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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Apr 30

Our HTA teams are hiring! Come and work with us at Newcastle jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

Senior Research Associate

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NIHR Innovation Observatory @nihr-io.bsky.social · Apr 24

Welcome to our Bluesky page👋

Our team leverages the world's largest healthcare dataset to anticipate & analyse emerging trends🙌

Through advanced horizon scanning we engage with policymakers, researchers & businesses worldwide to shape the future of healthcare. Visit our website👇
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Home - NIHR Innovation Observatory

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WulfHelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · Mar 15

A very Happy 15th of March to one and all.

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Jack Wilkinson @jdwilko.bsky.social · Mar 5

Funders expect evidence of 'promise' (the intervention is likely to work) when considering whether to fund an RCT, pilot, or feasibility study. But there is no shared understanding of how we should do this. We have been funded by @nihr.bsky.social to develop guidance to help.

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Mar 3

This cochrane review has been a long time in the making… well done to the first author for getting it over the line…. Shows the real development of the field since the HTA Alexis Llewellyn and I did way back in 2013 doi.org/10.1002/1465...

Balloon dilatation of the Eustachian tube for obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction in adults - Swords, C - 2025 | Cochrane Library

Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Feb 18

Cheers for this Duolingo

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Jan 21

We seem to be quite relaxed…

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Mary Dixon-Woods @marydixonwoods.bsky.social · Jan 20

Why is remote monitoring on virtual wards for people with frailty so hard? Our new @thisinstitute.bsky.social paper investigates, finding multiple challenges ranging from procurement to work system design and clinician and patient preference. academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...

Why is implementing remote monitoring in virtual wards (Hospital at Home) for people living with frailty so hard? Qualitative interview study

AbstractBackground. There is relatively low uptake of remote monitoring on frailty virtual wards (Hospital at Home) compared to virtual wards caring for pe

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · Jan 16

Just announced! We have internships to come and work with myself and colleagues on #dementia research - engaging diverse ethnic communities, young onset dementia and latest digital technology #DementiaResearch

NIHR ARC East Midlands @arc-em.bsky.social · Jan 16

🚀 Looking to kickstart your research career? We’re offering 3 funded internships in #dementia research starting April 2025!

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience and receive mentorship from experts in the field.

🔗 arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/apply-d... @neilchadborn.bsky.social

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Jan 14

The next stage in the development of reporting guidelines for reviews of health apps, thanks to NIHR ARC-GM for their support so far academic.oup.com/jamiaopen/ar...

A scoping review of the reporting quality of reviews of commercially and publicly available mobile health apps

AbstractObjectives. There is no guidance to support the reporting of systematic reviews of mobile health (mhealth) apps (app reviews), so authors attempt t

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Jan 14

New paper from the IO’s medicines team onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Horizon Scanning Methods for Identification of New and Repurposed Medicines for Stakeholders in the United Kingdom

Horizon scanning (HS) is a method for the identification of emerging change through systematic analysis of trusted sources using a defined scope and prespecified methods. In health research, it can p...

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Dec 28

From a predoc fellowship awarded by the greater Manchester ARC to the first author: these awards provide such valuable springboards into clinical academia (also Laura is a genuine star working in a highly specialised field) journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...

Rehabilitation for Physical Frailty in Lung Transplant... : Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal

We prospectively registered and published a protocol (PROSPERO CRD42022363730) before undertaking a systematic review. We searched 4 databases plus trial registries from 1980 to February 2024 for stud...

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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.bsky.social · Dec 23

A Christmas gift from me to my fellow word nerds:

Nine Christmas-related words with interesting etymologies, one for each of the nine letters of 'Christmas'!

It was written with much linguistic love in an armchair beside a roaring fire.
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A CHRISTMAS Full of Etymology

Reading time: 5 minutes It’s December now, the month when the calendar helpfully provides me with a topic for the monthly article. So, here’s a short and sweet linguistic post with a fe…

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Peter van der Graaf @pvandergraaf.bsky.social · Dec 17

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!
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Job vacancy: Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne | trac.jobs

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Dec 17

Pleased to see this review out showing the limited data on what is an undoubtedly complex relationship between falls and delirium in older people. Not sure if any other authors are here yet, so no tagging academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...

The association between delirium and falls in older adults in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AbstractObjective. Systematically review and critically appraise the evidence for the association between delirium and falls in community-dwelling adults a

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Jo TC @jog13.bsky.social · Nov 7

Couldn't find a starter pack for the #EvidenceSynthesis community in health and care research and beyond so I created one.

If you're not on this and would like to be and/or have suggestions of others to add let me know. Or indeed if you know of a starter pack I've missed.

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Dec 7

Slowly but surely the Innovation Observatory team are migrating to what has to be the most aptly named site for horizon scanning: I think we now have @drcokefloat.bsky.social , @niinamk.bsky.social and @fionabeyer.bsky.social

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Jack Wilkinson @jdwilko.bsky.social · Dec 3

Funding available to do a PhD on statistical methods for assessing the integrity of RCTs, based in Aberdeen, with Alison Avenell, myself, Graeme MacLennan and Mark Bolland. Competitive process, funded by MRC Trials Methodology Research Partnership: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Investigating statistical methods to assess the conduct and integrity of clinical trials at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Investigating statistical methods to assess the conduct and integrity of clinical trials at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

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Paul Wilson @pmw777.bsky.social · Nov 29

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

REVAL @reval-uom.bsky.social · Nov 29

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...

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NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @arc-gm.bsky.social · Dec 2

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

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Cristina Fernandez-Garcia @cfernandez-garcia.bsky.social · Nov 28

Come and join our team at Newcastle University. Exciting projects and a supportive and friendly team working with Professor Laura Ternent and me.
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Research Assistant/Associate (in Health Economics)

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Nov 23

I’m pretty sure this is not the approach recommended by management coaches

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Nov 20

Forced on to twitter to figure out transpennine express randomness, idly checked our posts about our fabulous conference last week and the engagement was startlingly low; everyone was engaged on LinkedIn….

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Nov 17

We hosted the inaugural Futures, foresight and horizon scanning conference #FFHSC2024 this week. Our early career researchers did a fantastic job of organising and we were delighted to welcome so many people working in this fast moving space to Newcastle from across the country and beyond!

Some of our early career researchers looking delighted and energetic in a selfie frame reading “horizon scanning guru”

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Gill Norman @gillnorman.bsky.social · Nov 14

Pleased to see our ARC-GM rapid synthesis with @emmavardy2.bsky.social on virtual wards for older adults included in this evidence synthesis collection from Age and Ageing. academic.oup.com/ageing/pages...

Evidence Synthesis for Older Adults. An Age and Ageing themed collection.

Keeping abreast of the latest evidence in older adult care is increasingly difficult, therefore comprehensive, objective, and critical assessment of the publish

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