Human in the loop

Speakers include @nielspeek.bsky.social @humanintheloop.bsky.social

Even with support systems in place, many NHS staff still feel unsafe or unheard when raising concerns about quality and safety. What will it take to change that?

Join Nnenna Osuji & @instagraham.bsky.social as they unpack the barriers & explore what real change looks like.

Register: ths.im/49nATBL

Clinical guidelines are always changing – in 2023, NICE released 48 new & 28 updated guidelines – but there’s no reliable system for keeping doctors updated, leading to gaps in knowledge & care. Our review underlines a need for more #research.

Full paper: ths.im/47wye5T
THIS summary: ths.im/4pj12X5

Large Language Muddle | The Editors The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

An intelligent piece of (human) writing: Large Language Muddle www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

Good to hear @zubirahmed.bsky.social Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Dept of Health and Social Care) talk about the need to support healthcare organisations' to ask the right questions' to help them procure AI software for the NHS. #HETT2025
Decisions should be informed by evidence.

Only 3 local authorities in England have air quality better than the recommended WHO guideline pollutant level Search for your local authority

Where we live – and the air we breathe – can shape our health, including how long we can expect to live.

Explore the data on air quality for local authorities across England on our newly updated Local Authority Dashboard ⬇️

https://bit.ly/4pNdG1w

AI in the NHS 2025 |
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We presented at #HETT2025 yesterday on ambient voice technology (a.k.a. digital scribes) There was a healthy mix of tech providers, NHS leaders and innovation policy people. Struck by one talk noting the uncertainty on where the data governance risk is held between GPs, practices and ICBs.

AI, data and digital technology | THIS Institute AI, data, and digital technology have the potential to reshape healthcare. Our research aims to find out how AI can support healthcare and what the challenges might be. Ultimately, we want to enable…

How might AI, data & digital tech support NHS staff & patients to enhance rather than replace the human side of care? Our goal is to produce high-quality evidence that explores the potential of AI to fit into healthcare practice. Watch our short animation:

Important work and a good idea to reach a different audience via video. Keep it up!

THIS Space 2025 programme is now live! Join us virtually on 25 November. The event is free to attend, but booking is essential and space is limited. View the full programme and register here: ths.im/4nGd5wJ

#THISspace2025

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We welcome publication of the new 10-year health plan. We're here to build evidence in line with the plan through projects like:
• Evaluating ambient voice technology and launching a new online community
• Supporting design and planning of large-scale change programmes
Find out more: ths.im/4laMCq3

Respiratory Clinicians’ Views on Offering “Rescue Packs” to Patients Discharged After COPD Exacerbation: Qualitative Interview Study “Rescue packs” for COPD exacerbations, consisting of a course of antibiotics and steroids, have become part of self-management strategies for many patients living with COPD. Currently, in the UK, r...

What do respiratory clinicians think about offering “rescue packs” to patients discharged after #COPD exacerbation?

It's not always simple to decide what would be best for each patient.

Read our paper:
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Or a summary: www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/research/out...

Hoping our catalogue of 449 different efforts to improve access to general practice will be useful for policymakers, clinicians and patients. The paper summarises our findings. The entire list is in supplementary data 4 here: bjgpopen.org/content/bjgp...

Interesting event today from @healthinnovyh.bsky.social on the topic of ambient voice technology #AVT in the NHS. Hearing from the early adopters who have implemented it into clinical practice.

America’s descent into the suppression of dissent Tracking the Trump administration's actions across four domains of suppressing dissent.

My latest post charting the erosion of free dissent in the US

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What Is an Identifier Good for? Issues in Using Visual Identifiers to Improve Care for People With Dementia in Hospital Aims To examine practical, ethical, and organisational implications of the use of a key technology deployed in the care of hospitalised people with dementia—visual identifiers—through a comparative ...

Our research examines features from identifiers used for patients with dementia and compares with other common types of visual identifier.

Full paper: buff.ly/EB9jTZL

THIS summary: ths.im/4dAgitK

Having risked my life in war zones for the BBC, I know this: cuts to the World Service will be disastrous | Martin Bell In an age of disinformation, our broadcaster is trusted to find and tell the truth. Now more than ever we need it, says former reporter, MP and Unicef ambassador, Martin Bell

On the value of the BBC World Service from someone who has seen the world.
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What does taking a holistic approach to improving healthcare look like? In this episode @kristinawk.bsky.social, #THISFellows Graham Pullin, Kurannen Baaki & @nielspeek.bsky.social explore pushing boundaries in research & learning from other disciplines to problem solve. Listen now ths.im/3YHQRQX

Norwich, 16 May, Standing Up for Science workshop panellists, including Penny Hundleby, Rob Davies, Bushra Schuitemaker, and Nikki Fox.

Meet some of our Norwich Standing Up for Science workshop panellists 👇

We can't wait to hear their insights on science communication on May 16.

🌟 #ECRs, apply for your FREE place now! forms.office.com/e/PiufdxjAEt...

Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals?

This is not how it works, Mr President.

Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words"

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Evidence Week opening event 20 January: reverse select committee hearing. Science and Environment Session: Chi Onwurah MP, chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee, Bill Esterson MP, Chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee and Toby Perkins MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Select Committee Community and Social Session: Lord Foster, Chair of the Lords Justice and Home Affairs Select Committee, Helen Hayes MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee Infrastructure and Economics Session: Debbie Abrahams MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, Yuan Yang MP, member of the Treasury Select Committee and Lord Moylan, Chair of the Lords Built Environment Select Committee

Join us for the official opening of #EvidenceWeek 2024/25 – tonight, people across the UK will be asking Select Committee Chairs about evidence for policies and issues that matter to them.

Watch MPs answer your questions, 5-6:30pm parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Screenshot of an abstact: Title: ‘Heartbreak Gives Way to Hope After Grieving’: A Critical Analysis of Personal Stories of Pregnancy Loss in the UK Press Authors: Karolina Kuberska & Sarah Turner Abstract: Pregnancy loss continues to occupy an uncomfortable space in public discourse. This article analyses articles in the UK press published between 2013 and 2023 referencing the Baby Loss Awareness Week (BLAW) that focus on narratives of personal experience of pregnancy loss. These narratives sit between the personal and the public, and constitute examples of public grieving that serve a range of purposes, from the expression of continuing bonds with the miscarried or stillborn baby, the desire to share one's experience of loss, and often to the wish to translate this experience into something positive. We draw on Finch's concept of ‘displaying families’, considering how they construct an identity for the baby who never lived and demonstrate continuing bonds with them. By analysing how this ‘identity work’ is made public, we explore how pregnancy loss is presented in public media as a transformative teleological experience for parents.

📢New publication!📢

Sarah Turner and I wrote a paper about how experiences of #pregnancyloss have been described in the UK press around the Baby Loss Awareness Week over the last decade.

#BLAW #babyloss #miscarriage #stillbirth

Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Your compositions are always striking. Brilliant!

Positive indications for @bsky.app and coverage of academic work. #AcademicSky

A horizontal bar chart titled "Number of lives saved by childhood vaccinations since 1974" shows the impact of various vaccines. Measles vaccination leads with 94 million lives saved, shown in orange. Following in blue bars are Tetanus (28 million), Whooping cough (13 million), and Tuberculosis (11 million). Smaller impacts are shown for diseases like Haemophilus influenzae type B (2.8 million), Streptococcus pneumoniae and Polio (both 1.6 million). The chart continues with progressively smaller numbers for Yellow fever (550,000), Hepatitis B (460,000), down to Neisseria meningitidis A (2,000). The data source is attributed to Shattock et al. (2024) and published by OurWorldInData.org under CC BY license.

One cannot highlight this often enough.

Chart by @scientificdiscovery.dev / @ourworldindata.org, more details at: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

Yes! Let's keep the conversation about decision-making in naturalistic settings going here.

The digital scribe in clinical practice: a scoping review and research agenda npj Digital Medicine - The digital scribe in clinical practice: a scoping review and research agenda

Helpful literature review from Marieke van Buchem et al on the use of digital scribes in clinical practice. The article covers mainly technical performance and concludes we need research on clinical utility, validity and usability. rdcu.be/d1vVL #Medtech

Really looking forward to listening. Currently reading up on digital scribes in healthcare.

I couldn't agree more. Research develops through exchanging ideas, making observations of differenet systems and building collaborations. If a group/department/country isolates itself then surely the research quality and depth will suffer.