Danielle Doyle

Nuffield Trust Summit 2026 The Summit is the Nuffield Trust's annual flagship event. Sessions from the conference will be available to watch here.

Next week we host our annual #ntsummit — a flagship event for health and social care policy 💫

We'll be livestreaming sessions across both days 📽️

Explore the agenda and register to watch for free via Zoom 👇

If you want to shape how healthcare research actually involves and engages the people it’s meant to serve – patients, NHS staff, and the public – and you’re passionate about making sure research doesn’t just happen to communities but with them, this role could be perfect for you.

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

Sketchnote from THIS Institute titled “Six considerations for spreading, scaling, and sustaining healthcare improvement.” It highlights six points with accompanying stick-figure illustrations.

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: AVTcommunity@thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk

We'll also be testing a new framework to help NHS teams with planning and design of change programmes. Intrigued? Contact: researchsupport@thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk

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

Join public involvement group for respiratory care We’re looking for people who have received treatment for a respiratory infection (e.g. flu) or respiratory condition (e.g. asthma) to join our public involvement group. This group will contribute…

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!

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#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

The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything:

• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk

@cmsinnott.bsky.social

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

'These [record-breaking] numbers speak to the huge effort that has gone into meeting the high level of demand for primary care, but need to be seen within the context of declining patient satisfaction and high numbers of GPs struggling to manage overwhelming patient demand.' Jake Beech, Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation.

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

The group gather around around the village Christmas tree for the light switch on and a Christmas Carol singalong. The tree can be seen on the left side of the photo. On the right you can just make out the corner of the 16th century pub.

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’ Stephen Covey. Written on a post-it note.

‘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.

Congratulations Dr Husain! Wonderful news.

I think it’s time to venture into the loft!

Is it still too early, then?

I’m still constantly surprised at how long it takes for the publication wheels to spin around. But this is excellent news!

Thanks Stuart. Loving this feed!

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

This is brilliant! Can I be added please?

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