Take part in research about the economic impact of caring for people with cancer. If you provide unpaid care, are aged 16+ & live in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales we want to hear from you. For details & to register interest, go to: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

🚨NEWSFLASH 🚨 Implementation Science journal is removing the checklist requirement for qualitative research submissions. - Less rigidity -Greater methodological/analytic diversity -Shift away from deductive framework approaches. Editorial explaining all this 👇👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Embracing complexity by reducing rigidity: guiding principles for the intersection of implementation science and qualitative research - Implementation Science

In this editorial we reflect on recent contributions that have focused on how researchers should involve qualitative research in implementation science. Implementation science as a discipline has firm...

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New #impsci editorial led by our Qual Editors Laura Sheard and Heather Reisinger - Our expectations for reporting qualitative research and why it will no longer be necessary to include a ‘checklist’ for qualitative submissions to the journal. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Embracing complexity by reducing rigidity: guiding principles for the intersection of implementation science and qualitative research - Implementation Science

In this editorial we reflect on recent contributions that have focused on how researchers should involve qualitative research in implementation science. Implementation science as a discipline has firm...

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Great reporting. I hope someone is doing an implementation science study on these data #impsci @implementsci.bsky.social

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How good is Palantir's NHS platform? Important story from Laura Hughes and Amy Borrett - www.ft.com/content/a3e9...

We are celebrating 20 years of #impsci with two new article collections: • Learning From the Past and Shaping the Future • Breaking Frameworks: Revisiting, Extending, Integrating, and Theorizing Implementation Frameworks Subs open through March 2027: link.springer.com/journal/4305...

NHS data should be driving innovation & improvement – it’s an amazing resource We just published the sequel to our 2021 "Road to Hell" paper on using NHS data for research... things are worse! Buckle up for a long 🧵about *how COMPLETELY mad* system is for accessing NHS data for research 1/20

Decline in urgent and emergency services halted but lasting improvements in performance will take time, researchers find share.google/fRmaHrcT30e8...

Decline in urgent and emergency services halted but lasting improvements in performance will take time, researchers find

The 2023 Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services achieved initial performance improvements, but an overloaded health system means that challenges remain in sustaining improveme...

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One week to go ! Exciting opportunity if you have a strong track record in #impsci, evaluation of large-scale service change and national policy implementation @NIHRARCs www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Come and join us ! Exciting opportunity if you have a strong track record in #impsci, evaluation of large-scale service change and national policy implementation @NIHRARCs @ARC_GM_ www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Releasing time to deliver care: a mixed methods evaluation of the implementation of enhanced midwifery continuity of carer #REVAL bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/7...

We’re proud to share that 2 of our PhD students were recognised at the University of Manchester PGR Excellence Awards. Christine Camacho won for Research Impact & Bibhusha Karki was Highly Commended for Local Community work Their study info 👇 🔗 Christine: bit.ly/3GC1v5X 🔗 Bibhusha: bit.ly/4nWMzQI

Improving access to healthcare for people in marginalised positions - be that those accessing food aid, people in prisons - drives @laurasheard.bsky.social 's research focus on #healthinequalities. Discover more here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/l... #healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall

View from the window in One New York Plaza back in 2019 when the idea of #ImpSciComms first came into being. Yesterday saw the journal's first listing in the JCR rankings (other metrics are available) and it's already 15th for Health Policy and Services. #impsci

The rollout of social prescribing link workers in primary care services in England appears to have had a positive impact on patient experience and outcomes, according to an academic study funded by NIHR and led by @manchester.ac.uk Read more 👉 bit.ly/3FQnmpI

💡 #HSRUK25 Workshop Spotlight Should health services researchers engage with industry? Join @becelvey.bsky.social @amy-mathie.bsky.social @pmw777.bsky.social as they share lessons from navigating an industry-funded evaluation! Learn more here: hsruk.org/hsruk/viewpo... Register here: hsruk2025.org

Please see our editorial led by @rsbeidas.bsky.social on the impact of US federal grant terminations on the field of implementation science in the US and globally. imphttps://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-025-01434-7

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Our #impsci editorial on the global implications of grant terminations in the US implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Implementation science grant terminations in the United States - Implementation Science

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When implementing intensive national improvement support for challenged healthcare providers, collective leadership and facilitation may be key #REVAL #impsci www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Rapid evaluation of the NHS Recovery Support Programme (RSP) in England: implementing intensive national improvement support for challenged healthcare providers and systems

Launched in 2021, the Recovery Support Programme (RSP) provides mandated intensive improvement support to NHS healthcare providers and systems in Engl…

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When implementing intensive national improvement support for challenged healthcare providers, collective leadership and facilitation may be key #REVAL #impsci www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Rapid evaluation of the NHS Recovery Support Programme (RSP) in England: implementing intensive national improvement support for challenged healthcare providers and systems

Launched in 2021, the Recovery Support Programme (RSP) provides mandated intensive improvement support to NHS healthcare providers and systems in Engl…

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First ever use of Type I Hybrid design in a Phase IIIb space, harnessing #impsci upstream in the translational pathway to accelerate diffusion of innovations - new in BMJ open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/2...

Today @annawilding.bsky.social is speaking at "Social prescribing: equitable and effective health and wellbeing support". Anna will present work she undertook evaluating the impact of the national roll out of social prescribing link workers, together with @pmw777.bsky.social.

Join me and @annawilding.bsky.social on 28 January to discuss the latest evidence on social prescribing @arc-gm.bsky.social www.policy.manchester.ac.uk/gm-policy-hu...

Join me and @annawilding.bsky.social on 28 January to discuss the latest evidence on social prescribing @arc-gm.bsky.social www.policy.manchester.ac.uk/gm-policy-hu...

For my German-speaking #ImpSci colleagues working in and with healthcare: This introductory book chapter, written by Michel Wensing, was just published: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Implementierungsforschung im Gesundheitswesen

Im Kapitel wird Implementierungsforschung im Gesundheitswesen beschrieben, welche ein internationales Wachstumsfeld darstellt. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Frage, „wie“ die Implementierun...

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Would you like to work as a full-time Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow for the @nihrarcs.bsky.social North East and North Cumbria, based at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT, and build your #KMb skills and networks as part of a supportive team? Apply now! www.healthjobsuk.com/job/v6860149

A design that came up in discussion at the #ACTA clinical trials conference last week was the”effectiveness-implementation hybrid design” 1/8 #MethodologyMonday #108

A study shows that pre-existing distrust in public health systems, exacerbated by structural racism and inequalities, significantly impacted vaccine uptake in marginalised communities in #GreaterManchester. Read more here: bit.ly/4e3I28M

PhD Opportunity: Explore the lived experiences of individuals receiving acute sickle cell care in the NHS, marking the bicentenary of sickle cell research. Find out more & apply here: bit.ly/4ihSDQI #SickleCell #HealthResearch

Check out this exciting opportunity to work with #REVAL and build capacity in sickle cell disease research

REVAL@reval-uom.bsky.social · 2y ago

Building on our NIHR-funded evaluation of acute care bypass units for people with sickle cell being piloted by NHS England, we have a funded PhD opportunity... Interested in exploring the lived experience of acute care for people with sickle cell? Details at: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...