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Vasan @ssvasan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A big thank you to @nhsgrampian.bsky.social R+D team, @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk, and all our sponsors of the XI #GramConf26 14-15 May to make a difference to our patients

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NHS Grampian @nhsgrampian.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

That's a wrap for Day 1 of #GramConf26. Congratulations to colleagues across our children's network, primary care, cancer network and reproductive health teams showcasing exemplary collaboration that enables research and innovation. #TeamGrampian #ProudToBeNHSG #ResearchMatters #CRDC

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NHS Grampian @nhsgrampian.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

#GramConf26 Great to see #CRDC UK Network colleagues at the XI Grampian Research Conference @ RGU, Aberdeen (14–15 May) 🤝 Bringing together teams from across the UK to share learning and strengthen research collaboration. #TeamGrampian #ProudToBeNHSG #ResearchMatters @researchawaren1.bsky.social

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Huge shout-out to #ENRICHScotland 👏 for helping us successfully complete recruitment for our WP2 stakeholder interviews 🎉. Your support and collaboration made a real difference 🏡💙. Grateful to work together to amplify voices and improve #CareHomeResearch in #SocialCare and beyond. #WATCHProject #PPI

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

🎉 We’re excited to share our second paper from the WATCH Project 🎉 🔍 We identified 13 key barriers and facilitators to recruiting care home residents into clinical trials of medicines and vaccines, to guide the design of future trials in care homes. 🔗 Full paper: academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

#MeetTheTeam Prof S.S. Vasan ⭐ — #WATCHProject co‑investigator, #GlobalHealth leader and inaugural Taylor Medal recipient. He champions #inclusion, #equity and #innovation in #CareHomeResearch. Read more here: rcpsg.ac.uk/news/first-t... 📢 Follow us to meet more inspiring leaders! 🌟

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

📢 We're Recruiting Participants for a Qualitative Study Your input is vital. We are looking for: 1️⃣ Care home members Residents (≥65 years), Relatives of residents, Care assistants, Care home nurses 2️⃣Professionals involved in care home trials or vaccine trials Interested? Contact us to take part

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🩵 Collaboration drives better research access! Congratulations to @nhsgrampian.bsky.social & #GRAMConf25 organisers on winning the Aberdeen Convention Bureau Collaboration Award 2026 🎉. WATCH was proud to present work on widening access to #ClinicalTrials for #CareHomeResidents at the conference.

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NHS Grampian @nhsgrampian.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

NHS Grampian has won the Collaboration Award 2026 from Aberdeen Convention Bureau for its flagship X Grampian Research Conference (27-28 June 2025, P&J Live): ow.ly/RYoV50YbEaS #ProudtobeNHSG #TeamGrampian #TeamNHSG

Professor Gerald Lip (R&D Advisor) (left) and Professor Seshadri Vasan (R&D Director) (right)

Dr Rituka Richardson (left) and Ms Anushree Gangula (right)

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

🏆 Excited to highlight the award-winning Your Care Needs You research, recognised by the British Geriatrics Society! It shows involving older adults in care decisions can reduce readmissions — with lessons for care homes & families. www.bgs.org.uk/dhole-eddles... 📖: academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...

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Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize 2026 awarded to a clinical trial assessing the safety and experience of transitions from hospital to home | British Geriatrics Society

The winning paper, ‘Improving the safety and experience of transitions from hospital to home: a cluster randomised controlled trial of an intervention to involve older people in their care (Your Care ...

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Amazing to see the WATCH Consortium, @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, @nhsgrampian.bsky.social, @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk, and ENRICH featured on BBC News! A big step forward for strengthening research in care homes—well done to the whole team. 🔗✨ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Study suggests care homes should have vaccination trial role - BBC News

The University of Aberdeen-led review looked at thousands of cases across the United Kingdom.

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

📢 Press release: Following our recent publication, we’re excited to share the press release for our first paper Led by Prof Soiza from the University of Aberdeen and NHS Grampian, the authors highlight the importance of testing vaccines in care home residents✅ 🔗https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24976/

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Vaccine trial review finds that future vaccine trials must include care home residents

The first review of vaccine trials conducted in care homes concludes that it is 'crucial' that future vaccine trials include care homes residents.

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

🎉 Exciting milestone, our first review paper is published🎉 🔍 Identified 20 vaccine trials & strategies to improve recruitment of care home residents in future vaccine trials. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/agei... #WATCHProject; #VaccineTrials; #CareHomeResidents; #CareHomes; #NursingHomes, #CareHomeResearch

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University of Aberdeen @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

2/2 A review by researchers at the University of Aberdeen states that it is 'crucial for efficacy and safety’ that future vaccine trials include care homes residents. Read the full story at

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Vaccine trial review finds that future vaccine trials must include care home residents

The first review of vaccine trials conducted in care homes concludes that it is 'crucial' that future vaccine trials include care homes residents.

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University of Aberdeen @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

1/2 Residents in care homes are often the first group to receive vaccines during vaccine roll-out programmes - that is despite the fact that they are typically not included in vaccine trials. [continued]

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

#InclusiveResearch starts with listening. #CareHomeResidents bring wisdom shaped by lives as leaders, innovators, clinicians, & public servants. At #WATCHProject, we turn these insights into safer, smarter, and more inclusive #HealthcareResearch for all. #CareHomeVoices 👉 Follow us to learn more

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

🎄 Season’s Greetings from the WATCH Team! 🎄 2025 was a year of incredible collaboration & impact—thank you to all who supported #CareHomeResearch. Wishing you a joyful Christmas & a bright, healthy New Year! 🌟 #WATCHProject #YearInReview #ResearchInAction #PublicHealth #Impact #LookingAhead

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The #FluJab saves lives — especially in #CareHomes 💉🏡 💬 Still wondering whether to get the flu jab this year? The #WATCHProject is here to remind you why it matters. #CareHomeResearch #FluVaccine #FightFlu #PublicHealth #VaccinationMatters #ClinicalTrials #CareHomeResidents #CareHomeCommunity

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

👋 #MeetTheTeam: Dr. Carrie Stewart! 🔍 Qualitative research expert @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social 🧠 Focus: pain, dementia, Parkinson’s & #AgeingResearch 🤝 Leads #PPI in @acer-aberdeenuni.bsky.social, making research truly patient-centred 💙 Proud to have her guiding qualitative work in the #WATCHProject

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

👵👴 Longer lives mean new opportunities and challenges. The #WATCHProject is leading the way for advancing vaccine trials and improving the quality of care for care home residents. 👉Follow us to see how we’re shaping the future of #VaccineTrials #CareHomeResearch #CareHomesUK #HealthyAgeing

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📍 Where we’re at in the #WATCHProject 🔍 WP2: ‘Solve’ – How can we make #VaccineTrials more inclusive & effective? We’re co-developing strategies with strong Patient & Public Involvement to innovate how #ClinicalTrials are delivered in care homes. #CareHomeResearch #CareHomeVoices #PPI

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

🥁 Drum roll please... Our Work Package 1 (WP1) paper is coming soon! 🎉 📚 WP1 of the #WATCHProject maps the landscape of #VaccineTrials in care homes—what’s been done, what works, and what’s missing. 👉 Stay tuned for our publication 👀& join the conversation! #CareHomeResearch

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The WATCH consortium is delighted to present at the British Geriatrics Society Conference #BGSConf this week. Our poster shares lessons learned from vaccine trials that will help to inform the design and delivery of future trials in care home populations. #WATCHProject #CareHomes #VaccineTrials

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Older adults in care homes are vulnerable to flu, COVID-19 & RSV — yet often excluded from vaccine trials. The WATCH project is changing that. Inclusive trials = better protection for all. 🔗 Follow & repost to support #WATCHProject

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

⭐️ #MeetTheTeam Prof Susan Shenkin Clinical academic geriatrician, co-chair of #ENRICHScotland & co-investigator on the #WATCHproject. Prof@susanshenkin.bsky.social drives inclusive #CareHomeResearch. Her leadership amplifies older adult voices in #CareHomeTrials. We're lucky to have her on board!

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🌟 We're excited to share our WATCH Project website🌟 Widening Access to Trials in Care Homes: to improve vaccine trial access for care home residents 🌐 www.nhsgrampian.org/watchproject #WATCHProject #VaccineTrials #CareHomeResidents #CareHomeResearch

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

This quote underscores the urgency and importance of the WATCH project’s mission: to break down barriers and create best practice guidance for inclusive vaccine trials in care homes. 🔍 Learn more about how we’re tackling this challenge.

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

📢 Progress update from WATCH! Phase 2 is moving ahead – protocol submitted ✅ and we’re gearing up for stakeholder interviews. This will help make vaccine trials more inclusive for care home residents. Stay tuned for insights from staff, residents & researchers. 🏠💬

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

👋 If you’ve just started following us—welcome! We’re the WATCH Project, working to make vaccine trials more inclusive for older adults living in care homes. Why? Because this group is often left out of vital research. We’re here to change that—by listening, learning, and leading with evidence.

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

📢Update! We’re getting closer to the heart of the WATCH project: Listening to real voices across the care home ecosystem. We're preparing to hear directly from the people who know the barriers best. Their insights will shape future vaccine trials that include care homes, not ignore them.

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Westward Care @westwardcare.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

A snapshot of this year’s Cedars summer fair, which brought relatives past and present to the home for the afternoon. Thank you to them for their continued support, to John and Ellie for playing their violins, and to Jennifer and Norma for organising our Guess the Name of the Teddy competition ☺️☀️

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

✅ WATCH Project Update From our latest team meeting: 📝 Our manuscript on care‑home vaccine trial recruitment is set for journal submission. 📑 Governance approval in progress. 💬 Upcoming catch‑ups with key investigators in August. We’re moving fast to make vaccine research more inclusive! 💪

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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

🎉 Nominations are OPEN for our Care Home Awards2025! Celebrate the incredible care home workforce across Scotland. 🏆 🗓️ Deadline: 1 Sept 🎊 Ceremony: 14 Nov, Hilton Glasgow 📋 13 award categories Find out how to enter: buff.ly/nLELPZV #careawards25 #celebratecare

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🎤Behind every vaccine trial is a community we can't afford to leave behind. Care home residents deserve a voice in research - and that's exactly what WATCH is here for. #WATCHProject #carehomevoices #vaccineequity #researchtogether

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🧠 It takes more than data to change the system. The #WATCHProject is listening to people — care home staff, residents, families, researchers — to understand what really stands in the way of inclusive vaccine trials. Real voices. Real barriers. Real change.

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

📢 Update Progress! 🚀 ✅ Interview guides-designed to gather views from care home residents and other relevant professionals have been revised & submitted for approval. 👀 Next: Recruitment & interviews. We’re breaking barriers to include care home residents in vaccine trials. Their voices matter.

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Prof Soiza & the team were delighted to present the WATCH Project at the NHSG R&D conf #GramConf25 @ssvasan.bsky.social The presentation highlighted the importance of including care home residents in vaccine trials, enabling better care for the care home population #WATCHProject #VaccineTrials

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NHS Grampian @nhsgrampian.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Some further highlights from #GramConf25 - Prof Vasan, R&D Director talking about Research inclusion and workforce strategy while addressing CRDC objectives - Euan Dickson, from Chief Scientist Office spoke about NRS current developments and direction of travel

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

“Inclusion starts with listening.” We’ve been listening — and it’s clear that #GramConf25 has sparked inspiring conversations around integration, evidence-based practice, and patient-centred care. Here’s to shining a light on the outstanding work happening across @nhsgrampian.bsky.social

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Imagine if every vaccine trial considered the real lives of older adults in care homes. That's the world we are building! 💪 #futureofresearch #WATCHProject #vaccineequity

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

#RedForResearch2025 🔴 A small gesture, a bold colour, and a big message: supporting the people and science that shape the future of healthcare. Here’s to every researcher, participant, and story behind the data. #researchmatters #supportresearch #healthinnovation #WATCHProject

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WATCH Project @watch1.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Friday Feature - we are working closely with @enrichscotland.bsky.social, @nihr.bsky.social advisors and many more relevant healthcare professionals to keep this research real and relevant #CollaborativeScience #PPIE #WATCHProject #carehomeresearch #carehome #research

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