THIS Space is back and always one of the highlights of my year. It’s a mammoth team effort that brings together people focused on healthcare innovation and improvement. It’s completely free to attend, it’s all online, & it’s always worth your time. #QISky #SafetySky #HealthcareImprovement #MedSky

What should you consider when spreading, scaling, and sustaining healthcare improvement? Find out more in the first resource from our series of quick, practical guides to major improvement approaches. ths.im/4nC8koI

We'll shortly be launching an ambient voice technology community. Interested in joining? Contact: [email protected] We'll also be testing a new framework to help NHS teams with planning and design of change programmes. Intrigued? Contact: [email protected]

Sadly, I won’t be able to make it to Manchester for #NHSConfedExpo. If you’re attending, do swing by and say hello to the @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk team, including the marvellous @janekohara.bsky.social. And don’t miss the chance to pick up free copies of our latest resources.

One for #QISky

This is an excellent discussion about something I think about all the time. I wanted to highlight 2 points: It’s often easier and less time consuming to do more: ie just book the test, give the antibiotics, rather than spend time explaining why it’s unlikely to be helpful. HCWs are time pressured

What if your story could shape the future of respiratory care in England? We’re looking for people who have received treatment for a respiratory infection or respiratory condition to join our public involvement group. Express your interest in joining the group. ths.im/43dS5Ww

This is data visualisation at its finest. Bravo @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social 👏

no idea who made this but it’s genius

Declining census response rates mean entire communities are becoming statistically invisible: “When people vanish from data, they vanish from policy. When certain groups are systematically undercounted – often minorities, rural communities or poorer people – they become invisible to policymakers.”

I hope we all agree that it’s vital to involve patients & public in healthcare improvement. But there isn’t always clarity on how to best do so in a meaningful way. This case study sets out how we worked in partnership with maternity service users to co-design inclusive & practical improvements.

If you're interested in healthcare improvement and podcasts are your thing, check out the new Listen to THIS series - the podcast from @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk. The first episode has dropped! ths.im/4gPvuDq #NHS #Healthcare #HealthcareImprovement #PatientSafety #QISky #SafetySky #MedSky

Our latest report explores the key differences between frailty virtual wards and the challenges they face in practice. Find out more here: ths.im/3QaAZll

Women have been able to vote in the UK for 97 years this year, which means when my grandmother was born, women couldn’t vote. Voting rights for women were won just two generations away from me. The history of women’s rights is astonishingly close.

The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything: • @houseofcommons.parliament.uk • @houseoflords.parliament.uk • @ukparliament.parliament.uk • @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk

If healthcare professionals are to embrace the benefits of AI tools in clinical decision-making, they need to trust the tools & understand the benefits. We reviewed the literature on healthcare professionals' experiences. THIS summary: https://ths.im/3BpW6Mu Full paper: https://ths.im/3Zj1oBE

In October, NHS England experienced the highest number of appointments in general practice ever recorded. Policy Fellow, Jake Beech interprets today’s data and points to what government can do to further strengthen primary care. Read our full response ⬇️ https://buff.ly/49d730H

Kicking off December with a Christmas Carol singalong. This is my favourite annual village event (pancake racing down the high street is a close second).

‘Change moves at the speed of trust.’ I’m reminded daily how true this is. All time invested in building & maintaining trust is time well spent. Gloss over trust at your peril & watch the pace of work drop, costs & energy use increase & change stagnate. This starts with us trusting others.

Is it still too early, then?

A helpful at-a-glance spectrum of people-centred participatory and involvement methods mapped against various stages of the policy cycle.

Together with the @healthfoundation.bsky.social, we’ve been exploring access to general practice. Surprise - it’s not all about supply and demand. In this podcast, @cmsinnott.bsky.social discusses how the candidacy framework offers a way to rethink access. #GeneralPractice #GPsky #MedSky #QIsky

This data mapping is both fascinating and beautiful in equal measure. #AcademicSky #SciSky

“Be more Ted Lasso” - if you want to improve systems be curious about why motivated colleagues who are doing their best don’t always do what we think is the right thing says @sheffielddoc.bsky.social #bgsconf @gerisoc.bsky.social

We’re counting down to our annual conference and have created an event starter pack so people can easily find and connect with speakers. Might this be a useful tool for events going forward or do you think they’re likely to be a fad as people get started on here?

Fantastic starter pack for all those wanting reliable health & science news 🩺🧬🦠 go.bsky.app/BNiFuEN

Final call for our Invitation to tender: Professional services – Communications specialists. Find out more, deadline is 4pm this Friday 22 November: ageing-better.org.uk/invitation-t... #WorkWithUs #Opportunity #AgeingBetter

Adding alt text to images is super easy. There’s even a handy Bluesky setting to make it impossible to forget. Go to Settings > Accessibility and select ‘Require alt text before posting’.

This is a really super blog about the 'grief' that patients and families bring when they engage in healthcare research, and what that means for everyone involved. Interested to hear others thoughts on this? #safetysky #patientsafety Thanks @kellieocallaghan.bsky.social for sharing!

Are you looking to connect with other policy-focused comms folk? This bumper starter pack is for you.

This is a superb at-a-glance resource. Hats off to the @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social team for developing a tool that communicates complex data accessibly.

UK healthcare professionals - help a newbie out? This is one of the first projects I've contributed to in my new role at THIS Institute. Take a quick survey and make your mark (and help me make mine!). #MedSky #QISky #SurgSky

Seems like it is a day to reissue the @britishacademy.bsky.social report from 2012 on the efficacy of league tables in the public sector and especially to flag this point: often the level of statistical uncertainty involved renders them meaningless www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

Calling #SurgSky #SurgEdSky #MedSky and #QI folks. Can you spare some time to help develop a set of measures to ensure good care before, during and after surgery?

I'm trying to follow folk who work in the research or practice of safety, patient safety, or human factors. So I created a small starter pack. Please let me know who I have missed! #safetysky #hfesky go.bsky.app/Ukaym74

The countdown to THIS Space 2024 has begun. It’s completely free and open to everyone interested in healthcare improvement, but you need to hurry - we already over 1000 people registered to attend, and space is filling fast. #QI #MedSky #AcademicSky #HealthcareImprovement #QualityCare

Hello to all the new people migrating from X. I'm a BBC journalist and fact-checker. Please flag any potentially misleading viral claims either on Bluesky or any other social media platform that needs fact-checking via DM, and I'll do the rest. Thank you!

Here’s a starter pack of some of my favourite UK commentators - hopefully helpful to new joiners to get you going. (It is pretty balanced female/male although the Bluesky generated picture always seems to tilt male) go.bsky.app/M4Bt6Wq

Very hard for the Onion to compete in this media environment www.ft.com/content/076c...

Breathtaking sky above Cambridge tonight. #Aurora

Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, Director of THIS Institute, gave expert evidence at the Thirlwall Inquiry recently, and her detailed report into patient safety culture and systems has now been published. Read the report: https://ths.im/3zEqfHh

My article for @theconversationuk.bsky.social about the #DarziReview of the #NHS and the pitfalls that the government needs to avoid as it embarks on NHS reforms: theconversation.com/the-nhs-is-i...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting, described the findings of this report as a "cause for national shame". We (@thisinstitute.bsky.social) couldn’t agree more and that’s why my colleagues continue to put a spotlight on what is and isn’t working.

THIS Institute has landed on Bluesky! Pop over and follow us if you are interested in improving healthcare. #NHS #Healthcare #HealthcareImprovement

Super starter pack for anyone looking to connect with health services research folk on here. Thanks @louiselocock.bsky.social for pulling this together!

Having spent the last few months knee deep in preparations for our annual conference, it was a lovely to be able to sit back and enjoy a conference organised by others today. Lord Woolley’s talk was a particular highlight. I felt seen. Super work @instagraham.bsky.social and team!

🧪 Scientist? 🟦 New to BlueSky? 👀 Wanna find posts by other people in your area and use the right hashtags in your own posts? 📃 Here’s a list of around 160 science-related feeds and their hashtags. #AcademicSky #PhDSky

Today really is a BlueSky day, and not just because this is my first post. Can you help me get started on here? Who should I be following from #Healthcare, #SciSky, #MedSky, #SciComm, #SciEngage, #PublicEngagement?