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Michael Sykes

@msykes.bsky.social

Nurse, implementation scientist, National audit improvement lead, father, husband, swimmer. Vice Chancellor’s Fellow (Associate Professor) @NorthumbriaUni

599 Followers  |  585 Following  |  114 Posts  |  Joined: 21.12.2023  |  1.6579

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The increasingly hostile rhetoric shown towards migrants is deeply concerning.

We urge all UK political parties to end this race to the bottom and instead celebrate the contribution of those from overseas.

Without brilliant migrant nursing staff, our health & care services would cease to function.

22.09.2025 13:59 — 👍 24    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0
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Absolutely love this 🌳 Sign me up!

13.09.2025 08:16 — 👍 29    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0

Deep down in the entrails of every large company, there is a single person copying cells from one spreadsheet onto another spreadsheet one by one and if they stop the company collapses #orgdesign

10.09.2025 08:18 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
Iconic Harland and Wolff cranes, also known as Samson and Goliath, from across the Lagan.

Iconic Harland and Wolff cranes, also known as Samson and Goliath, from across the Lagan.

The Big Fish, also known as the Salmon of Knowledge, a 10-metre-long ceramic sculpture by John Kindness.

The Big Fish, also known as the Salmon of Knowledge, a 10-metre-long ceramic sculpture by John Kindness.

Lovely to be back in Belfast, albeit briefly.

31.08.2025 11:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Combine harvester under the setting sun

Combine harvester under the setting sun

Evening harvest
#Warwickshire

10.08.2025 20:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Good evening
#EastNeuk

08.08.2025 19:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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East Neuk... in case it helps!
😍

02.08.2025 17:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I often think that if Peter Parker were bit by the wrong kind of spider he would have died of dehydration in a closet

17.07.2025 05:25 — 👍 31    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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ok there you go, here's my first draft

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Out of genuine interest, does the paywalled article give evidence about motivation for vaccines in healthcare workers?

01.06.2025 10:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our Vice Chancellor's Fellowship in Evaluation Methods in Health and Social Care will be appointed at Assistant or Associate Professor level. We welcome applicants from disciplines such as public health, social sciences, allied health, or health economics.
work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...

27.05.2025 13:29 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
Early sunset in a bluebell wood

Early sunset in a bluebell wood

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Morning BlueSky can be a little grim...

So here's my attempt to do justice to last night's sunset:

01.05.2025 05:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Crab apple blossom in the Spring sunshine

Crab apple blossom in the Spring sunshine

Footprints on an eternal Norfolk beach

Footprints on an eternal Norfolk beach

A day of colours!

18.04.2025 20:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bluebells with ears!
😍🦮😍

18.04.2025 08:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Easter bluebells 😍

18.04.2025 08:11 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Good morning!
🦮😍

09.04.2025 07:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#ImpSci 👀👇🏽

08.04.2025 10:30 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Post image Post image Lone tree in a stunning Warwickshire sunset

Lone tree in a stunning Warwickshire sunset

Lovely evening walk.

07.04.2025 20:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Another great contribution by Lucie Byrne-Davies and Jo Hart

03.04.2025 08:22 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We often use the terms internal and external validity in trials, but are we really clear what those terms mean? 1/9
#MethodologyMonday #114

31.03.2025 05:22 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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Brilliant statement by @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social, starting with recognizing the human cost associated with abolishing NHSE. I know so many brilliant and dedicated NHSE staff who work tirelessly for patient safety and improved outcomes
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13.03.2025 17:51 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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An important reminder to consider the content (active ingredients) within #ImpSci strategies at Future of Evaluation in Health & Social Care symposium

@northumbriaideas.bsky.social
@northumbriauni.bsky.social

15.01.2025 09:42 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hearing about the Carrots-Sticks-Sermons typology of programmes from Ray Pawson
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Thinking of ERIC & EPOC typologies of #ImpSci strategies

14.01.2025 16:03 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What (resistance?) strategies are available to prof bureaucracies?

Is implementation practitioners' strategic intention to implement policy or evidence?

14.12.2024 13:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Reading speculation about polio vaccination.

Thinking what this means for people, but also health care workers, #ImpSci and implementation practitioners.

14.12.2024 13:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Including beautiful festival of light:

10.12.2024 18:26 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A couple of lovely days in Bruges with @profemmaflynn.bsky.social

10.12.2024 18:26 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Full and part-time options available! Happy to discuss...

07.12.2024 13:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Lucie!

25.11.2024 06:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Do you know someone who might be interested in a PhD involving quality improvement, implementation science, health psychology and health economics?

#ImpSci
@theqcommunity.bsky.social

24.11.2024 20:34 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

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