Helen Crump
@helencrump.bsky.social
THIS Institute Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham's Health Service Management Centre / health & care policy and research
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Responding to the introduction of quarterly rankings for NHS trusts in England, @hughalderwick.bsky.social says the new ratings need to support struggling organisations to improve, rather than being another tool for top-down control and performance management.
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September 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Responding to the introduction of quarterly rankings for NHS trusts in England, @hughalderwick.bsky.social says the new ratings need to support struggling organisations to improve, rather than being another tool for top-down control and performance management.
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In this final episode of the Listen to THIS podcast, @instagraham.bsky.social and @taralamont.bsky.social reflect on the insights shared on healthcare improvement – from clinical research to data science, critical care to anthropology, design and more.
🎥Watch or listen ths.im/4jCVeUZ
🎥Watch or listen ths.im/4jCVeUZ
June 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In this final episode of the Listen to THIS podcast, @instagraham.bsky.social and @taralamont.bsky.social reflect on the insights shared on healthcare improvement – from clinical research to data science, critical care to anthropology, design and more.
🎥Watch or listen ths.im/4jCVeUZ
🎥Watch or listen ths.im/4jCVeUZ
Bad news. Local papers get attention as a source of daft stories - the disappearance of the 'boring' local government stuff is less immediately obvious but hugely significant in terms of reduced scrutiny. Most national stories start off as local stories
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...
South London Press closes down after 160 years covering UK capital
Independent local newspaper the South London Press has abruptly closed down after 160 years as it goes into insolvency proceedings.
pressgazette.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Bad news. Local papers get attention as a source of daft stories - the disappearance of the 'boring' local government stuff is less immediately obvious but hugely significant in terms of reduced scrutiny. Most national stories start off as local stories
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...
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Are you an NHS healthcare professional? Have you taken part in a quality improvement project? We’re running a short survey to learn what works, what doesn’t, and what could be done better. Certificates of participation offered. Share your experiences here ths.im/3YPIvXz
May 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Are you an NHS healthcare professional? Have you taken part in a quality improvement project? We’re running a short survey to learn what works, what doesn’t, and what could be done better. Certificates of participation offered. Share your experiences here ths.im/3YPIvXz
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Hurrah Ultra Women is now back in stock at Hive! Walked past my local bookshop today to see the pile of copies had somewhat shrunk. Turns out people do want to read about incredible female athletes. Quick get yours before they go again! @lilycanter.bsky.social www.hive.co.uk/Product/Lily...
Ultra Women : The Trailblazers Defying Sexism in Sport
Ultra Women : The Trailblazers Defying Sexism in Sport (Paperback / softback) (9781914487101)
www.hive.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Hurrah Ultra Women is now back in stock at Hive! Walked past my local bookshop today to see the pile of copies had somewhat shrunk. Turns out people do want to read about incredible female athletes. Quick get yours before they go again! @lilycanter.bsky.social www.hive.co.uk/Product/Lily...
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Loving all the queries to @lilycanter.bsky.social and I on where to get the Ultra Women book that's not Amazon! The answer is you can find it in local bookshops (or if not they will order it in for you), Waterstones has it or Bookshop.org, Hive has already sold out but will be ordering more 💪
May 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Loving all the queries to @lilycanter.bsky.social and I on where to get the Ultra Women book that's not Amazon! The answer is you can find it in local bookshops (or if not they will order it in for you), Waterstones has it or Bookshop.org, Hive has already sold out but will be ordering more 💪
Seems to me that a lot can be read between the lines of this very clear position statement:
www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c...
www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c...
RCP position statement on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, 9th May 2025
www.rcp.ac.uk
May 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Seems to me that a lot can be read between the lines of this very clear position statement:
www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c...
www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c...
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My book Ultra Women written with @emmajourno.bsky.social is out today. We were originally told that men wouldn't buy this book so there was no market for it (as apparently women don't buy sports books!!!) - we desperately want to prove that marketing person wrong!
www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-Women-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-Women-...
May 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My book Ultra Women written with @emmajourno.bsky.social is out today. We were originally told that men wouldn't buy this book so there was no market for it (as apparently women don't buy sports books!!!) - we desperately want to prove that marketing person wrong!
www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-Women-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-Women-...
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I’m excited to share a podcast I took part in for THIS institute, we discuss why it’s so hard to do less in healthcare.You can find it on Spotify, Apple Poscast or Amazon music. Just search ‘listen to THIS’ I’m episode 6. Or here’s the link to the website www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/podcast/why-...
Why is it so hard to do less in healthcare?
www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
May 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I’m excited to share a podcast I took part in for THIS institute, we discuss why it’s so hard to do less in healthcare.You can find it on Spotify, Apple Poscast or Amazon music. Just search ‘listen to THIS’ I’m episode 6. Or here’s the link to the website www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/podcast/why-...
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More than 150 health and care leaders have shared their views on the importance of peer learning opportunities to help enhance leadership and develop system-wide improvement programmes for health and care services.
Read more in our latest report and infographic: www.nhsconfed.org/system-impro...
Read more in our latest report and infographic: www.nhsconfed.org/system-impro...
April 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
More than 150 health and care leaders have shared their views on the importance of peer learning opportunities to help enhance leadership and develop system-wide improvement programmes for health and care services.
Read more in our latest report and infographic: www.nhsconfed.org/system-impro...
Read more in our latest report and infographic: www.nhsconfed.org/system-impro...
Enjoyed chairing a session on reducing inappropriate out of area placements at @nhsconfed.org 's Mental Health Network annual conference today. Great analysis of challenges and opportunities for improvement from participants, plus interesting insights into doing complex QI work in MH. Thanks all!
April 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Enjoyed chairing a session on reducing inappropriate out of area placements at @nhsconfed.org 's Mental Health Network annual conference today. Great analysis of challenges and opportunities for improvement from participants, plus interesting insights into doing complex QI work in MH. Thanks all!
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Reminds me that I once asked @sonialivingstone.bsky.social what area of public policy we could learn from when thinking about digital life and her answer was ‘town planning’
In which @jacobsilverman.com develops the concept of ‘hostile architecture’ to encompass all that is going wrong with the internet including enshittification, slop, hyper-commercialisation and people screaming into your void
on.ft.com/3S0YA8I
on.ft.com/3S0YA8I
Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy
The last bits of fellowship and ingenuity on the web are being swept away by a tide of so-called artificial intelligence
on.ft.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Reminds me that I once asked @sonialivingstone.bsky.social what area of public policy we could learn from when thinking about digital life and her answer was ‘town planning’
This echoes a clear theme in my research: there can sometimes be an imperative to present a project as a success, which then makes it harder to learn from an inconclusive or unsuccessful finding. Inconclusive findings are just as important as successes, as is learning why something didn't go to plan
The response from DHSC and NHSE to our analysis, dismisses the evidence, and doubles down on the claims. This isn't encouraging. If the NHS is to improve we need an evidence-informed approach to change, openness to challenge and honesty about what is and isn’t working.
April 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This echoes a clear theme in my research: there can sometimes be an imperative to present a project as a success, which then makes it harder to learn from an inconclusive or unsuccessful finding. Inconclusive findings are just as important as successes, as is learning why something didn't go to plan
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In this episode of Listen to THIS @taralamont.bsky.social talks to @jomcpeake.bsky.social, Debbie Clark and @a-driessen.bsky.social to understand how we can balance care that follows protocols and is responsive to patient needs in critical care environments. Listen now ths.im/4cmN6WA
April 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
In this episode of Listen to THIS @taralamont.bsky.social talks to @jomcpeake.bsky.social, Debbie Clark and @a-driessen.bsky.social to understand how we can balance care that follows protocols and is responsive to patient needs in critical care environments. Listen now ths.im/4cmN6WA
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A recent breakthrough from @mayoclinic.org researchers offers new hope. Using the world’s largest imaging dataset, Mayo Clinic's team has developed a cutting-edge AI model capable of detecting #pancreaticcancer on standard CT scans—when #surgery is still an option: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFJ5...
April 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A recent breakthrough from @mayoclinic.org researchers offers new hope. Using the world’s largest imaging dataset, Mayo Clinic's team has developed a cutting-edge AI model capable of detecting #pancreaticcancer on standard CT scans—when #surgery is still an option: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFJ5...
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New report from UK Healthcare Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB): People with long term conditions are being harmed because care is fragmented and care coordinator roles are suboptimal. #healthpolicy #medsky
www.hssib.org.uk/patient-safe...
www.hssib.org.uk/patient-safe...
Workforce and patient safety: primary and community care co-ordination for people with long-term conditions
This is the fourth of five investigation reports that consider how working conditions in the NHS can be optimised to support patient safety, while maintaining and improving staff wellbeing.
www.hssib.org.uk
April 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
New report from UK Healthcare Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB): People with long term conditions are being harmed because care is fragmented and care coordinator roles are suboptimal. #healthpolicy #medsky
www.hssib.org.uk/patient-safe...
www.hssib.org.uk/patient-safe...
Great thread exploring implications of NHSE abolition. I think it goes without saying that a rethink of the regions'/systems' role is also a crucial part of this, as well as answering some fundamental questions about what assurance and performance management should mean in the new context
Well targeted and executed cuts could reduce the burden that NHSE sometimes places on ICBs and trusts through unnecessary interference and regulation.
But that requires a clear and considered rethink of the role of the centre in leading a complex system. And we've yet to see that.
But that requires a clear and considered rethink of the role of the centre in leading a complex system. And we've yet to see that.
April 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Great thread exploring implications of NHSE abolition. I think it goes without saying that a rethink of the regions'/systems' role is also a crucial part of this, as well as answering some fundamental questions about what assurance and performance management should mean in the new context
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The challenges of integrated working and what makes successful integration are well known. But day to day, how do interdisciplinary teams work towards developing good culture and trust, belonging and connection within healthcare?
Listen to episode 3 of Listen to THIS: ths.im/42a1o8r
Listen to episode 3 of Listen to THIS: ths.im/42a1o8r
April 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The challenges of integrated working and what makes successful integration are well known. But day to day, how do interdisciplinary teams work towards developing good culture and trust, belonging and connection within healthcare?
Listen to episode 3 of Listen to THIS: ths.im/42a1o8r
Listen to episode 3 of Listen to THIS: ths.im/42a1o8r
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Do we know enough about what makes teams work well across services and organisations? @taralamont.bsky.social is joined by #THISFellows Sarah Yardley, Jenelle Clarke & Justin Waring to explore building relationships across interdisciplinary teams within healthcare. Listen now ths.im/420rdHU
March 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Do we know enough about what makes teams work well across services and organisations? @taralamont.bsky.social is joined by #THISFellows Sarah Yardley, Jenelle Clarke & Justin Waring to explore building relationships across interdisciplinary teams within healthcare. Listen now ths.im/420rdHU
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This one's a cracker, and got a great shout-out in this week's HSJ Patient Safety Watch.
March 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This one's a cracker, and got a great shout-out in this week's HSJ Patient Safety Watch.
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Representing @nationalvoices.bsky.social members today @commonshealth.bsky.social on NHSE abolishment’s and ICB cuts - real opp to refocus on patient exp in restructure - bringing back PE directorate& PE accountability at ICB board level, using national patient surveys to drive improvement 1/2
March 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Representing @nationalvoices.bsky.social members today @commonshealth.bsky.social on NHSE abolishment’s and ICB cuts - real opp to refocus on patient exp in restructure - bringing back PE directorate& PE accountability at ICB board level, using national patient surveys to drive improvement 1/2
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In episode 2 of Listen to THIS, @instagraham.bsky.social, @janekohara.bsky.social and #THISFellows @helencrump.bsky.social and James McGowan share valuable insights gained from when things go right and when they go wrong in healthcare. Listen now ths.im/3ReZmyC
March 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
In episode 2 of Listen to THIS, @instagraham.bsky.social, @janekohara.bsky.social and #THISFellows @helencrump.bsky.social and James McGowan share valuable insights gained from when things go right and when they go wrong in healthcare. Listen now ths.im/3ReZmyC
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👀ICYMI: "Readers should know immediately if they are consulting content that is identical to the published (and possibly retracted) version"
@freddie2310.bsky.social on open repositories and retracted research.
#ScholComm #ResearchEthics
@freddie2310.bsky.social on open repositories and retracted research.
#ScholComm #ResearchEthics
Open repositories cannot ignore retractions and corrections - Impact of Social Sciences
Repositories for academic papers often do not reflect retractions and corrections to published papers, can this be resolved?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
March 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
👀ICYMI: "Readers should know immediately if they are consulting content that is identical to the published (and possibly retracted) version"
@freddie2310.bsky.social on open repositories and retracted research.
#ScholComm #ResearchEthics
@freddie2310.bsky.social on open repositories and retracted research.
#ScholComm #ResearchEthics
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Learning from mistakes is a crucial part of healthcare improvement and it’s easy to focus on negatives. But are we hindering progress? @instagraham.bsky.social, @janekohara.bsky.social & #THISFellows @helencrump.bsky.social & James McGowan discuss in a new episode of Listen to THIS ths.im/4hnAGyu
March 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Learning from mistakes is a crucial part of healthcare improvement and it’s easy to focus on negatives. But are we hindering progress? @instagraham.bsky.social, @janekohara.bsky.social & #THISFellows @helencrump.bsky.social & James McGowan discuss in a new episode of Listen to THIS ths.im/4hnAGyu