--- title: News from THIS Institute - The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute | healthcare description: "healthcare | Keep up with the latest news and blog posts from THIS Institute. We have an important goal: to strengthen the evidence base for improving healthcare." --- [![THIS Institute. The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute.](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/hubfs/logo-dark-this.svg) ![THIS Institute. 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The team of... ![Sarah Clark](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/hubfs/Sarah%20Clark2.jpg) Sarah Clark - 5 December 2023 - 1 min read BRACE Centre secures £3m funding](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/brace-centre-secures-3m-funding) #### [Maternity services are among the areas that have been identified as especially challenged in the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) report on the state of care in England. Even though... ![Sarah Clark](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/hubfs/Sarah%20Clark2.jpg) Sarah Clark - 21 November 2023 - 1 min read The state of care in England's maternity services](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/the-state-of-care-in-englands-maternity-services) #### [This 75th anniversary year presents a moment to reflect on how far the NHS – and healthcare services around the world – has come. In her keynote address at THIS Space 2023 on 29... ![Sarah Clark](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/hubfs/Sarah%20Clark2.jpg) Sarah Clark - 20 November 2023 - 1 min read The NHS at 75](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/nhs-at-75) ## Subscribe to our blog ![Paper_Planes](https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/5328759/This%20Institute/Images/group-19%20(1).png) #### [Taking place entirely online on 29 and 30 November, THIS Space will bring together people... ![Dr Tony Curran](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/hubfs/Tony%20Curran.png) Dr Tony Curran - 1 November 2023 - 1 min read THIS Space is back for 2023](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/this-space-is-back-for-2023) #### [Finding out what is going well, what can be improved and what needs urgent attention is... ![Sarah Clark](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/hubfs/Sarah%20Clark2.jpg) Sarah Clark - 25 July 2023 - 4 min read Organisational culture: problem-sensing and comfort seeking](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/organisational-culture-problem-sensing-and-comfort-seeking) #### [In her presentation, Mary Dixon-Woods described how, from “Tonsil-gate” to challenges... ![Professor Mary Dixon-Woods](https://www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/mary-2-740x740.jpg) Professor Mary Dixon-Woods - 23 May 2023 - 1 min read Putting the person into improving quality and safety in healthcare](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/putting-the-person-into-improving-quality-and-safety-in-healthcare) #### [Simulation as an Improvement Technique Simulation has historically been employed as an... ![Katrina Brown](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/hubfs/Katrina-Brown.jpg) Katrina Brown - 17 January 2023 - 3 min read New content on healthcare improvement approaches](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/new-content-on-healthcare-improvement-approaches) #### [We have worked with over 60 leading academic and clinical experts to develop our series, ... ![Katrina Brown](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/hubfs/Katrina-Brown.jpg) Katrina Brown - 17 August 2022 - 3 min read Are you looking for authoritative overviews of the evidence on approaches to improve quality and safety in healthcare?](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/are-you-looking-for-authoritative-overviews-of-the-evidence-on-approaches-to-improve-quality-and-safety-in-healthcare) #### ['Presenting complaint', 'poorly controlled diabetic', 'non-compliant patient': as... ![Martha Roberts](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/hubfs/IMG_4918.jpg) Martha Roberts - 4 May 2022 - 3 min read The power of language in clinical practice](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/the-power-of-language-in-the-clinical-setting) #### [Evaluation of new interventions is an important part of improvement efforts in... ![Dr Karolina Kuberska](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/hubfs/Karolina-Kuberska.jpg) Dr Karolina Kuberska - 23 June 2021 - 3 min read Why improvement interventions need evaluation](https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/why-improvement-interventions-need-evaluation) #### [We marked the third anniversary of the launch of THIS Institute on 31 January 2021. 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