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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

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FULL VICTORY SPEECH: Hannah Spencer Speaks After Winning Gorton and Denton By-Election | AC1Z
YouTube video by DWS News FULL VICTORY SPEECH: Hannah Spencer Speaks After Winning Gorton and Denton By-Election | AC1Z

If you get the chance, do listen to Hannah Spencer's victory speech, it's uplifting.

youtu.be/q9RdexZSIq4?...

27.02.2026 07:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
New Green MP Hannah Spencer delivers victory speech
YouTube video by ITV News New Green MP Hannah Spencer delivers victory speech

youtube.com/shorts/eDiHq...

27.02.2026 07:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot of BBC webpage stating 23000 viewing

Screenshot of BBC webpage stating 23000 viewing

Struck by how many people are following a local by-election in the early hours.
#gorton #denton

27.02.2026 04:14 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Very happy to be in Zurich discussing new developments in implementation science. I will be sharing our ongoing work on the Impact of an Intervention on Inequalities in Overprescribing - the 3i-o study tomorrow.
#IMPACT2026 #ImpSci
@au-primarycareuol.bsky.social @wy-icb-research.bsky.social

12.02.2026 16:27 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

"non-communicable" obvs! 🙄

12.02.2026 22:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Cogs labelled implementation, policy and research cycle

Cogs labelled implementation, policy and research cycle

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Dr Giulia Loffreda from @who.int calling for closer integration between policy, implementation and research in addressing non-communicative diseases (NCDs).

Recommends extending embedded implementation research (IR) in health systems. #IMPACT2026

#ImpSci

12.02.2026 16:21 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

How might a national organisation support changes that improve outcomes for young adults?
#ImpSci

Working in partnership, we are conducting a pragmatic trial with process & economic eval.
We are using routine date and opt-out permissions to investigate two nationally-delivered interventions:

09.01.2026 13:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

How might a national organisation support changes that improve outcomes for young adults?
#ImpSci

Working in partnership, we are conducting a pragmatic trial with process & economic eval.
We are using routine date and opt-out permissions to investigate two nationally-delivered interventions:

09.01.2026 13:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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

18.07.2025 12:31 — 👍 457    🔁 49    💬 159    📌 32

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!
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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