Graham Martin
@instagraham.bsky.social
Director of Research, The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute, University of Cambridge. Tweets/bleets/skeets/yeets in personal capacity.
Trying to resolve a debate about the punctuation of my work address with colleagues, and Google's AI has been as helpful as one would expect.
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Trying to resolve a debate about the punctuation of my work address with colleagues, and Google's AI has been as helpful as one would expect.
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Even with support systems in place, many NHS staff still feel unsafe or unheard when raising concerns about quality and safety. Join Nnenna Osuji & Graham Martin as they unpack the barriers and explore what real change looks like. Register: ths.im/4nGd5wJ
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Even with support systems in place, many NHS staff still feel unsafe or unheard when raising concerns about quality and safety. Join Nnenna Osuji & Graham Martin as they unpack the barriers and explore what real change looks like. Register: ths.im/4nGd5wJ
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Patient safety specialists take NHS experience and blend it with expertise in safety theory to help manage safety risks. We examined their efforts to put their expertise into practice and how they worked with existing professional groups.
Full paper: ths.im/47jOmI8
THIS summary: ths.im/47l8t8A
Full paper: ths.im/47jOmI8
THIS summary: ths.im/47l8t8A
October 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Patient safety specialists take NHS experience and blend it with expertise in safety theory to help manage safety risks. We examined their efforts to put their expertise into practice and how they worked with existing professional groups.
Full paper: ths.im/47jOmI8
THIS summary: ths.im/47l8t8A
Full paper: ths.im/47jOmI8
THIS summary: ths.im/47l8t8A
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Check out this opportunity for an early career researcher to join our team and support an exciting programme of work on innovation and improvement in healthcare.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Check out this opportunity for an early career researcher to join our team and support an exciting programme of work on innovation and improvement in healthcare.
ths.im/47snrKd
ths.im/47snrKd
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Come along tomorrow to LSHTM, Keppel Street or online to hear me talk about why we do research, why it's not used, and how we might engineer the system to get better value for all of us...
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Is research really worth it? with Professor Kathryn Oliver | LSHTM
Research is something we spend a lot of money and time on — as individuals, organisations, and states. But is it worth it? Do we get bang for our buck? Who really benefits? And does research actually
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October 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Come along tomorrow to LSHTM, Keppel Street or online to hear me talk about why we do research, why it's not used, and how we might engineer the system to get better value for all of us...
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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📣New article!
We use publicly-available NHS referral data to outline the private healthcare market for NHS patients 2008-2024, and to review NHS patient choice policies since New Labour. (1/3)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We use publicly-available NHS referral data to outline the private healthcare market for NHS patients 2008-2024, and to review NHS patient choice policies since New Labour. (1/3)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
NHS Patient Choice Policy in England: What Mapping the Private Healthcare Market for NHS Patients Can Tell Us - Liverpool Law Review
This article examines how the private healthcare market supports successive governments’ commitment in the English National Health Service (NHS) to patient choice of NHS or private provider. The Labou...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
📣New article!
We use publicly-available NHS referral data to outline the private healthcare market for NHS patients 2008-2024, and to review NHS patient choice policies since New Labour. (1/3)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We use publicly-available NHS referral data to outline the private healthcare market for NHS patients 2008-2024, and to review NHS patient choice policies since New Labour. (1/3)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Lack of awareness, inconsistent access, an overwhelming process, and a lasting impact on everyone involved – all problems with NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) highlighted in this article based on the experiences of people who have tried to access CHC👇
People who have high care needs because of their health can be eligible for NHS-funded support outside hospital through Continuing Healthcare. But getting it isn’t always easy. Read what people told us: https://bit.ly/4odcrah
![“I have incurable cancer… My [Continuing Healthcare] funding stopped… I’ve now run out of money and the care home said they could ask me to leave.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vce4jjpepyuzuxsqextcfaku/bafkreiavpsdyeuvbav7pbalgdnkkgi3n7lg5ih23gblzgjz4zgwe5cpx4e@jpeg)
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Lack of awareness, inconsistent access, an overwhelming process, and a lasting impact on everyone involved – all problems with NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) highlighted in this article based on the experiences of people who have tried to access CHC👇
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come along to our first event 31st october or add yourself to our mailing list for a streamed section of the day. it's going to be excellent. no sponsorship, independent, and amazing people are coming medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/centreforevi...
come along to our first event 31st october or add yourself to our mailing list for a streamed section of the day. it's going to be excellent. no sponsorship, independent, and amazing people are coming medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/centreforevi...
September 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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come along to our first event 31st october or add yourself to our mailing list for a streamed section of the day. it's going to be excellent. no sponsorship, independent, and amazing people are coming medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/centreforevi...
come along to our first event 31st october or add yourself to our mailing list for a streamed section of the day. it's going to be excellent. no sponsorship, independent, and amazing people are coming medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/centreforevi...
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UK sociologist of health? Next call for @fshi.bsky.social awards closes 30th october www.shifoundation.org.uk/schemes/
September 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
UK sociologist of health? Next call for @fshi.bsky.social awards closes 30th october www.shifoundation.org.uk/schemes/
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THIS Space 2025 programme is now live! Join us virtually on 25 November. The event is free to attend, but booking is essential and space is limited. View the full programme and register here: ths.im/4nGd5wJ
#THISspace2025
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September 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
THIS Space 2025 programme is now live! Join us virtually on 25 November. The event is free to attend, but booking is essential and space is limited. View the full programme and register here: ths.im/4nGd5wJ
#THISspace2025
#THISspace2025
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An important and insightful, if thoroughly depressing, read about UK higher education.
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Roll up roll up for the great higher education fire sale
From covert mergers to regulatory complacency, Jim Dickinson reveals how market logic is reshaping UK higher education – and why the fate of Buckingham could set a troubling precedent From covert merg...
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September 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
An important and insightful, if thoroughly depressing, read about UK higher education.
wonkhe.com/blogs/roll-u...
wonkhe.com/blogs/roll-u...
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There are just three days left to apply to our Senior Fellow role... 🔍
If you can lead on projects at the forefront of research into health and social care, we'd love to hear from you.
Take a look at our vacancy and apply by Sunday 31 August. #researchjobs
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/job/senior-f...
If you can lead on projects at the forefront of research into health and social care, we'd love to hear from you.
Take a look at our vacancy and apply by Sunday 31 August. #researchjobs
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/job/senior-f...
Senior Fellow (SF05/25)
We are looking to recruit a Senior Fellow to lead on projects across a range of topics within health and care.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
There are just three days left to apply to our Senior Fellow role... 🔍
If you can lead on projects at the forefront of research into health and social care, we'd love to hear from you.
Take a look at our vacancy and apply by Sunday 31 August. #researchjobs
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/job/senior-f...
If you can lead on projects at the forefront of research into health and social care, we'd love to hear from you.
Take a look at our vacancy and apply by Sunday 31 August. #researchjobs
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/job/senior-f...
We are recruiting! Are you an early or mid-career health services researcher with an interest in improving the quality of UK healthcare? This Research Associate or Assistant Research Professor role could be the one for you. Deadline 7 September. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Research Associate/Assistant Research Professor (Fixed Term)
Funded by the Health Foundation, THIS Institute has a remit to advance research into how to improve the quality and safety of patient care. The institute hosts around 60 staff, consisting of
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August 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
We are recruiting! Are you an early or mid-career health services researcher with an interest in improving the quality of UK healthcare? This Research Associate or Assistant Research Professor role could be the one for you. Deadline 7 September. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Exciting research fellow role at the University of Edinburgh working with Martyn Pickersgill and colleagues on a timely and fascinating-sounding project on how health (mis)information is regulated across countries: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh
Apply for the Research Fellow role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Exciting research fellow role at the University of Edinburgh working with Martyn Pickersgill and colleagues on a timely and fascinating-sounding project on how health (mis)information is regulated across countries: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
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Another great post fr @chrischirp.bsky.social focusing on @nihr.bsky.social HSDR funding to improve patient's and staff's experiences. Very proud to be involved, & to have the opportunity to work w and learn fr fab colleagues including @instagraham.bsky.social @katiejsheehan.bsky.social
The NHS & Social Care are struggling.
Behind the scenes, researchers are working on practical ways to make care better.
From ambulance handovers to teen mental health, I've written about the quiet research funded by @nihr.bsky.social HSDR.
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Behind the scenes, researchers are working on practical ways to make care better.
From ambulance handovers to teen mental health, I've written about the quiet research funded by @nihr.bsky.social HSDR.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-resear...
The research trying to improve health and social care services
How UK health research funding is tackling the front-line problems we face — from GP access to mental health and care homes
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July 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Another great post fr @chrischirp.bsky.social focusing on @nihr.bsky.social HSDR funding to improve patient's and staff's experiences. Very proud to be involved, & to have the opportunity to work w and learn fr fab colleagues including @instagraham.bsky.social @katiejsheehan.bsky.social
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Penny Dash’s recent review calls for major reforms in patient safety – but while change is needed, the review also raises some important questions. @instagraham.bsky.social and @janekohara.bsky.social comment on the review and its potential impact on patient safety. Read the editorial ths.im/4m8XFQX
Hope over experience? Patient and staff voice in the NHS after the Dash review
Penny Dash’s review of patient safety in England has recommended major changes to the organisational landscape.1 National bodies will be abolished or merged, and strategic planning and coordination is...
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July 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Penny Dash’s recent review calls for major reforms in patient safety – but while change is needed, the review also raises some important questions. @instagraham.bsky.social and @janekohara.bsky.social comment on the review and its potential impact on patient safety. Read the editorial ths.im/4m8XFQX
New opinion piece in @bmj.com
by me and @janekohara.bsky.social: whither patient and staff voice in the NHS post-Dash? Decluttering the safety landscape is necessary but will NHS organisations listen to patients and staff without independent advocacy? www.bmj.com/content/390/...
by me and @janekohara.bsky.social: whither patient and staff voice in the NHS post-Dash? Decluttering the safety landscape is necessary but will NHS organisations listen to patients and staff without independent advocacy? www.bmj.com/content/390/...
July 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
New opinion piece in @bmj.com
by me and @janekohara.bsky.social: whither patient and staff voice in the NHS post-Dash? Decluttering the safety landscape is necessary but will NHS organisations listen to patients and staff without independent advocacy? www.bmj.com/content/390/...
by me and @janekohara.bsky.social: whither patient and staff voice in the NHS post-Dash? Decluttering the safety landscape is necessary but will NHS organisations listen to patients and staff without independent advocacy? www.bmj.com/content/390/...
This isn't new but I'll feel better for bleeting it.
Publisher: Congrats, we are pleased to accept your paper!
<Months pass>
Author: Please could I have an update?
Publisher:
<Months pass>
Publisher: Check your proofs by TOMORROW (Saturday) or we'll publish an error-strewn version in your name.
Publisher: Congrats, we are pleased to accept your paper!
<Months pass>
Author: Please could I have an update?
Publisher:
<Months pass>
Publisher: Check your proofs by TOMORROW (Saturday) or we'll publish an error-strewn version in your name.
July 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This isn't new but I'll feel better for bleeting it.
Publisher: Congrats, we are pleased to accept your paper!
<Months pass>
Author: Please could I have an update?
Publisher:
<Months pass>
Publisher: Check your proofs by TOMORROW (Saturday) or we'll publish an error-strewn version in your name.
Publisher: Congrats, we are pleased to accept your paper!
<Months pass>
Author: Please could I have an update?
Publisher:
<Months pass>
Publisher: Check your proofs by TOMORROW (Saturday) or we'll publish an error-strewn version in your name.
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What can AI really do for healthcare improvement – and what’s still missing?
In THIS Institute and Homerton College’s 2025 annual lecture, Niels Peek (@nielspeek.bsky.social) cuts through the AI hype.
🎥 Watch ‘Evidence-based healthcare innovation in the age of AI’ ths.im/4nl8uRh
In THIS Institute and Homerton College’s 2025 annual lecture, Niels Peek (@nielspeek.bsky.social) cuts through the AI hype.
🎥 Watch ‘Evidence-based healthcare innovation in the age of AI’ ths.im/4nl8uRh
June 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
What can AI really do for healthcare improvement – and what’s still missing?
In THIS Institute and Homerton College’s 2025 annual lecture, Niels Peek (@nielspeek.bsky.social) cuts through the AI hype.
🎥 Watch ‘Evidence-based healthcare innovation in the age of AI’ ths.im/4nl8uRh
In THIS Institute and Homerton College’s 2025 annual lecture, Niels Peek (@nielspeek.bsky.social) cuts through the AI hype.
🎥 Watch ‘Evidence-based healthcare innovation in the age of AI’ ths.im/4nl8uRh
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New article in Social Theory & Health, co-authored with
@judegreen.bsky.social, open access.
In a nutshell we argue that that lived-experience research is not the same as qualitative sociology in health research. The difference exists and matters.
Read here: rdcu.be/evZ7F
@judegreen.bsky.social, open access.
In a nutshell we argue that that lived-experience research is not the same as qualitative sociology in health research. The difference exists and matters.
Read here: rdcu.be/evZ7F
July 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
New article in Social Theory & Health, co-authored with
@judegreen.bsky.social, open access.
In a nutshell we argue that that lived-experience research is not the same as qualitative sociology in health research. The difference exists and matters.
Read here: rdcu.be/evZ7F
@judegreen.bsky.social, open access.
In a nutshell we argue that that lived-experience research is not the same as qualitative sociology in health research. The difference exists and matters.
Read here: rdcu.be/evZ7F
Job opportunity - deputy director of the Geller Institute for Ageing and Memory at the University of West London, working with Katie Featherstone and colleagues: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNT550/d...
Deputy Director of the Geller Institute for Aging and Memory at University of West London
Apply for the Deputy Director of the Geller Institute for Aging and Memory role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Job opportunity - deputy director of the Geller Institute for Ageing and Memory at the University of West London, working with Katie Featherstone and colleagues: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNT550/d...
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Wes Streeting has laid out bold plans for English maternity services - but will they work?
Our @bmj.com opinion has now been published, exploring some ways that they might be enhanced.
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Written with the fabulous @marydixonwoods.bsky.social @instagraham.bsky.social
Our @bmj.com opinion has now been published, exploring some ways that they might be enhanced.
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Written with the fabulous @marydixonwoods.bsky.social @instagraham.bsky.social
www.bmj.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Wes Streeting has laid out bold plans for English maternity services - but will they work?
Our @bmj.com opinion has now been published, exploring some ways that they might be enhanced.
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Written with the fabulous @marydixonwoods.bsky.social @instagraham.bsky.social
Our @bmj.com opinion has now been published, exploring some ways that they might be enhanced.
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Written with the fabulous @marydixonwoods.bsky.social @instagraham.bsky.social
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In case you missed it: my article for @uk.theconversation.com on theTen Year Health Plan for England. So many ideas (and some good ones at that) but precious little about how to implement them. #NHSPlan #FitForTheFuture #NHS #healthpolicy
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theconversation.com/nhs-ten-year...
NHS ten-year plan for England: what’s in it and what’s needed to make it work
Ten-year NHS transformation hinges on funding and staff support.
theconversation.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
In case you missed it: my article for @uk.theconversation.com on theTen Year Health Plan for England. So many ideas (and some good ones at that) but precious little about how to implement them. #NHSPlan #FitForTheFuture #NHS #healthpolicy
theconversation.com/nhs-ten-year...
theconversation.com/nhs-ten-year...
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We welcome publication of the new 10-year health plan. We're here to build evidence in line with the plan through projects like:
• Evaluating ambient voice technology and launching a new online community
• Supporting design and planning of large-scale change programmes
Find out more: ths.im/4laMCq3
• Evaluating ambient voice technology and launching a new online community
• Supporting design and planning of large-scale change programmes
Find out more: ths.im/4laMCq3
July 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We welcome publication of the new 10-year health plan. We're here to build evidence in line with the plan through projects like:
• Evaluating ambient voice technology and launching a new online community
• Supporting design and planning of large-scale change programmes
Find out more: ths.im/4laMCq3
• Evaluating ambient voice technology and launching a new online community
• Supporting design and planning of large-scale change programmes
Find out more: ths.im/4laMCq3
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📢New publication📢
Respiratory Clinicians’ Views on Offering “Rescue Packs” to Patients Discharged After COPD Exacerbation: Qualitative Interview Study
doi.org/10.1080/1541...
@instagraham.bsky.social @profhurst.bsky.social @monabafadhel.bsky.social
Respiratory Clinicians’ Views on Offering “Rescue Packs” to Patients Discharged After COPD Exacerbation: Qualitative Interview Study
doi.org/10.1080/1541...
@instagraham.bsky.social @profhurst.bsky.social @monabafadhel.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📢New publication📢
Respiratory Clinicians’ Views on Offering “Rescue Packs” to Patients Discharged After COPD Exacerbation: Qualitative Interview Study
doi.org/10.1080/1541...
@instagraham.bsky.social @profhurst.bsky.social @monabafadhel.bsky.social
Respiratory Clinicians’ Views on Offering “Rescue Packs” to Patients Discharged After COPD Exacerbation: Qualitative Interview Study
doi.org/10.1080/1541...
@instagraham.bsky.social @profhurst.bsky.social @monabafadhel.bsky.social