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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🎧 Out now on West Side Stories: what's next for the @evalnetwork.bsky.social? Steering group members share their vision for timely real-world evidence, answering the big "so what?" and how to make evaluation inclusive for all our communities. Listen to the episode 👇

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Evaluation Online Network @evalnetwork.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Good morning everyone! Today we are introducing Jamie Jewkes, who is a Project Support Officer at @healthinnowest.bsky.social We're almost finished with our Steering Group introductions, which means it's almost time for our podcast to launch! Watch this space...

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Evaluation Online Network @evalnetwork.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Over the next few weeks, we're going to be sharing introductions from our wonderful Steering Committee! We also have a podcast episode dropping (👀), so follow us and stay posted! Our first introduction comes from Dr Ruth Barker, who is the Senior Insights Manager at @healthinnowest.bsky.social.

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Are you passionate about tackling health inequalities in maternity and neonatal services? Then come to the next Perinatal Equity Network online event next Wednesday and join our regional movement! Book your place here: www.healthinnowest.net/event/region…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Applications for the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s 2027 cohort are now open! They are looking for proven healthcare innovations ready to scale their impact across the NHS. Apply by 27 September 2026: nhsaccelerator.com

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📢From 1 September, we will be hosting the Information Governance (IG) consultancy team from NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit. Read the full story: www.healthinnowest.net/news/health-…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

New evaluation! 📢 In partnership with @ruhbath.bsky.social we’ve explored how the Hegenberger Retractor improves childbirth trauma repair. ✅ 79% better visualisation ✅ 55% fewer assistants needed ✅ Improving postnatal care 🔗 www.healthinnowest.net/news/new-eva... #Maternity #HealthInnovation

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Applications now open for Primary Care Ready! Our accelerator with One Care helps digital health innovators understand NHS primary care and and scale successfully. ➡️ www.healthinnowest.net/news/applica… #HealthTech #NHSInnovation

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Are you developing a healthcare innovation in the West of England and want to better understand how to work with the NHS? Then come to our masterclass on 9 July at the Engine Shed in Bristol. Apply here: www.healthinnowest.net/news/new-mas…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

New Episode! 🎙️ We explore #MarthasRule - a vital "safety net" moving the NHS from paternalism to partnership. "If you're worried, we're worried." Data shows we can trust families with the power to escalate care 🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2573895/epis...

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

📢Job alert - join our team! We have an exciting opportunity to join our Evaluation and Insights team on a 12-month contract as a Senior Research Evaluator. Closing date: Friday 12 June 2026 Find out more and apply: www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Our latest #PrimaryCare research newsletter is out now! Includes: 🔹quick updates on recent research findings 🔹latest blog posts on our research & how we do it 🔹upcoming events 🔹studies open to recruitment 👉 tinyurl.com/2w4pzt2e #GPSky #PharmSky #FamilyMedicine @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Instead of endlessly piloting new ideas, shouldn't we focus on the adoption of innovation already proven to work? That's the ambition of our new ADOPT programme: www.healthinnowest.net/news/new-par…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Join our webinar on 12 June to hear more about our new programme with @healthinnovation-em.org.uk, introducing a digital pathway for treating tobacco dependency - with speakers from @england.nhs.uk @ashorguk.bsky.social & clinical leaders. Book here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e47dea...

Six people of various ages, genders and ethnicities, all using digital technology and smiling. Text reads: Programme launch webinar, Treating Tobacco Dependency. Friday 12 June. One to two-fifteen PM. Join our webinar to launch an innovative programme introducing a best-practice digital pathway for treating tobacco dependency - featuring speakers from NHS England Tobacco Dependency, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), and clinical leaders.

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Happy International Day of the Midwife 💙 We’re celebrating the incredible midwives across the West of England who are improving safety and experiences for women, babies and families every day. Thank you for everything you do 👏 #IDM2026 #Midwifery #NHS #HealthInnovation

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

📢West of England Academy: Change that works Join our 1-day course on 25 June 2026. Design change that works with people, not against them. 🎟️ Book now: www.healthinnowest.net/event/change… #HealthInnovation #NHS #BehaviouralScience #ChangeManagement #HealthTech

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

✨Join our West of England Academy Change Lab: leadership by design - a hands-on 2-day course for people in health & care who want to lead change differently. 📍Bath | 📅 9–10 June 2026 👉https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/change-lab-leadership-by-design/

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

📢 Our April newsletter is out now! Featuring: 🌟 Relaunch of the successful polypharmacy programme 🌟 New blog on redefining ‘the system’ 🌟 The latest episode of West Side Stories And more. Read: ow.ly/GNEP50YKpwy

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

We're excited to be launching a new strand on our West Side Stories podcast from the team at Black Maternity Matters It's called Black Maternity NATTERS! 😂 Listen here or via your favourite podcast platform: www.buzzsprout.com/2573895/episodes… #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BMHW26

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

✨ Join us on Thursday 7 May 2026 at Somerset County Cricket Club to celebrate PERIPrem's impact on neonatal care! 👉 Book: www.healthinnowest.net/event/peripr… #PERIPrem #NeonatalCare #MaternityCare

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

During #BlackMaternalHealthWeek, Vanesther Hamer shares reflections from the Black Maternal Health Conference. Is this the shift of a movement from grassroots community action towards system accountability? www.healthinnowest.net/2026/04/from…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

What are the ingredients needed for the successful adoption and spread of health innovation? Join Tasha Swinscoe and Peter Carpenter on our West Side Stories podcast as they share their insights and reflections. www.healthinnowest.net/news-views/p…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

📢 New job opportunity: Senior Innovation Advisor - Band 7 Come and join our wonderful innovation team and help us provide a customised support service to innovators. 📅 Closing: Sunday 19 April 2026 ➡️https://www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-vacancies/

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In our latest blog, Logan Ryan challenges us to reconsider who needs equal seats at the table when we’re planning how to transform health & care services and unlock innovation: www.healthinnowest.net/2026/04/rede…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Join our #BlackMaternityMatters Community of Practice tomorrow lunchtime. @jamologies.net will lead an intro to epistemic injustice, which can be used to understand the nature of many injustices that Black women & birthing people face when accessing healthcare: www.tickettailor.com/events/healt...

A Black woman holds up her hand as if to say stop. On the palm, written in black ink is the word 'Listen'. Text alongside reads: Black Maternity Matters. Join our next online Community of Practice. Introducing Philosophy: Epistemic Injustice. Webinar with Jamie Jewkes. Tuesday 17 March. 12 to 1pm.

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

@arc-west.bsky.social has been such a key evaluation partner for us over the last decade and more - we will very much missing working alongside you.

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

During Brain Injury Awareness Month, we're supporting safer births and reducing brain injury risks with the ABC programme. 🔗 www.healthinnowest.net/news/working… #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Whether you’re an innovator, frontline worker, or part of a wider health and care team, our West of England Academy offers free resources, practical tools, and events to support your innovation development. Explore our Academy here: www.healthinnowest.net/our-work/wes…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Read our new evaluation following a pilot of the capsule sponge test to improve diagnosis of Barrett’s oesophagus and early-stage cancer in individuals with chronic reflux. www.healthinnowest.net/news/success…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

QualiTea is a new bite-sized podcast from our Academy. Each episode, we'll look at an improvement tool. In this episode, we're looking at Lotus Blossom - a structured brainstorming exercise used to expand on a central idea/problem. Listen ➡️ www.buzzsprout.com/2573895/episodes…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Are you a GP or primary care prescriber? Would you like to build your confidence in stopping inappropriate medicines safely? Then we'd love to see you at our Polypharmacy Action Learning Set starting in June: www.healthinnowest.net/event/polyph…

Image of a young woman of East Asian heritage with a laptop on her lap. Words read: Polypharmacy Action Learning Set. Join our Polypharmacy ALS to help build GP and prescribing healthcare professionals' confidence in and understanding of the complex issues surrounding stopping inappropriate medicines safely. This course is for GPs and other primary care prescribers with a minimum of 12 months prescribing experience. 3 June, 17 June and 1 July 2026. 9:30am to 12pm. Delegates must attend all three sessions.

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series:📢 'Tackling polypharmacy in primary care: Reflecting on learning from the IMPPP clinical trial' 📆Wednesday 25 March 2026 🕛1-2pm 🌐Online Contributors: Dr Jenny Scott, Dr Deborah McCahon & Prof Rupert Payne 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/2s4e4y3w #GPsky #PharmSky

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

📣 Join the Bristol Patient Safety Conference 2026! 📅 13 May, Online. Expert talks, workshops & 100+ projects showcased including Home: HOme Monitoring for Expectant & postnatal parents. ➡️ www.healthinnowest.net/event/bristo… #PatientSafety #QualityImprovement

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Registration is now open for the #BlackMaternityMatters course starting in Birmingham on 30 April, supported by our friends at Health Innovation West Midlands! Find out more about the 6-month course and how to register for a place: www.healthinnowest.net/bmm-birmingh…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

✨ New Health Innovation Network case study: PreCiSSIon cuts caesarean SSI by 25%, saving NHS £1.3M & improving outcomes for mothers & families. Read more 👉 thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/ca… #HealthcareInnovation #MaternityCare

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

QualiTea is a new bite-sized podcast from our Academy. Each episode, we'll look at a different improvement tool. This episode focuses on TRIZ - which gives participants the chance to let their evil genius out of the bag! Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2573895/episodes…

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NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

NEXT WEEK: SPCR Masterclass: Let’s talk dementia 🗓️ Tues, 17 Feb 2026 🕚 12noon to 1pm 💡 Supporting communication in research partnerships involving people with dementia 🔗 bit.ly/44pnKF0 @nihrsphr.bsky.social @nihrsscr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

SPCR Masterclass: Let’s talk dementia
🗓️ Tues, 17 Feb 2026
🕚 12noon to 1pm
💡 Supporting communication in research partnerships involving people with dementia

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

New e-learning is helping NHS staff implement Martha’s Rule - a vital patient safety initiative that ensures concerns about deterioration are listened to and acted upon. www.healthinnowest.net/news/new-e-l… #MarthasRule #PatientSafety #NHS

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

In this new episode of the @nihrspcr.bsky.social Public Involvement in Practice series, Jo Burgin, GP & Clinical Research Fellow, talks about public involvement in a project exploring inequalities in the awareness, diagnosis & treatment of genitourinary symptoms of menopause. 🔗 tinyurl.com/29bywbtm

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

We’re excited to share we're teaming up with @healthinnovwm.bsky.social to host a Black Maternity Matters course for the very first time in Birmingham! Registrations open soon but to be first to hear more & book your place sign up to our mailing list mailchi.mp/healthinnowest.net/49whg…

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

In the first episode of our new podcast, our Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Lead Ann Remmers looks back at her 50+ years in midwifery and reflects on the continuing success of #BlackMaternityMatters. Listen here www.buzzsprout.com/2573895/episodes…

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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

📅Events for the calendar!📅Do you work for a HPRU? If so, you may find these events useful. For more information, visit ▶️ hpruebs.nihr.ac.uk/events/

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

We're hiring: Clinical Lead – Maternity & Neonatal Programmes 🌟 Lead transformative #MatNeo safety work. 1-2 days/week. Passionate about safer care? Apply: www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-…. 📅 Closing: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 (may close early).

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

#StrokePreventionDay Join us with Health Innovation South West & Health Innovation Wessex for our CVD Collaborative webinars. Sign up for updates 👉https://healthinnowest.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=f0307060daac60c96aab19b07&id=e1be9a7216 Together, we can make a difference!

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Health Innovation West of England @healthinnowest.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

📢 New blog! 📢 Antibiotic resistance isn’t a distant worry — it’s already reshaping modern medicine. A major 20‑year UK review reveals how quickly bacteria adapt, how MRSA was pushed back, and why E. coli now leads bloodstream infections. @bristoluni.bsky.social Read more ➡️ tinyurl.com/ynke2j34

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The changing face of antimicrobial resistance in the UK: long-term observation and a future resource

By Dr Rosy Reynolds, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, Population Health Sciences. Antimicrobial resistance – who cares and why? Do you have a friend or family member […]

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South West Secure Data Environment @southwestsde.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🚀 Good news for data-enabled health research in our region! 💷We have secured £440k to lead 2 NHS SDE Network driver projects, including a national diabetes core dataset and streamlining SDE workflows using automation & AI. #HealthData #DiabetesResearch #SDE www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/transforming...

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Transforming diabetes research: South West SDE leads new projects - southwestsde-nhs-uk

The South West Secure Data Environment (SDE) has secured £440k to lead two new projects to demonstrate the potential of the NHS SDE Network.

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