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Caroline Mitchell
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GP & Research Professor
Keele University.
She/Her
Health Equity & Research Equity;
CBPR: community based participatory research
#inclusiveresearchSky
Deep End Research Alliance co-founder:
https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/dera/ho
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www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/what-we-do/r...
DERA - Deep End Research Alliance Researcher funded by WoW- co-creating useful relevant research outputs with and by underserved communities
Attitudes to contraception in the UK: ethnic minority and religious perspectives - Wellbeing of Women
A landmark study by Fatima Nasiru Nabage and supervisor Dr Becky Mawson of the DeepEnd Research Alliance at University of Sheffield offers guidance for better conversations about contraception. Illust...
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk
February 6, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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SAPC ASM 2026, University of St Andrews, 24th - 26th June.

Abstract and workshop submissions for SAPC ASM 2026 are closing soon — submit yours today, sapc.ac.uk/conference/s...

#SAPC_ASM, #SAPC2026, #PrimaryCareResearch, #Abstract
January 20, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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Listen to the audio interview with Dr Isobel J McFadzean on critical illness in prisons
www.bjgplife.com/220

#PrisonHealthcare #CriticalIllness #PatientSafety #EmergencyCare #SafetyIncidents #BJGP #PrimaryCare #research #GeneralPractice #FamilyMedicine
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January 20, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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#vaccinationworks to prevent cancer.
Well done Denmark!
January 20, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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January 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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And behind these figures, all that stress and worry for individual patients and their loved ones arising from delay and in some instances depersonalised care by completely overloaded staff
marydixonwoods.bsky.social Mary Dixon-Woods @marydixonwoods.bsky.social · 29d
In this @bmj.com opinion piece, we propose that infrastructural support, mundane process improvements, and better use of available capacity could deliver more value than some of the headline-grabbing "solutions." We propose a learning system model to help. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
marydixonwoods.bsky.social Mary Dixon-Woods @marydixonwoods.bsky.social · 29d
We're seeing an unprecedented increase in cancer incidence (prostate cancer diagnoses alone in England up by 25% since 2019), huge growth in complexity of treatment regimes, shortages of specialist staff, and massive variations in time to first treatment. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
January 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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A mother of a child of Elon Musk
To anyone on X or advertising on X, where is your conscience and response to this rapid escalation in worldwide online misogyny?
Today in Focus on Instagram: "“They undressed me into a floss bikini and the users just piled on, bend her over, turn her around. There are now videos that they produced of me dancing around and rubbi...
5,992 likes, 174 comments - todayinfocuspod on January 9, 2026: "“They undressed me into a floss bikini and the users just piled on, bend her over, turn her around. There are now videos that they prod...
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January 11, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Reposted by Caroline Mitchell
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To learn more, read the full article "Case studies: a guide for researchers, educators, and implementers" by Trish Greenhalgh, in BMJ Medicine
bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...
Case studies: a guide for researchers, educators, and implementers
Case study is a widely used but poorly understood research method, conducted differently in different disciplines. This paper explores philosophical, theoretical and methodological issues in case stud...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Are you conducting a case study in 2026?

Here are some tips from @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social's guide to case studies, published in BMJ Medicine. 🧵
January 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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bmj.com
Physicians in the Trump administration are aligning themselves with anti-public health interests and policies.

High profile physicians should be resisting Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jonshaffer.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
January 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Q: Are USA's cuts to childhood vaccines evidence-based?
A: No.
New from @sheencr.bsky.social
#helathpolicy #episky

sheenacruickshankimmunology.substack.com/p/sweeping-c...
Sweeping cuts are being made to the US childhood vaccine schedule
The USA have made dramatic changes to the childhood vaccine schedule
sheenacruickshankimmunology.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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A clinical gem of how to navigate the complexities of gout treatment.
Gout is common and causes significant pain and disruption to normal activities, including work.
It’s often poorly managed in Primary Care.
Our #NIHR OCCUR RCT will pin down steroid use parameters. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Ask an expert: Gout
### What you need to know ### BMJ Learning To obtain accredited continuous professional development points, subscribers to BMJ Learning can complete the full module at https://new-learning.bmj.com/c...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
Working with a great team on the REMAP study- using realist methodology with multisource data:
What are the conditions that contribute to effective outcomes in multi-professional advanced practice?
Team
Meet The Team
sites.google.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.
sheencr.bsky.social Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · Dec 18
The CDC has endorsed ACIP’s decision of revoking universal access in USA to hepatitis B vaccines at birth. The policy had been in place for 34y and was changed despite no new evidence emerging of any risk of vaccination. #HealthPolicy 🧵
CDC accepts ACIP’s hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for babies
The CDC also said if a baby is not receiving a birth dose of vaccine, the initial dose should be administered no earlier than 2 months of age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
carnage4life.bsky.social Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 20
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Dec 31
Best ever thread. Enjoy. Thanks for sharing Tom.
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Dec 20
THREAD.

My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.

I've collected his work here...
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Reposted by Caroline Mitchell
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Didn’t someone do a RCT showing that health visitors are “ineffective”? Healthcare is a complex system; we need to stop relying on 20th century research tools.
tiggerlion.bsky.social Tiggerlion @tiggerlion.bsky.social · Jan 1
I see we are going back to the future. Health visitors routinely vaccinated children 15-20 years ago until it was no longer considered part of the baseline in provider contracts. Doesn't need a pilot. Just do it.

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Children in England to be offered vaccines in their own homes
Exclusive: Pilot scheme launches as one in five start primary school with no protection against deadly diseases
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Reposted by Caroline Mitchell
trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
To clarify: I’m being cynical about the reliance on RCT evidence. Thanks @profsarahcowley.bsky.social for confirming - there was no RCT but policy decisions to withdraw HVs were made because no RCT had shown benefit.
trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jan 1
Didn’t someone do a RCT showing that health visitors are “ineffective”? Healthcare is a complex system; we need to stop relying on 20th century research tools.
tiggerlion.bsky.social Tiggerlion @tiggerlion.bsky.social · Jan 1
I see we are going back to the future. Health visitors routinely vaccinated children 15-20 years ago until it was no longer considered part of the baseline in provider contracts. Doesn't need a pilot. Just do it.

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
January 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
“Like Mark Antony minus the toga and brains, he struts and preens, cries havoc! and lets slip the dogs of war.” Well penned, Simon Tisdall.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall
The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflict, writes Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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‘The Role of Doctors is Changing Forever’- a New Yorker article today is an insightful read about what happens when there are so many sources of medical information now that there is credibility equipoise between AI / the MAHA influencers & the Dr in front of you…
December 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Our PRAMs team study webinar - we trained and worked with community research link workers for exceptional
community engagement with underserved groups
December 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Expert generalism described with wit and clarity & this gem⬇️

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Bursting bubbles, blowing trumpets and broad shoulders – BJGP Life
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December 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Reflective research practice to drive inclusivity in research studies ⬇️
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Evidence-based medicine is only as good as the evidence it is derived
from. If research representation does not truly reflect the
diversity of the general population, medicines
&other
healthcare interventions may not work for everyone.’
Time to revisit Sackett’s framework for reflective teamwork
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM