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Graham Scambler @grahamscambler.bsky.social · Jun 26

Just a reminder, courtesy of Chomsky: capital buys power to make policy.

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PenARC (NIHR ARC South West Peninsula) @penarc.bsky.social · Jun 9

Fantastic to welcome @SteveRaceMP to St Luke’s earlier this month! He met Prof Chris Morris & Fleur Boyle to hear about our work on childhood disability – esp. the peer-led Healthy Parent Carers programme promoting parent carer wellbeing, shaped by 10 years of research 💙
🔗 healthyparentcarers.org

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Sally Morgan @sallymorganslt.bsky.social · May 7

Do talk to @phillharniess.bsky.social in the break if interested in signing up as a site for the CHESS trial #BACDASM2025

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Sally Morgan @sallymorganslt.bsky.social · May 7

At @bacdisability.bsky.social Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 today. Will be posting through the day. Theme for the day is safeguarding. #BACDASM25

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · Apr 20

🚨 INVESTIGATION: Private clinics delivering NHS cataract surgery face investigation over claims they have artificially inflated costs for the taxpayer, performed unnecessary operations and incentivised high-street optometrists to refer patients to them: www.thetimes.com/article/245f...

Private cataract clinics investigated while making millions from NHS

Health service bosses fear price inflation and unnecessary operations are costing the taxpayer. Now a fraud unit is getting involved

www.thetimes.com

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 4

Please pre-order. "Exit, pursued by a polar bear" - I've even written the headline for your review. Hope you like the book, which comes out nexr month.

Cover of THE ENDS, new novel, showing the wheelchair-using hero being pursued across the snow by a ravenous polar bear.

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Phill Harniess @phillharniess.bsky.social · Mar 26

Congratulations @sam-armitage.bsky.social et al. on a timely and important piece of research on self-care interventions for children and young people.

Great insights around CYP autonomy and the what that looks like in the reality of conventional therapy

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Self‐Care Interventions for Children and Young People With Neurodisabilities: A Mixed Methods Study of Current Therapy Practice in the United Kingdom

Background Self-care is a priority outcome for children and young people with neurodisabilities, their parents and therapists, but there is little evidence about paediatric therapy interventions for...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Phill Harniess @phillharniess.bsky.social · Mar 20

👀 Happy to share a new paper 👀

Taking a micro look at parent-therapist interactions on video calls in EI and implications for practice

'It's a little quirky but I like it' ... said one supervisor 😅😉

Consider it a breakout from the main PhD body, with pertinent nuggets

doi.org/10.1111/hex....

The Interactive Work of Implementing Synchronous Video‐Conference Calls—A Qualitative Study Within Early Intervention for Infants With Childhood‐Onset Neurodisability

Introduction This study explores the ‘peripandemic’ implementation of synchronous videoconference calls during COVID-19 for delivering physiotherapy early intervention services to families of infant...

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Phill Harniess @phillharniess.bsky.social · Mar 17

Date night with @hharniess.bsky.social 😂

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PenCRU @ University of Exeter Medical School @pencru.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our research to promote inclusivity and equity of programmes for parent carers of disabled children ⬇️ 🙂
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PenARC (NIHR ARC South West Peninsula) @penarc.bsky.social · Mar 7

A @pencru.bsky.social study proposes ways to overcome key barriers to health programmes for parent carers to ensure inclusivity and reduce inequalities.

The study identified five main barriers: Reach, Credibility, Opportunity, Optimisation and Reservation.

Read more👇

tinyurl.com/43uj9rm7

Study Proposes Ways to Overcome Key Barriers to Health Programmes for Parent Carers to ensure inclusivity and reduce inequalities - PenARC

Parent carers, who provide regular care to children with special educational needs and disabilities, prioritise the needs of their children but sometimes at the detriment of their own health and wellb...

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PenCRU @ University of Exeter Medical School @pencru.bsky.social · Feb 20

The Healthy Parent Carers Programme "should be part of every Local Offer" @amandaallard.bsky.social We're training facilitators to run it locally. www.healthyparentcarers.org @exeter.ac.uk @lizkendallmp.bsky.social

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Jackie Walumbe @jackiewalumbe.bsky.social · Feb 3

Didn’t quite get the memo on piping down about equity and diverse voices…@diarmuiddenneny.bsky.social and I tread these waters and offer our contribution to this special issue on Pain in Current Opinions in Psychology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (institution access required, sorry)

Screen shot of article title and part abstract of scientific paper

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Feb 1

Historians will write books about this dark period in US democracy.

This will be the cover photo.

It was taken inside the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia on Wednesday.

(📸 Anonymous source, printed in The Washington Post)

A man is seen painting grey paint to cover up a mural with the words "FAIRNESS, LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY, COMPASSION and DIVERSITY" in large multicoloured print.

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Phill Harniess @phillharniess.bsky.social · Jan 24

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IDEAS-NET @northumbriaideas.bsky.social · Jan 21

At our Future of Evaluation in Health & Social Care Symposium, we were thrilled to collaborate with Sian McArthur & Chris Murray from More than Minutes.

Their visual capture of key themes and discussions added a dynamic layer to our event, offering fresh insights and deeper perspective.

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Phill Harniess @phillharniess.bsky.social · Jan 16

Newcastle always delivers 😀

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IDEAS-NET @northumbriaideas.bsky.social · Jan 16

As The Future of Evaluation in Health & Social Care Symposium concludes, we thank our esteemed plenary speakers for their valuable insights.

In the final session, they addressed questions and delved deeper into the methodological issues raised throughout the course of this event.

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Phill Harniess @phillharniess.bsky.social · Jan 16

Reflecting on mind stretching experiences and networking at

The Future of Evaluation in Health and Social Care Symposium

Thanks to
@northumbriaideas.bsky.social @soniadalkin.bsky.social for bringing it all together

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IDEAS-NET @northumbriaideas.bsky.social · Jan 15

Day 2 of our symposium is underway!

After a warm welcome from Angela Bate, Dr. Emily Warren, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, shared insights into her research on the potential of realist RCTs.

#HealthEvaluation #SocialCare #RealistRCTs

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IDEAS-NET @northumbriaideas.bsky.social · Jan 15

As the day progresses, we’re engaging in dynamic breakout sessions covering a range of topics. Grateful to learn from esteemed scholars who are expanding our understanding of research methodologies and evaluation through insightful workshops.

#Research #Collaboration #Evaluation #Workshops

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IDEAS-NET @northumbriaideas.bsky.social · Jan 14

We had the privilege of kicking off today’s session with an insightful welcome address from Sonia Dalkin. Following her introduction, Dr. Kathryn Skivington and Professor Laurence Moore took the stage to deliver an engaging plenary on the theme of “Strength Through Diversity?”

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IDEAS-NET @northumbriaideas.bsky.social · Jan 14

A huge congratulations to all the authors behind our successful Group A poster submissions today!

This year, we received an unprecedented number of abstracts—an incredible testament to the quality and relevance of the work being shared.

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IDEAS-NET @northumbriaideas.bsky.social · Jan 14

As our esteemed guests begin to arrive, Sonia Dalkin, Angela Bate and Jason Scott are looking forward to engaging in discussions about the innovative NU: IDEAS team and the future of health and social care evaluation

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Nov 20

Loving this paper 'Rethinking barriers and enablers'. How many thousands of weak research studies have reduced complex change to 'identifying and addressing barriers and enablers'? Here's how to do better!
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Rethinking Barriers and Enablers in Qualitative Health Research: Limitations, Alternatives, and Enhancements - Abby Haynes, Victoria Loblay, 2024

Explorations of barriers and enablers (or barriers and facilitators) to a desired health practice, implementation process, or intervention outcome have become s...

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