Mary Dixon-Woods
@marydixonwoods.bsky.social
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Director @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk @uniofcam.bsky.social. I study how to improve and innovate in healthcare quality and safety. Views: Own
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"Triangulation: moving from correlations to causation", Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine Distinguished Lecture 2025, Thursday, October 16th, 5pm, in person or online
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The government has been locked in a dispute with pharmaceutical companies over how much the #NHS pays for new branded medicines. 💊

Sally Gainsbury & Huseyin Naci set out the issues at stake and the role of price controls in balancing competing demands on the NHS budget. #bigpharma
The tough choices at the heart of the government’s dispute with big pharma
The government has been locked in a dispute with pharmaceutical companies for a number of months over how much the NHS pays for new branded medicines. Sally Gainsbury and Huseyin Naci set out the…
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Chris Stoker-Walker's grandfather suffered from delirium at the end of his life, but the journey to that diagnosis was difficult. It was a real privilege to speak to Chris for the latest episode of our podcast, about about the impact delirium had on his family. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBy...
The difficulty of delirium diagnosis, the lack of agency in the 10 year plan, and Gaza wounds
In this episode of the podcast; In July this year, the Government published their 10 year health plan for England - A new analysis just published on BMJ.com takes an in depth look at the chances…
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thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
AI, data & digital tech have huge potential in healthcare, but the focus has been on the tech itself, not the people using it. Our research highlights NHS staff & patients: exploring how AI might save time, ease pressure & improve care.

🎞Our short animation explains:
AI, data & digital technology
Generating evidence to uncover what works, what doesn’t, and the chnages needed for AI, data and digital technologies to improve healthcare.
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The squirrel has come off quite well here. The poor elephant not so much.
enniusredloeb.bsky.social
God creating the animals

Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511; 'The Ashmole Bestiary'; 13th century; England (Peterborough?);f.6v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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"Why didn't they give me the Nobel Peace Prize?"

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I envy you. I barely touch the stuff and it recoils.
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Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.
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Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
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marydixonwoods.bsky.social
Are you making the pastry yourself? I struggle even with the shop stuff.
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It only makes sense to shut down the CDC journal MMWR if CDC is no longer doing public health

CDC DOB: July 1, 1946
CDC died: October 10, 2025

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Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
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helengittos.bsky.social
Do colleagues have favourite readings to give graduate students to help them think about the problems as well as possibilties of doing inter-disciplinary work in medieval studies? I'd be grateful for suggestions please.
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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michaeldgreen.com
“The intent of all these actions is clear: to terminate policies that create a diverse medical workforce—one that looks like America—and which has doctors with lived experience that gives them insights into their patients’ lives.”

Because lived experience is critical to the delivery of care #MedSky
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The Trump administration and its allies have taken several steps to ensure that medical schools in the US dismantle all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

It is patients who will be the victims of this, write @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.com
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eliowa.bsky.social
With the elimination of AHRQ and cuts to CDC, research on antibiotic-resistant bacteria like MRSA will no longer be possible in the US. Sad for all my colleagues and our patients. @sheaepi.bsky.social @ichejournal.bsky.social @ashejournal.bsky.social
ichejournal.bsky.social
🆕 New in ICHE: Factors associated w/ HCP glove & gown contamination of MRSA

Contamination:
Gloves or gown: 713/3,832 (18.6%) of the time
Gloves: 15.4%
Gowns: 8.3%

Touching:
Patient: 622/2,901 (21.4%)
Environment: 91/931 (9.8%)

#IDSky

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....
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ingyingram.bsky.social
Really good podcast from @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk on health #coproduction + engagement. Discussion gets properly (yes, even in 30 mins!) into nuances, complexities, hopes + pitfalls

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#MedSky #PPI #QISky #codesign
Co-production and engagement with service users
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oohgpwales.bsky.social
Delighted to receive the RCGP health services research paper of the year award today! Massive thanks to the whole RBD2 team and particularly all those who worked on this paper
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Challenges to quality in contemporary hybrid general practice. Research paper of the year noted the context of: infrastructure not fit for purpose, technostress, workforce pressures with GPs seeing the most complex patients. There are unintended effects. presented by @oohgpwales.bsky.social #RCGPAC
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Death rates in England & Wales were at record lows this summer, despite heatwaves.

Mortality in 2025 is at or near record lows, except for males age 45-64, who are still experiencing death rates higher than any year from 2011 - 2019.

From CMI Mortality Monitor: www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-and-de...
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healthfoundation.bsky.social
Our #AIintheNHS event on 14 October will explore evaluating AI's safety and effectiveness, and how it can be scaled.

Hear from Tim Horton, Dr Aysha Luis, Erik Mayer, Professor Adnan Tufail and @marydixonwoods.bsky.social

Find out more and register ⬇️
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From promise to practice: how do we know if AI is safe and effective, and how can it be scaled? 

Panel: Tim Horton (Chair), Dr Aysha Luis, Erik Mayer, Professor Adnan Tufail and Professor Mary Dixon-Woods
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thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
Can the new 10-Year Health Plan deliver on its ambitious promises? This BMJ Commission Analysis article examines the Plan along with priorities, delivery, health inequalities & workforce morale & asks what needs to change for it to work? Read the article: ths.im/3VIc23l @marydixonwoods.bsky.social
NHS signage in situ
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thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
THIS Space 2025 programme is now live! Join us virtually on 25 November. The event is free to attend, but booking is essential and space is limited. View the full programme and register here: ths.im/4nGd5wJ

#THISspace2025
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JUST TWO MORE WEEKS TO BOOK.

A Middlesex University Business School DBA webinar

What should the NHS do in light of the current wave of racism?

Professor Patricia Miller and Sim Scavazza in conversation with Roger Kline.

Thursday, October 23rd @ 12:30 PM. Register here:

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