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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · Jul 2

“Listening is a tool for health equity, not just a soft skill”

Had a wonderful experience writing this piece that was commissioned for The Student BMJ by editor @georgeawebster.bsky.social!

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Listening is a tool for health equity, not just a soft skill

The medical establishment hasn't always listened to patients; nurturing this vital skill can help to tackle health inequalities, says Rageshri Dhairyawan Communication skills such as listening are of...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 23

Wes Streeting announces investigation into NHS maternity services

Health secretary announces national inquiry into failings in NHS care of mothers and babies * UK politics live – latest updates The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has announced the launch of a national investigation into NHS maternity services. More details soon … Continue reading...

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Jun 13

⚠️ Simple accountability mechanisms can improve recruitment outcomes, but there is no silver bullet to tackling recruitment discrimination. Improving the quality and granularity of this recruitment data—such as disaggregating data by ethnicity—is also essential to the responsible use of AI.

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Jun 13

📉 Black and Minority Ethnic candidates scored lower in interviews, with Black and Minority Ethnic women twice as likely to receive negative assessments compared to white women.

💬 There were thematic differences in candidate based on the candidate and hiring managers’ ethnicity and gender.

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Jun 13

🔎 What did we find?

📝 Asking hiring managers to write a letter to the CEO explaining their recruitment decisions increased the odds of Black and Minority Ethnic candidates being appointed to a senior role by 1.7 times.

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Jun 13

📣 New paper alert!

My new study shares how we used #artificial intelligence to evaluate inclusive recruitment efforts in one of the largest #NHS acute Trusts in England to increase ethnic diversity in senior leadership roles.

doi.org/10.1186/s129...

#workforce #medsky #discrimination #EDI

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Jun 8

#academicsky #PhDsky #medsky

Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Jun 7

🚨New blog: Break the Barriers!🚨

For my PhD, my lived experience partners & I are co-producing research to address #racism in maternity care for Black families in NW London, and we want to share our journey!

🔗 First post + subscribe: bit.ly/3Hw2If4

#BlackMaternalHealth #coproduction #healthequity

Introducing Break the Barriers

Co-producing better maternity care with and for Black, African, Caribbean, and mixed-Black families—grounded in lived experience, advocacy, and research.

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Imperial Patient Experience Research Centre (PERC) @imperialperc.bsky.social · Apr 7

On this #WorldHealthDay the @who.int focuses on the health of mothers and babies. Our 2024 Public Involvement in Research Competition Winner, @sarindiary.bsky.social, followed a co-production approach to address ethnic inequities in maternity care for Black women in West London.

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Helen Ward, Carole and Sarindi Aryasinghe holding the 2024 BRC Public Involvement in Research trophy after their presentation at the NIHR Imperial BRC Annual Event.

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NIHR Imperial BRC @imperialbrc.bsky.social · Mar 26

BRC Public Involvement in Research Competition winner 24 receives the trophy 🏆 at the Annual Event. @sarindiary.bsky.social’s exceptional work addresses inequality in maternal mortality among Black women.

@profhelenward.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · Feb 20

The opinion piece that I was commissioned to write as part of the BMJ's "Racism in Medicine" special issue was published today! Do have a read.

The BMJ @bmj.com · Feb 20

Racial inequity stretches across the entirety of reproductive health.

To tackle inequities, we must understand intersectionality and the complex, structural drivers of inequality, writes @dsolomon.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · Feb 14

✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗)

‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · Jan 10

📢 Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 & June 2024, new study estimates.

LSHTM research in The Lancet suggests Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported death toll due to traumatic injury by approximately 41%.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Jan 10

Fantastic editorial responding to my 1st PhD paper on importance of embedding community co-production to address ethnic inequities in #maternity care.

Communities have unique & important perspective of health services. Together we are greater than just the sum of our parts.

#medsky #academicsky

Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · Jan 9

Co-production in maternal health services: creating culturally safe spaces, respecting difference and supporting collaborative solutions

Jennifer MacLellan, Carmen Byrne, @cjpope.bsky.social

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Co-production in maternal health services: creating culturally safe spaces, respecting difference and supporting collaborative solutions

Structural and social barriers to healthcare contribute significantly to the poorer health outcomes observed among minoritised ethnic people around the world.1 2 Globally, women who are members of an ...

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thank you so much! 😊

Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Dec 8

Thanks so much, and lovely to be connected! Please do let me know your thoughts on the paper when you get around to it ☺️

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Dec 4

Thank you so much Rebecca! Would love to hear your thoughts on it :)

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Dec 4

Thanks to @imperialbrc.bsky.social for supporting my PhD work using #participatorymethods & #coproduction to tackle ethnic inequities in #maternity care.

My 1st study shows how we can work with communities to set #QI priorities👇🏾

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#academicsky #medsky #PhDsky

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Nov 30

Absolutely! Good health is not just about the absence of safety incidents or illness, and this message came out very strongly in our study.

Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Nov 28

3️⃣ If we are to reduce ethnic inequities in maternity care, we need to use an integrated, #community-centred approach that goes beyond hospital settings.

We had 50+ workshop attendees from the NHS, local authorities, and communities. Meaningful change is built on collaboration and partnerships.

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Nov 28

2️⃣ The community workshops were led by lived experience and community organising experts, which was essential in building trust and buy-in of the overall process. #coproduction

This has led to some of the mothers taking forward the ideas themselves, such as peer support groups for black fathers.

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Nov 28

Our key findings:

1️⃣ While all groups prioritised staff education on culturally competent care, only community members highlighted the need for advocacy and mental health support.

Maternity hospital staff mostly prioritised educational materials (e.g. leaflets and videos) for families.

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Nov 28

Are maternity & #publichealth teams on the same page w/ communities when reducing ethnic inequities in maternity experiences?

My 1st PhD paper tries to answer this question in partnership with Black families in West London.

#academicsky #matexp #medsky #QIsky

doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017848

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Improving the maternity experience for Black, African, Caribbean and mixed-Black families in an integrated care system: a multigroup community and interprofessional co-production prioritisation exerci...

Background Ethnic inequities in maternity care persist in England for Black, African, Caribbean and mixed-Black heritage families, resulting in poorer care experiences and health outcomes than other m...

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · Nov 28

💡 What did we find?

Community members & staff both think staff education on unconscious bias and cultural competence is important, but community members felt we needed to improve mental health support and access to community advocacy in maternity care - this was not prioritised by staff.

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