Michael Sykes
@msykes.bsky.social
Nurse, implementation scientist, National audit improvement lead, father, husband, swimmer. Vice Chancellor’s Fellow (Associate Professor) @NorthumbriaUni
#ImpSci colleagues and friends, please save the dates. The European Implementation Event 2027 will take place in Limerick, Ireland from June 14-16. More details to follow soon!
We are investigating whether two nationally-delivered implementation strategies improve outcomes for young adults with type 2 diabetes: www.linkedin.com/posts/nihr-r... @northumbriauni.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
We are pleased to be funding this important research looking at diabetes care for adults aged 18-39 across England! As Professor Kathy Rowan, Programme Director for our Health and Social Care… | NI...
We are pleased to be funding this important research looking at diabetes care for adults aged 18-39 across England! As Professor Kathy Rowan, Programme Director for our Health and Social Care Deliv...
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Niche query: Do some conditions and interventions not get researched because their names use up too many grant abstract characters? 😁
Michael Sykes @msykes.bsky.social · 3mo agoAt the wonderful IBTN conference. Great to be able to share our collaborative, embedded trials to improve care and outcomes for people with diabetes. @northumbriauni.bsky.social @diabetesuk.bsky.social @leedsctru.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ibtnetwork.bsky.social
At the wonderful IBTN conference. Great to be able to share our collaborative, embedded trials to improve care and outcomes for people with diabetes. @northumbriauni.bsky.social @diabetesuk.bsky.social @leedsctru.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ibtnetwork.bsky.social
Inequalities in care and outcomes is a theme running through #DUKPC. This morning hearing about impressive work to find ways to impact upon these inequalities from the UNBIASED team. E.g. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It won't make the news, but... Leamington peregrines have laid a second egg. Live webcam here: www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/peregrine#we...
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Follow the Leamington Spa peregrine falcons on our live webcams!
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If you get the chance, do listen to Hannah Spencer's victory speech, it's uplifting. youtu.be/q9RdexZSIq4?...
FULL VICTORY SPEECH: Hannah Spencer Speaks After Winning Gorton and Denton By-Election | AC1Z
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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
Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care (IfIS) UZH@uzh-ifisuzhch.bsky.social · 6mo ago🚀 We’re officially underway! The 4th Swiss Implementation Science Conference «True IMPACT – Delivering Innovation for Patients and the Public» has just opened at the @uzh-ch.bsky.social. We’re excited to kick off two days of exchange, learning and collaboration. #IMPACT2026 @rahelnaef.bsky.social
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
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:
Implementation Science Journals@implementsci.bsky.social · 7mo agoCluster RCT, process and economic evaluation of two large-scale quality improvement interventions embedded with a national clinical audit to improve the care for young adults with type 2 diabetes #impsci link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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:
Implementation Science Journals@implementsci.bsky.social · 7mo agoCluster RCT, process and economic evaluation of two large-scale quality improvement interventions embedded with a national clinical audit to improve the care for young adults with type 2 diabetes #impsci link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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.
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
I often think that if Peter Parker were bit by the wrong kind of spider he would have died of dehydration in a closet
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_...
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Morning BlueSky can be a little grim... So here's my attempt to do justice to last night's sunset:
