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Bianca Albers, PhD @balbers.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#ImpSci colleagues and friends, please save the dates. The European Implementation Event 2027 will take place in Limerick, Ireland from June 14-16. More details to follow soon!

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Primary Care at the University of Leeds @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Well done on this new paper by a team of researchers in our Division of Primary Care! 🎉 They compared combined email and paper vs. email-only feedback in promoting safer asthma prescribing at practices. Read here 👉https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/13/1/e003601

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Very happy to see our first very efficient CLEAR-AIR RCT in our evolving @wy-icb-research.bsky.social Learning Health System published 👇 #LearningHealthSystem #ImpSci #ImplementationScience #AuditandFeedback #greeneroractice bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/13/1...

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

5 hrs 37m 29s and I can call myself a marathon finisher! Thank you for all the support, it’s been amazing. I even enjoyed most of it! I think my smile as I crossed the finish line says it all 😀

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

A final little run yesterday to collect my bib and spend money at the run expo! A few souvenirs may have been bought since this might* be my only attempt at a marathon. *tbd!

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🏃‍➡️ My first Marathon is T-27! 🏃 On the 12th of April 😱 I will be taking on the Paris 🇫🇷marathon and raising money for the @samaritanscharity 💚. It’s such an important cause and I’m hoping to make a difference for those who need someone to reach out to at their lowest point.

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Fantastic opening address from Dr Judith Safford on day 2 of @impact-swiss.bsky.social conference on why we should all ‘go wild’ and listen to patients for meaningful & impactful implementation science. #IMPACT2026

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Michael Sykes @msykes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Dr Giulia Loffreda from @who.int calling for closer integration between policy, implementation and research in addressing non-communicative diseases (NCDs). Recommends extending embedded implementation research (IR) in health systems. #IMPACT2026 #ImpSci

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Very happy to be in Zurich discussing new developments in implementation science. I will be sharing our ongoing work on the Impact of an Intervention on Inequalities in Overprescribing - the 3i-o study tomorrow. #IMPACT2026 #ImpSci @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social @wy-icb-research.bsky.social

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

My longest, toughest run to date - the Craggrunner Moors the Merrier 2025 21 miles (35km - or 7 Parkruns), 1298m height gained (& lost), lots of mud & bogs, fabulous company, wonderful volunteers & organisers, Striders support and a thoroughly enjoyable day yomping across the moors in a Santa 🧑‍🎄 hat!

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Fantastic work by Zoe Edwards & colleagues on the barriers & facilitators to primary care involvement in research. My thoughts on their helpful recommendations as both a primary care academic & practice research lead👇:

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

New paper! 📣 Inappropriate prescribing is common in older adults which puts them at greater risk of adverse effects. However, strategies to address are limited, particularly the lack of agreement on how to measure kidney function in this group! Read here 👇 qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...

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Widespread inappropriate prescribing for older people with reduced kidney function: what are the harms and how do we tackle them? A scoping review for primary care

Background Increasing age is associated with reductions in kidney function and increasing polypharmacy. Most medicines are eliminated through the kidney, meaning older patients are at risk of medicati...

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

📣 New paper published❗️ 🫘We know kidney function declines with age, increasing risk of harm of many medicines 💊 📉 We showed that providing feedback to primary care on prescribing in reduced kidney function is both feasible and acceptable 😀… [1/2] 📖 Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/famp...

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Creatinine clearance, reduced kidney function, and optimizing prescribing safety through practice feedback: a mixed methods study

AbstractBackground. Kidney function declines with age, increasing risk of harm from raised blood levels of many medicines. Prescribing is often inappropria

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Lovely weather and a great day at the @heights_ultra_trail festival with the @slaithwaitestriders gang! My longest run yet - the Heights 27km Wessenden trail (28.5km on Garmin) 💪

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Chelmsford Central #ParkRun no. 16 🏃 I've wanted to do my childhood home town @parkrunuk.bsky.social for a while. Forgot how lovely Central Park is! 🤦 Missed the start by ~5 mins (thanks SatNav!) Official time - 37m 24s #loveparkrun #running #loverunning #runhappy #runnerslife #runningcommunity

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

🙋 New paper alert! 📣 🤔 How do you define a Learning Health System? We argue that the definition should include integrated rigorous effectiveness evaluations as a criterion👇 @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social @wy-icb-research.bsky.social @bethancopsey.bsky.social @complexleedsctru.bsky.social

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

A great research snapshot by Dr Qandeel Shah on how she obtained rich and informative data using rapid ethnography in her PhD within a limited timeframe 👇 #ImpSci #ResearchMethods youtu.be/RczeobLmntE?...

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Improvement Science Snapshot- Rapid Ethnography

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Proud supervisor moment! 🤩 So lovely to see Qandeel Shah on her doctoral graduation🎓 at University of Leeds today! I really enjoyed supervising her with the great team of Prof Rebecca Lawton & Dr Edmund Breckin. Wishing her all the best in the next part of her career 👏

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Park Run no. 15 for me & a very hot but lovely one! This is a nice route and there is a fair bit of shade on the way round too. I got to meet one of my lovely online running friends in person for the first time. We nattered all the way round & nattered over brunch afterwards. 😀 #ParkRunLove #ParkRun

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Stunning Buck Moon rising tonight 🌝

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

This is a lovely event! Hoping the smoking dragons will be there again 😄 #IMC2025

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Palliative care at the University of Leeds @au-palliativecare.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Congratulations to Noah and Robbie on this recent publication on using audit to identify where improvement is needed and providing feedback to healthcare professionals. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Audit, Feedback, and Behaviour Change

Cambridge Core - Medicine: General Interest - Audit, Feedback, and Behaviour Change

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

That was a hot ParkRun number 14! Far too hot for this (now) northern lass 🥵 Lovely route though and I was so grateful for the few bits of shade 😎 #ParkRun #LoveParkRun #runforfun #runforhealth #parkruntourist

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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The University has placed in the top 100 universities in the world for the 8th year in a row, moving up to 13th position among the 90 UK institutions on the list 🙌 The QS World University Rankings were released today, and Leeds is ranked 86th in the world.

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Fern Harvey’s fab poster presentation of her systematic review on process evaluations for complex intervention trials. Better reporting of context, mechanisms of action and fidelity would enable greater learning about successful interventions #ImpSci #EIE2025 @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

On the train to Newcastle for #EIE2025 😀 Looking forward to catching up with colleagues old & new

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Absolutely stunning! I enjoy crocheting but definitely do not have the patience for something as fine as this.

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Apparently it’s #NationalBiscuitDay so I’m sharing my greatest culinary creation: An anatomically correct* biscuit person *artistic interpretation

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Don’t you just love it when a system update decides it’s more important than the work meeting you are in and decides to install and update mid meeting and doesn’t let you delay for just 15 mins? 🤯🤬😬 #NeedMoreCaffeine #JustBreathe🧘

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Inspired after hearing @drailyntan.bsky.social, a ParkRun ambassador and Associate Professor of Rheumatology, speak on Monday, I was motivated to get up and go do a tourist #ParkRun this morning. ParkRun #13 for me - not unlucky though - I got a course PB! 💚 #ParkRunLove

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NIHR Yorkshire and Humber PSRC @yhpsrc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

📢NEW Vacancy to join our Decluttering (Safely) for Safety theme with Prof @rebeccalawton.bsky.social ⌛️ Closing date: 12 May 2025 Find out more here: 👇 www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/West_...

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

☀️ The sun is shining in the beautiful setting of Oulton Hall today for the Inspiring the Next Generation event for the Leeds Clinical Academic Trainees. 🙋 We have a fantastic programme of inspiring speakers and workshops today on balancing clinical and academic careers. #AcademicSky

Flyer for the ‘Inspiring the Next Generation’ Clinical Academic Training Event at Oulton Hall, Leeds. The event runs from 6:00pm on 12th May 2025 to 4:30pm on 13th May for day delegates. Includes a photo of a historic building and scenic parkland with a church spire in the background.

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

The #NHS is vital for us all, except the extremely wealthy There is a need to protect services It’s our responsibility to ensure they’re available for everyone Don’t let misinformation get in the way The healthy & wealthy are most likely to be ignoring the facts & making cuts #TeamGP

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Dr Kelly Lloyd @kellylloyd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Reminder 📣 Join us at this in-person event (w lunch) at Uni Leeds on Wed 14 May (11am-2pm) for exciting open research talks. & chance to discuss in groups barriers and potential solutions to implementing OR in your field. Register 👉 leeds.libcal.com/event/4369744 @researchcultureuol.bsky.social

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Open Research for All: Bridging Disciplines

Join us at this in-person event (including lunch) on Wednesday 14 May (11:00-14:00, Level 13 Research Meeting Rooms in Edward Boyle library) for several exciting open research...

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CGA-IGC @cgaigc.com · 05/05/2025

Excellent article! 👏 @kellylloyd.bsky.social @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social Although UK centric, this 👉"Lack of knowledge among healthcare professionals on Lynch syndrome is a barrier to patients accessing preventive care," is an issue in most healthcare systems? #HereditaryGICancer

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Dr Kelly Lloyd @kellylloyd.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

My first editorial, published in @bjgp.bsky.social In this, we outline 6 ways to improve recording and identifying of patients with Lynch syndrome in primary care 🔍 To help patients initiate preventive options such as aspirin 💊 @lynchsyndromeuk.bsky.social @lsireland.bsky.social

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Happy May Day! Early start for me today for the traditional dancing up the dawn 🌅

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Fantastic photographs. Will definitely visit when this comes to the UK!

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I wanted to run Newport half marathon in less than 2h 45m and I did it! 2h 40m 51s 🙌 My first half marathon in 14 years (having said I would never do it again) - and I smashed my PB by 7m 39s! I’m getting faster as I get older 😂 Fantastic support from friends along the way 💛 #Newport262

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Michael Sykes @msykes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

#ImpSci 👀👇🏽

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Annual peregrine watch is starting! 🥚🐣🐥

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🎉Fantastic to see our update to the Cochrane review on Audit and Feedback in healthcare published! So much work went into this huge project by a worldwide team, expertly led by Noah Ivers 👏 A must read for anyone wanting to improve the quality of healthcare 👇 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

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Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice - Ivers, N - 2025 | Cochrane Library

Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.

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Tam B @mskittysoftpaws.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I had to quit my job to care for my kid. The failure of the SEND system & NHS all contributed to this. I went from ‘economically active’ to ‘burden on the state’. It also wrecked my health. The emotional capital of women’s work is never valued. And yet we are the scaffolding of care in this country.

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BJGP @bjgp.org · 12/03/2025

GPs and patients are likely to accept low-dose amitriptyline for #IBS as an extra treatment option. Benefits – low and flexible dose, ease of treatment, and familiarity – outweighed concerns of it being an antidepressant, medicalising IBS, and side effects doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare

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Sarah Alderson @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Useful information for getting the most out of your appointments as a patient 👇

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