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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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watch for our team is using games, art and fun to define values and purpose for our SPROCKET hub for improving services for children with complex health needs, and an introduction into the systems methods we are going to be using!

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Highlights of the SPROCKET Innovation Hub's three Patient and Public Involvement panels: - Youth - Parents - Charity We agreed on our shared values and explored how systems work. #Coproduction & #systems thinking in action! @chrischirp.bsky.social @kallmemeg.bsky.social youtu.be/fg9NobMnkNg?...

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SPROCKET PPIE panels meeting

SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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🙌 Great SPROCKET Hub Away Day. We reflected on priorities, capacity and communication and most importantly made space for meaningful conversations across the team. 💬 "Great day, well organised, kept moving and covered a lot. Enjoyed the different tasks!" @chrischirp.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

💡 Want more? Sign up for our upcoming SPROCKET Systems Practice Seminars. All free, online and open to everyone! @chrischirp.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🙌 Great to have so many people join our 'Choice and Choosables' seminar with Jem Hilton. It explored practical ways to understand different stakeholder perspectives and build shared understanding when developing innovations. @mehdi-hafezi.bsky.social

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Come join us!

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This week be great- it's free and online so do sign up!

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Our first face to face SPROCKET PPIE meeting brought young people, parents and charity partners together to explore systems thinking and choose our shared values. 🎢 Equity 🔍 Solution focused 🚀 Ambitious about change Visual minutes and photos by Raquel Durán

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sign us for our next SPROCKET Systems Practice webinar: Choice and Choosables With Dr Jeremy Hilton 📆10-11am, 25th September 2026, on Teams @chrischirp.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/sprocket-s...

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Jem Hilton presented the SPROCKET protocol phases at #OR68 🌱 0 shared understanding of context 🎯 1 agree purpose of system 🧩 2 identify relevant activities 🔍 3 current practices 🔄 4 map system factors 📊 5 quant modelling 🚀 6 identify improvements 🤝 7 co‑design innovations 📈 8 implement & evaluate

SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Paper by Sonya Crowe, Jem Hilton VR PhD CEng, Jenny Shand, Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, Mehdi Hafezi, Nici Zimmermann and @chrischirp.bsky.social

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Mehdi Hafezi shared our system dynamics work on school transitions for children w/ complex needs #OR68 @theorsociety.bsky.social ✨Presented the SEND Causal Loop Diagram from close analysis of policy and research ✨ It shows feedback loops driving pressures in SEN provision&intervention opportunities

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

So proud of SPROCKET co‑lead Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, newly appointed joint Pro‑Vice‑Provost for UCL’s Grand Challenge of Intercultural Communication. Her leadership at SPROCKET shows how collaboration across cultures drives real change for children and families. www.ucl.ac.uk/research-inn...

Pro-Vice-Provosts appointed for UCL’s new Intercultural Communication Grand Challenge

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professors Monica Lakhanpaul and Florian Mussgnug as Pro-Vice-Provosts for UCL’s new Grand Challenge of Intercultural Communication.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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These will be great talks (yes I'm biased but still...) if you are at the OR Society conference in Nottingham do come!

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

SPROCKET is at @theorsociety.bsky.social conference this week at the University of Nottingham #OR68 ✨ Tomorrow’s talks: ▶️ Dr Jem Hilton on the SPROCKET Hub protocol ▶️ Dr Mehdi Hafezi on system dynamics + school transitions 🎉 Join us to hear what we’ve been working on. @chrischirp.bsky.social

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

✨ SPROCKET Spotlight ✨ Meet members of our Charity & Third Sector Panel: 👋 Dr Nick Owen MBE, CEO of The Mighty Creatives; Dr Su Laurent, paediatrician and medical leader; and Erin Sanders-McDonagh, parent carer forum member. Watch their highlight below: youtu.be/wDRS7E7V9ww

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SPROCKET Spotlight Episode 6 - Charity/Third Sector Panel

SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🎡 Great session yesterday! Our systems experts + co‑production team came up with a fun ‘Who wants to be a system expert?’ game to help make systems methods clearer for young people, parents and charities. Lay definitions coming in Sept with our three PPIE panels 💛 #CLD #VSM #simulationmodel

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

✨ Meet Joshua Massey‑Dearman, our summer SPROCKET Hub intern. Josh is spending a month with Dr @mehdi-hafezi.bsky.social diving into systems science before starting his 2nd year of Theoretical Physics @uclmaps.bsky.social in September. 👏 He’ll be working with our CLDs and VSMs. Welcome, Josh!

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New Special Issue alert! 🌍 Public Health Autonomy & Rising Nationalism, edited by @sprockethub.bsky.social co-lead, Professor Christina Pagel. Consider submitting a manuscript! ⬇️

And finally, SPROCKET co‑lead Professor Sonya Crowe shares why our work needs a strong multidisciplinary team and a community willing to join in. 5/5

What do young people think about education and health transitions? Ryan Aoudjet highlights why transitions need more attention for children and young people with complex health needs. These moments can reshape a life, and support often doesn’t match the scale of the change. 4/5

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Why is SPROCKET focusing on these two key transitions: - starting or changing school and - moving from hospital to community with changing care needs? Our co-lead, Jenny Shand, explains. 3/5

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🔧 Ryan explains what SPROCKET does and why transitions like hospital to community and school changes matter so much for young people. 2/5

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🌍 Ryan Aoudjet, our young person co‑investigator, shares how youth leadership is shaping SPROCKET and keeping us focused on what matters to young people. 📹 In this thread, we’re sharing bite‑size videos to introduce SPROCKET to our new followers. @chrischirp.bsky.social 1/5

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Thank you to 'The Archer' newspaper for featuring the SPROCKET Hub and quoting @kallmemeg.bsky.social Read the full August issue here: the-archer.co.uk/archive.php?... (we are on page 6) @chrischirp.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A fantastic meeting with Barnet Council exploring how we can improve transitions for children with complex needs. We touched on systems methods, key local datasets and insights that will shape our system‑mapping and highlight where change matters most @chrischirp.bsky.social @barnetpost.bsky.social

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Welcome to SPROCKET Spotlight, this month, meet Meaghan Kall, Parent Panel co-lead, Public Health Registrar, and parent of a son with ATR‑X Syndrome. She shares why SPROCKET’s work matters and her experiences of motherhood. See her interview here: youtube.com/shorts/yrcb4...

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SPROCKET Spotlight 5: Meaghan Kall, Parent Panel Co-Lead

SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“I'm really passionate about the change we can make for families.” Jenny Shand, SPROCKET co‑lead and Professor @uclbrainscience.bsky.social, shares not every improvement needs a full system redesign - sometimes everyday fixes smooth transitions and improve children’s experiences.

SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

@chrischirp.bsky.social shares how she and her fellow SPROCKET leads (Jenny Shand, Sonya Crowe and Monica Lakhanpaul) work together each month to keep this five year, £6M project moving. 🗂️ Staying aligned on what is on track and what is next. @uclmaps.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social #NIHR20

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“Data helps us show how big the problem is and where the system isn’t fair.” 📡 Sonya Crowe @uclmaps.bsky.social reflects on how data exposes the challenges families face. 🌱 At SPROCKET, our team uses these insights to drive fairer support for children with complex needs. @nihr.bsky.social #NIHR20

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🎉 First meeting of our Young People PPI panel with brilliant insight from 13–18 year olds.Chair Ryan Aoudjet shared how youth voices are shaping SPROCKET @coprocollective.bsky.social explored co production&safe spaces 🎨Scriber:Raquel Durán @uclchildhealth.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Check Faces of UCL story on SPROCKET co-lead Professor Monica Lakhanpaul

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

What happens when you centre lived experience and truly listen? In this 3.5min film the SPROCKET team explain why improving transitions for children with complex needs demands courage from everyone across the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIjh...

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SPROCKET 'THE LAUNCH'

SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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The panel will meet three times a year (online and in-person in London). Pay: £27.50 per hour, plus expenses. ➡️ forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... @kallmemeg.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Are you or do you know 14-18 years-olds with complex health needs in London, looking for a paid, rewarding opportunity? A few spaces left in our Young Person PPI advisory panel

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

👋Who are we? A major new @ucl.ac.uk-led innovation hub aiming to transform how children with complex needs are supported at key moments –such as starting school or returning home from hospital– by addressing the system gaps that families say cause the most disruption www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ju...

Innovation hub to improve support for children at critical life transitions

A major new UCL-led innovation hub aims to transform how children with complex health needs are supported at key moments in their lives – such as starting school or returning home from hospital – by a...

Chloe (she/her) @chloeapter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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What a joy to co-deliver this session with Rosie from @coprocollective.bsky.social. @sprockethub.bsky.social is a research & innovation hub aiming to transform the delivery of services for children & young people with complex health needs & for those who care for them at key transition points.

SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

💥 First meeting of the Parent and Carer Panel advising SPROCKET chaired by Meaghan Kall (@kallmemeg.bsky.social) and Lily Islam. Huge thanks to our parents and to @coprocollective.bsky.social for a powerful co production session 🎨Visual minutes by Raquel Durán.

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A major new UCL-led innovation hub @sprockethub.bsky.social involving Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social aims to transform how children with complex health needs are supported at key moments in their lives by addressing the system gaps causing most disruption: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ju...

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Huge thanks to @nihr.bsky.social and EPSRC for their support. Seeing families, charities, service providers, innovation hubs, diplomats and researchers all interacting was a joy. We’re energised for what’s ahead! Visual minutes: Raquel Durán 📸 Felix Falck‑Naess, Intergalactic Studios.

SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🔧 John Anthony, Amanda Allard, @chrischirp.bsky.social & Monica Lakhanpaul showed how even messy systems can improve when we work together. 🎨 Ngozi Oparah brought everyone into a beautiful creative activity, building a live cloth mural with insights from all 100 attendees.

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SPROCKET Hub @sprockethub.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

✨ What a night! Last week we launched our 5‑year, £6mil SPROCKET Innovation Hub at London Scottish House. ❤️ Parents Terry & Angela Logun, @kallmemeg.bsky.social and young person Ryan Aoudjet shared moving reflections on why transitions matter.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We made a short (3.5min) film introducing our @sprockethub.bsky.social innovation hub for improving the lives of children with complex health needs and those that care for them. Do have a watch! I think it really captures what SPROCKET is about. youtu.be/WIjhjciUfD4?...

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SPROCKET 'THE LAUNCH'

Ann @historyannics.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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Amazing to attend the launch event of @sprockethub.bsky.social . What a fantastic project! Very excited to see what comes next.

Photo shows a screen advertising the launch of SPROCKET hub.