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Sarindi Aryasinghe

@sarindiary.bsky.social
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Global health equity, reproductive justice, coproduction | PhD candidate researching community advocacy to tackle racism in maternity @imperialmed.bsky.social | Head of Implementation @nhs-rho.bsky.social | Cat whisperer | She/her 📍London, UK

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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Grateful to have received @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social President's Award for Societal Engagement for my PhD aiming to address racism in maternity care through community advocacy. Thankful for my lived experience partners & supervision team @profhelenward.bsky.social @phoebeaverill.bsky.social ✨
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The Q community @theqcommunity.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
How do you spot real impact when numbers mask the places where you really need to make progress? Or when power, privilege, and bias shape the systems of measurement? Sarindi Aryasinghe reflects on how we can do our bit to turn commitments to equity into real, tangible, everyday improvement work.
If quality improvement methods raises overall performance while unjust gaps remain, we need to question whether our methods are designed to reduce them - Sarindi Aryasinghe, Head of Implementation at the NHS Race and Health Observatory.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
“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/...
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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 · 23/06/2025
Wes Streeting announces investigation into NHS maternity services
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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 · 13/06/2025
📣 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 1/4
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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
🚨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
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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 · 07/04/2025
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. 👉 shorturl.at/bvVBO
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 · 26/03/2025
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 imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2024/12/10/w...
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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
✨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. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🚨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.
list of banned keywords
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
📢 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 · 10/01/2025
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
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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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👇🏾 qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl... #academicsky #medsky #PhDsky
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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 · 28/11/2024
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 1/
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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 · 22/11/2024
I’m hoping to set up a blog to share progress & findings about my PhD research, and mine and my community partners experiences to encourage others to get involved in research. Can anyone recommend any free blog sites that have good UX and are visually accessible? 🙏🏽 #scicomm #academicsky #PhDsky
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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
So well said 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽 Data curation and what gets measured is a calculated choice by those that have more power and agency societally, we still have a long way to go to make sure we are not leaving people behind as data federation, #bigdata and #AI convos continue to rapidly expand.
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Seye Abimbola @seyeabimbola.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out! You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/... The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
📘 Launch event of new #WHO book on #HealthInequality monitoring: harnessing data to advance #HealthEquity 🗓️ 11 December 2024 13:00 – 14:15 CET www.who.int/news-room/ev...
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Launch of WHO book 'Health inequality monitoring: harnessing data to advance health equity'
Register hereOver the past decades there have been remarkable improvements to human health around the world. Yet, further progress remains hampered by persistent inequalities between and within popula...
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Sarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hello Bluesky! 👋🏽 I work and study at Imperial College London. My PhD research brings together NHS, local authorities, charities, and Black families to coproduce community-led advocacy solutions to address inequities in maternity care. @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicsky #QIsky #healthequity
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Éle Quinn @elequinn.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
A paper published last week proposed #InterestHolder as a new work to replace #Stakeholder in health research Language matters - words evolve overtime to better represent, include and respect ALL communities. 🔗 available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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“Interest‐holders”: A new term to replace “stakeholders” in the context of health research and policy
Background Given the colonial connotations of the term “stakeholder”, its continued use may be perceived as disrespectful to Indigenous Peoples. While several groups have introduced alternative term.....
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