorrow to LSHTM, Keppel Street or online to hear me talk about why we do research, why it's not used, and how we might engineer the system to get better value for all of us... www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

📣New article! We use publicly-available NHS referral data to outline the private healthcare market for NHS patients 2008-2024, and to review NHS patient choice policies since New Labour. (1/3) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Lack of awareness, inconsistent access, an overwhelming process, and a lasting impact on everyone involved – all problems with NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) highlighted in this article based on the experiences of people who have tried to access CHC👇

sign up sign up come along to our first event 31st october or add yourself to our mailing list for a streamed section of the day. it's going to be excellent. no sponsorship, independent, and amazing people are coming medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/centreforevi...

UK sociologist of health? Next call for @fshi.bsky.social awards closes 30th october www.shifoundation.org.uk/schemes/

THIS Space 2025 programme is now live! Join us virtually on 25 November. The event is free to attend, but booking is essential and space is limited. View the full programme and register here: ths.im/4nGd5wJ #THISspace2025

An important and insightful, if thoroughly depressing, read about UK higher education. wonkhe.com/blogs/roll-u...

There are just three days left to apply to our Senior Fellow role... 🔍 If you can lead on projects at the forefront of research into health and social care, we'd love to hear from you. Take a look at our vacancy and apply by Sunday 31 August. #researchjobs www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/job/senior-f...

We are recruiting! Are you an early or mid-career health services researcher with an interest in improving the quality of UK healthcare? This Research Associate or Assistant Research Professor role could be the one for you. Deadline 7 September. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Exciting research fellow role at the University of Edinburgh working with Martyn Pickersgill and colleagues on a timely and fascinating-sounding project on how health (mis)information is regulated across countries: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...

Another great post fr @chrischirp.bsky.social focusing on @nihr.bsky.social HSDR funding to improve patient's and staff's experiences. Very proud to be involved, & to have the opportunity to work w and learn fr fab colleagues including @instagraham.bsky.social @katiejsheehan.bsky.social

Penny Dash’s recent review calls for major reforms in patient safety – but while change is needed, the review also raises some important questions. @instagraham.bsky.social and @janekohara.bsky.social comment on the review and its potential impact on patient safety. Read the editorial ths.im/4m8XFQX

New opinion piece in @bmj.com by me and @janekohara.bsky.social: whither patient and staff voice in the NHS post-Dash? Decluttering the safety landscape is necessary but will NHS organisations listen to patients and staff without independent advocacy? www.bmj.com/content/390/...

This isn't new but I'll feel better for bleeting it. Publisher: Congrats, we are pleased to accept your paper! <Months pass> Author: Please could I have an update? Publisher: <Months pass> Publisher: Check your proofs by TOMORROW (Saturday) or we'll publish an error-strewn version in your name.

What can AI really do for healthcare improvement – and what’s still missing? In THIS Institute and Homerton College’s 2025 annual lecture, Niels Peek (@nielspeek.bsky.social) cuts through the AI hype. 🎥 Watch ‘Evidence-based healthcare innovation in the age of AI’ ths.im/4nl8uRh

New article in Social Theory & Health, co-authored with @judegreen.bsky.social, open access. In a nutshell we argue that that lived-experience research is not the same as qualitative sociology in health research. The difference exists and matters. Read here: rdcu.be/evZ7F

Job opportunity - deputy director of the Geller Institute for Ageing and Memory at the University of West London, working with Katie Featherstone and colleagues: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNT550/d...

Wes Streeting has laid out bold plans for English maternity services - but will they work? Our @bmj.com opinion has now been published, exploring some ways that they might be enhanced. www.bmj.com/content/390/... Written with the fabulous @marydixonwoods.bsky.social @instagraham.bsky.social

In case you missed it: my article for @uk.theconversation.com on theTen Year Health Plan for England. So many ideas (and some good ones at that) but precious little about how to implement them. #NHSPlan #FitForTheFuture #NHS #healthpolicy theconversation.com/nhs-ten-year...

We welcome publication of the new 10-year health plan. We're here to build evidence in line with the plan through projects like: • Evaluating ambient voice technology and launching a new online community • Supporting design and planning of large-scale change programmes Find out more: ths.im/4laMCq3

📢New publication📢 Respiratory Clinicians’ Views on Offering “Rescue Packs” to Patients Discharged After COPD Exacerbation: Qualitative Interview Study doi.org/10.1080/1541... @instagraham.bsky.social @profhurst.bsky.social @monabafadhel.bsky.social

🎯 68% of PIP appeals are overturned in favor of disabled people - proving the system already wrongly denies support. Now they want to make it even harder to qualify. This isn't reform, it's institutionalized discrimination. #WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePip

We’re heading to #NHSConfedExpo 📦 📦 📦 Come find us at stand F80 near the Innovation Theatre & Speaker Studio to catch up on all things healthcare improvement, and grab a free copy from our series, Elements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare.

Really enjoyed the first episode of this new podcast series, Stories of Safety, hosted by @janekohara.bsky.social, featuring an interview with @shaunlintern.bsky.social. A few selected highlights (1/6): psrc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/latest/podca...

New paper from our team on group clinics 👇 Showing that ‘peer support’ is not a given or unequivocal ‘good’ in group-based care @jackievdael.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social @elsevierconnect.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We're presenting our work on creating resources to support more effective, fair, and sustainable collaboration in health and social care in the @kingsnmpc.bsky.social Better Health & Care Hub Webinar Series: 5th June 1:00-2:00. Link to register 👇 - all welcome: www.tickettailor.com/events/bette...

Our (@gmthomas.bsky.social Tanisha Spratt @amychandler.bsky.social) book went to print - very exciting! The @britsoci.bsky.social London MedSoc Study Group is hosting a launch event (thanks @twiterney.bsky.social) on 19 June 18:00-19:30. All welcome, register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/bsa-london...

NEW ANALYSIS explores how approaches to #AssistedDying vary internationally. The Nuffield Trust holds a neutral position on the legalisation of assisted dying in the UK. Our analysis reviews the evidence for jurisdictions where it has been implemented, to help inform debate. 🧵1/9 buff.ly/CTLXDjs

📢New publication alert 📢 @instagraham.bsky.social and I wrote a paper! What Is an Identifier Good for? Issues in Using Visual Identifiers to Improve Care for People With Dementia in Hospital doi.org/10.1111/jan....

Signs you are an academic, an occasional series: You try to swipe the word 'stopcock' into your phone as you text a plumber, and it autocorrects to 'sociocultural'.

I’m excited to share a podcast I took part in for THIS institute, we discuss why it’s so hard to do less in healthcare.You can find it on Spotify, Apple Poscast or Amazon music. Just search ‘listen to THIS’ I’m episode 6. Or here’s the link to the website www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/podcast/why-...

Paper drafting phase 1: Write beautiful, closely knit sentences linking related ideas together through the judicious use of semi-colons. Paper drafting phase 2: Delete all the semi-colons and replace them with full stops.

Super excited about this new podcast, brought to you by @yhpsrc.bsky.social, where I'll be talking to people who've shaped healthcare safety in the UK & beyond. The first episode is a corker - I sit down with @shaunlintern.bsky.social to talk about journalism, harm, and Staffordshire oatcakes... 👇

Spam e-mails from predatory journals are getting racy.

We've been looking forward to this! @nielspeek.bsky.social's @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk / Homerton College lecture has begun.

UCU general secretary reposting 'the only good terf is a dead terf' placards. Good grief.

We've been working over the last year to *really* understand the issues of timeliness in emergency general surgery.... @rcoa-cri.bsky.social @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk

Private Eye nails it again.

New findings out today, published by @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social and @thekingsfund.bsky.social from @natcen.bsky.social’s British Social Attitudes. TLDR: attitudes towards NHS are hardening - people are more dissatisfied and are despondent about waiting times 🧵

This is an astonishing graph - quite apart from the issue of desirability, I think there's a big question of feasibility (and the scale of work required to try to make it happen).

Big day today for NHS finances: a "reset" meeting is taking place where health bosses are being asked to "get a grip" on their organisation's finances. Here's NHS finances supremo Sally Gainsbury on what the state of play is at the moment: 👇

What this is: a stimulating and thought-provoking exercise to help the @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk research team think through the pathways to impact of its work. What this DEFINITELY ISN'T: a thinly veiled excuse to spend time indulging in children's TV nostalgia and then impose it on my colleagues.

Learning from mistakes is a crucial part of healthcare improvement and it’s easy to focus on negatives. But are we hindering progress? @instagraham.bsky.social, @janekohara.bsky.social & #THISFellows @helencrump.bsky.social & James McGowan discuss in a new episode of Listen to THIS ths.im/4hnAGyu

Well, I feel for the poor sods at NHSE, already reorganised to within an inch of their lives, going through the whole thing again with the prospect not of decimation - reducing by 1/10th - but of change at 5 times that scale, with (almost) totally new leadership. Some thoughts... 🧵