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BRACE Centre secures £3m funding
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The Birmingham, RAND, and Cambridge Rapid Service Evaluation (BRACE) Centre has secured funding for another five years, receiving £3 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
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The state of care in England's maternity services
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The NHS at 75
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A cool North London eyewear shop may seem an unlikely place for someone to choose a prosthetic limb. The shop, with its contemporary mix of vintage furniture and mid-century modern...
Daniel Punch
3 March 2020
4 min read
Co-design, ownership, disability-led design and improvement studies
As human beings, we’re always looking for feedback on our behaviour. We check our watch when we leave the house in the morning to see if we’re on track to make our 9am meeting. We scan...
Daniel Punch
13 January 2020
3 min read
Improving healthcare through advancing the evolution of audit and feedback
Georgina Forman has seen a lot of worried young faces come into her hospital. She runs the pre-assessment clinic in a paediatric day surgery unit, where children are assessed before they...
Daniel Punch
2 January 2020
4 min read
The research behind 'Coming to hospital': a leaflet to put children at ease
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A new report from THIS Institute highlights the valuable role of NHS staff in research...
Daniel Punch
7 February 2019
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THIS Institute report explores how NHS staff can get involved in research
It has been more than a decade since reports about patient safety issues at Mid...
Daniel Punch
6 December 2018
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The challenges of fostering openness in the NHS: a conversation with Graham Martin
From Starbucks to the NHS, organisations are increasingly engaging large groups of people...
Daniel Punch
16 August 2018
2 min read
Using citizen science to generate ideas and build consensus explored in new report
As THIS Institute works to build an evidence base to support healthcare improvement, we...
Daniel Punch
3 July 2018
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Research that leads to practice change: a conversation with Sanjay Saint
If you missed the first report on this topic, you might like to read Citizen science:...
Daniel Punch
21 June 2018
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New report: citizen science can make systematic reviews faster and more efficient