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Help improve the way routinely collected data on avoidable brain injury around the time of birth are captured and used. Take part in THIS Institute short survey by 23 February. ths.im/4iLI7kY

Measurement is a key characteristic of any healthcare improvement effort. In our latest Element, authors Alène Toulany and Kaveh Shojania note that most improvement interventions benefit from a mix of qualitative and quantitative measures. Read more: ths.im/3POxwJ4


Delighted that our paper which collates >400 attempts to improve access to general practice is out now in the BJGP Open Journal


Can you offer insights into how pathways to emergency laparotomy work in practice? We have worked with RCoA Centre for Research & Improvement to launch a new survey. Have your say! buff.ly/3WHfgFb



How can patient care & safety in cancer diagnosis pathways improve? #THISfellow Dr Georgia Black from Queen Mary University of London research found significant demands placed on patients in the pathways & system complexities when trying to deliver holistic care. Read Georgia's story ths.im/3CR4xBf


What are the harms incurred by users of community-based mental healthcare, as reported by staff in these services? In this paper from my THIS Institute PhD, we characterised the nature of #patientsafety incidents using data from English services doi.org/10.1017/S00332… ⏬

#THISFellow Sarah Yardley will speak at Marie Curie EOLC Research into Practice Conference on Thu Feb 13 in the ‘Building bridges from research to practice’ talk at 10:00. Sarah will share potential ways to improve medication management in palliative care & launch a new tool kit



Hospital at Home (virtual wards): Understanding how they work for people living with frailty - a THIS Institute supported study added to the hub pslhub.org/learn/commissi… #patientsafety #digitalhealth

Are you a resident doctor working on the emergency laparotomy pathway? Please complete this survey to share your views on how the guidelines work in practice: ths.im/emlap Royal College of Anaesthetists THIS Institute Royal College of Emergency Medicine The RCN The Royal College of Radiologists The Royal College of Surgeons of England BSGAR ASGBI


