Interested in safety culture in perinatal care? Don't miss our upcoming webinar where Prof Nici Mackintosh and Dr Liz Sutton will introduce MOMENTS - a practical tool for enhancing local safety cultures. Monday, 1 December 2025, 2-3pm, online. Register at tinyurl.com/momentsperin...

Our superstar PhD scholar @critcarenurse.bsky.social kicking research career goals across the board - presenting to @nihr-gmpsrc.bsky.social one day, @baccnuk.bsky.social the next! If you're an early career critical care nurse interested in being part of this research, get in touch!

Our @drjulieroberts.bsky.social and Nici Mackintosh have produced this excellent policy brief on supporting improvements in care for preterm babies. Full of essential policy recommendations to improve care for little ones and their families! figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/rep...

Time's running out if you're interested in this Research Development Award! If you're interested in safety culture and would like to discuss taking your award with us at the University of Leicester please do get in touch with one of our theme co-leads: www.psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

Have a dream PhD project in social science + health/wellbeing? Applications open for the Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP. Interested in patient safety/risk, integrated care, health workforce or health inequalities? We'd love to host you at SAPPHIRE! warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

First publication congratulations to our @merissaehickman.bsky.social, for her piece with Rebecca Muir @qmul-wiph.bsky.social expanding the WPR approach in health policy analysis, published in Critical Policy Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you're a clinician, practitioner, methodologist or other professional working in the Northwest or East Midlands with an interest in patient safety research, this scheme will help you develop the next steps into your research career. Come and take a short placement with us!

Listen to Nici and I in conversation about the PremPath study- an ethnographic study of perinatal optimisation for #WorldPatientSafetyDay

Our Nicola Mackintosh and @drjulieroberts.bsky.social star on this special World Patient Safety Day podcast speaking about the PremPath study which is working to improve safety culture in the pathways of care for premature infants. t.co/QUsA5zwg1A

Round-up of recent publications from our SAPPHIRE team: First up, from our Carolyn Tarrant with @evakrockow.bsky.social, David Jenkins, @sam-mkumbuzi.bsky.social and @sflusberg.bsky.social, this paper explores why antimicrobial messaging doesn't get through to the public: doi.org/10.1093/jaca...

Very proud of our @lucyswancott.bsky.social and her excellent presentation on her exciting PhD research, well done!

Our superstar PhD researcher @clairehastings.bsky.social is a podcast star too! Hear her speaking about her research about "not-doing" in healthcare on the "Listen to THIS" podcast from @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk.

🎙️New Podcast Episode! A positive safety culture empowers staff to speak up, leading to better #patientsafety. Join us as we explore the vital role of organisational culture in healthcare 🎧Listen now: www.psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/news/podcast/ #SafetyCulture #NHSLeadership #NHS #NIHR #HealthcareStaff

How do you manage your #workload❓ What's important, what can wait,🤔 who decides this⚖️ how do you learn this❓ I'm still looking to speak to any #criticalcare #nurses who registered for the first time after Jan 2019, follow the link below to get involved. www.psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/2025/01/30/a...

Ever wondered how to foster a better safety culture in your healthcare team? Prof Nicola Mackintosh introduces MOMENTS, a practical resource designed to spark crucial conversations and empower local solutions. 🎧Listen now! #SafetyCulture youtu.be/Pco3Hrij-1E?...

Our Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School will now be held in the gorgeous Clubhouse at Leicester Tigers Rugby Club! 23-25 July, 3 days of expert mentoring, networking and advice for ethnography in healthcare research. See shop.le.ac.uk/product-cata.... Limited places available!

See this great new paper from our @fawnharradhyde.bsky.social !

🚀New Resource: Scaling Innovations in Primary Care Learn how tailored strategies can improve care for patients with multiple long-term conditions. Key lessons from implementing four interventions nationally. @socscihealth.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social #MLTC arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/arc-store-re...

Places are filling fast for our Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement summer school! 3 days 23-25 July, get expert training, networking, mentoring and support for your current and planned ethnographic work in healthcare. See shop.le.ac.uk/product-cata... for more details!

Please share with your networks! Recruitment of participants for a study on the workplace experiences of African NHS doctors and nurses is ongoing - see below for details:

Interested in kidney medicine and patient decision-making? We're advertising a self-funded PhD project with Dr Rupert Major and Dr Jennifer Creese as supervisors, on patient decision making around arterio-venous fistulas in dialysis and kidney transplant. See le.ac.uk/study/resear... for more info!

We're launching ourselves on BlueSky!