Centre for Healthcare Evaluation, Device Assessment and Research
@cedarcardiff.bsky.social
CEDAR is a collaboration between the NHS (Cardiff and Vale University Health Board) and Cardiff University.
https://cedar.nhs.wales/
https://cedar.nhs.wales/
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CEDAR is a combined NHS-academic research centre based in Cardiff, bringing together clinical expertise and academic excellence.
We support high-impact clinical trials, evaluate healthcare interventions, and provide analytical and research support across Wales.
cedar.nhs.wales
We support high-impact clinical trials, evaluate healthcare interventions, and provide analytical and research support across Wales.
cedar.nhs.wales
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🤩 Wonderful day yesterday at the NHS Wales Awards – thanks to @cedarcardiff.bsky.social for their great public involvement work. Delighted that the project, ‘Development of the NHS Wales People’s Experience Survey’, was a finalist for the Person-Centred Care Award! 🎉
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🤩 Wonderful day yesterday at the NHS Wales Awards – thanks to @cedarcardiff.bsky.social for their great public involvement work. Delighted that the project, ‘Development of the NHS Wales People’s Experience Survey’, was a finalist for the Person-Centred Care Award! 🎉
A really enjoyable day today at the stunning Cornerstone Cardiff attending the School of Medicine’s Patient & Public Involvement and Engagement Showcase 2025.
#PPIE #CardiffUni #HealthResearch
#CUMEDICPPIE
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#PPIE #CardiffUni #HealthResearch
#CUMEDICPPIE
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November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A really enjoyable day today at the stunning Cornerstone Cardiff attending the School of Medicine’s Patient & Public Involvement and Engagement Showcase 2025.
#PPIE #CardiffUni #HealthResearch
#CUMEDICPPIE
@cumedicengage.bsky.social
@cavuhb.bsky.social
#PPIE #CardiffUni #HealthResearch
#CUMEDICPPIE
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Great to be at the Cardiff University School of Medicine day for patient & public involvement & engagement.
I’m here talking about some of my favourite engagement projects: a story book to talk about parental addiction, tactile astronomical maps for visually impaired people & so many more.
I’m here talking about some of my favourite engagement projects: a story book to talk about parental addiction, tactile astronomical maps for visually impaired people & so many more.
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Great to be at the Cardiff University School of Medicine day for patient & public involvement & engagement.
I’m here talking about some of my favourite engagement projects: a story book to talk about parental addiction, tactile astronomical maps for visually impaired people & so many more.
I’m here talking about some of my favourite engagement projects: a story book to talk about parental addiction, tactile astronomical maps for visually impaired people & so many more.
A really interesting day yesterday at the Medical Device Showcase, with talks from the MHRA, Welsh Government, DHCW, and the Artificial Eye Service 👁
Thank you to the All Wales MDR Group for organising a great day! 👏
#MedicalDevices @mhragovuk.bsky.social @dhcwales.bsky.social
Thank you to the All Wales MDR Group for organising a great day! 👏
#MedicalDevices @mhragovuk.bsky.social @dhcwales.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A really interesting day yesterday at the Medical Device Showcase, with talks from the MHRA, Welsh Government, DHCW, and the Artificial Eye Service 👁
Thank you to the All Wales MDR Group for organising a great day! 👏
#MedicalDevices @mhragovuk.bsky.social @dhcwales.bsky.social
Thank you to the All Wales MDR Group for organising a great day! 👏
#MedicalDevices @mhragovuk.bsky.social @dhcwales.bsky.social
We are very excited to announce that CEDAR will be partnering with @moondancecancer.bsky.social to deliver CADARN – a new system level intervention to enable faster, fairer delivery of cancer research across Wales.
For more information about #CADARN see: moondance-cancer.wales/research-ins....
For more information about #CADARN see: moondance-cancer.wales/research-ins....
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We are very excited to announce that CEDAR will be partnering with @moondancecancer.bsky.social to deliver CADARN – a new system level intervention to enable faster, fairer delivery of cancer research across Wales.
For more information about #CADARN see: moondance-cancer.wales/research-ins....
For more information about #CADARN see: moondance-cancer.wales/research-ins....
A huge welcome to our new Senior Researcher, Dr. Grace McCutchan!
An experienced Behavioural Scientist, Grace brings expertise in health inequalities, behaviour change, and inclusion.
We're thrilled to have her on the CEDAR team. 🤗
cedar.nhs.wales/about-us/ced...
@grace-mccutchan.bsky.social
An experienced Behavioural Scientist, Grace brings expertise in health inequalities, behaviour change, and inclusion.
We're thrilled to have her on the CEDAR team. 🤗
cedar.nhs.wales/about-us/ced...
@grace-mccutchan.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A huge welcome to our new Senior Researcher, Dr. Grace McCutchan!
An experienced Behavioural Scientist, Grace brings expertise in health inequalities, behaviour change, and inclusion.
We're thrilled to have her on the CEDAR team. 🤗
cedar.nhs.wales/about-us/ced...
@grace-mccutchan.bsky.social
An experienced Behavioural Scientist, Grace brings expertise in health inequalities, behaviour change, and inclusion.
We're thrilled to have her on the CEDAR team. 🤗
cedar.nhs.wales/about-us/ced...
@grace-mccutchan.bsky.social
CEDAR are evaluating the All-Wales Urgent Primary Care Practitioner Competency Framework to assess its effectiveness using surveys and interviews to help inform its future national rollout.
Read more about the project on our website: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/eva...
#UrgentCare #PrimaryCare
Read more about the project on our website: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/eva...
#UrgentCare #PrimaryCare
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
CEDAR are evaluating the All-Wales Urgent Primary Care Practitioner Competency Framework to assess its effectiveness using surveys and interviews to help inform its future national rollout.
Read more about the project on our website: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/eva...
#UrgentCare #PrimaryCare
Read more about the project on our website: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/eva...
#UrgentCare #PrimaryCare
1/2: Great news! CEDAR has renewed its contract as an External Assessment Group (EAG) for NICE.
For over a decade, we have provided clinical and economic assessments of medical technologies to inform their evidence-based guidance.
#NICE #HealthTech
For over a decade, we have provided clinical and economic assessments of medical technologies to inform their evidence-based guidance.
#NICE #HealthTech
October 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
1/2: Great news! CEDAR has renewed its contract as an External Assessment Group (EAG) for NICE.
For over a decade, we have provided clinical and economic assessments of medical technologies to inform their evidence-based guidance.
#NICE #HealthTech
For over a decade, we have provided clinical and economic assessments of medical technologies to inform their evidence-based guidance.
#NICE #HealthTech
🗞️ We’re excited to share our newly redesigned quarterly bulletin featuring our latest updates, including key project highlights, news from national conferences, a staff spotlight, and our most recent publications.
Read the full issue on our website: cedar.nhs.wales/files/summer...
Read the full issue on our website: cedar.nhs.wales/files/summer...
October 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🗞️ We’re excited to share our newly redesigned quarterly bulletin featuring our latest updates, including key project highlights, news from national conferences, a staff spotlight, and our most recent publications.
Read the full issue on our website: cedar.nhs.wales/files/summer...
Read the full issue on our website: cedar.nhs.wales/files/summer...
Hawys, CEDAR's Welsh Language Lead is in the concourse of the University Hospital of Wales today, talking to patients about PROMs translation, and how Welsh speakers can get involved.
Come and chat to us, or visit our website for more info: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/val...
#PROMs #Welsh #NHSWales
Come and chat to us, or visit our website for more info: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/val...
#PROMs #Welsh #NHSWales
September 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Hawys, CEDAR's Welsh Language Lead is in the concourse of the University Hospital of Wales today, talking to patients about PROMs translation, and how Welsh speakers can get involved.
Come and chat to us, or visit our website for more info: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/val...
#PROMs #Welsh #NHSWales
Come and chat to us, or visit our website for more info: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/val...
#PROMs #Welsh #NHSWales
We're finalists! Delighted that our People’s Experience Survey for NHS Wales has been shortlisted in the 'Strengthening the Foundation' category at the PEN Awards 2025. 🏆👏
Fingers crossed for the finals in October - @pen-news.bsky.social!
#PatientExperience #NHSWales #Finalist #PENawards2025
Fingers crossed for the finals in October - @pen-news.bsky.social!
#PatientExperience #NHSWales #Finalist #PENawards2025
August 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We're finalists! Delighted that our People’s Experience Survey for NHS Wales has been shortlisted in the 'Strengthening the Foundation' category at the PEN Awards 2025. 🏆👏
Fingers crossed for the finals in October - @pen-news.bsky.social!
#PatientExperience #NHSWales #Finalist #PENawards2025
Fingers crossed for the finals in October - @pen-news.bsky.social!
#PatientExperience #NHSWales #Finalist #PENawards2025
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⭐️ Happy to share that our article, in collab with CEDAR, is featured in the latest LUPUS UK magazine! 😀 It discusses the refreshed National PREMs 🏴📝 — project winner of the 2024 Health & Care Research Public Involvement Award 🏆
Available to all LUPUS UK subscribers
#Lupus #PREM #PPI #Survey #Wales
Available to all LUPUS UK subscribers
#Lupus #PREM #PPI #Survey #Wales
July 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
⭐️ Happy to share that our article, in collab with CEDAR, is featured in the latest LUPUS UK magazine! 😀 It discusses the refreshed National PREMs 🏴📝 — project winner of the 2024 Health & Care Research Public Involvement Award 🏆
Available to all LUPUS UK subscribers
#Lupus #PREM #PPI #Survey #Wales
Available to all LUPUS UK subscribers
#Lupus #PREM #PPI #Survey #Wales
1/2 CEDAR is leading a health economic evaluation of single-use endoscopes (IQ Endoscopes) for the Cardiff Capital Region Endoscopy Challenge Fund!
We're working with @ShapingChangeCV and Cardiff and Vale UHB to explore the clinical, economic, and environmental potential of these endoscopes.
We're working with @ShapingChangeCV and Cardiff and Vale UHB to explore the clinical, economic, and environmental potential of these endoscopes.
July 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
1/2 CEDAR is leading a health economic evaluation of single-use endoscopes (IQ Endoscopes) for the Cardiff Capital Region Endoscopy Challenge Fund!
We're working with @ShapingChangeCV and Cardiff and Vale UHB to explore the clinical, economic, and environmental potential of these endoscopes.
We're working with @ShapingChangeCV and Cardiff and Vale UHB to explore the clinical, economic, and environmental potential of these endoscopes.
CEDAR is a combined NHS-academic research centre based in Cardiff, bringing together clinical expertise and academic excellence.
We support high-impact clinical trials, evaluate healthcare interventions, and provide analytical and research support across Wales.
cedar.nhs.wales
We support high-impact clinical trials, evaluate healthcare interventions, and provide analytical and research support across Wales.
cedar.nhs.wales
June 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
CEDAR is a combined NHS-academic research centre based in Cardiff, bringing together clinical expertise and academic excellence.
We support high-impact clinical trials, evaluate healthcare interventions, and provide analytical and research support across Wales.
cedar.nhs.wales
We support high-impact clinical trials, evaluate healthcare interventions, and provide analytical and research support across Wales.
cedar.nhs.wales
Last couple of days to apply for the Clinical Evaluation Scientist position at CEDAR!
Applications close on Tuesday 01/07/2025. Apply now! www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
#NHSjobs #ScienceJobs #HTA #Researchjobs
Applications close on Tuesday 01/07/2025. Apply now! www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
#NHSjobs #ScienceJobs #HTA #Researchjobs
Job vacancy: Clinical Evaluation Scientist, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff | trac.jobs
www.nhsjobs.com
June 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Last couple of days to apply for the Clinical Evaluation Scientist position at CEDAR!
Applications close on Tuesday 01/07/2025. Apply now! www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
#NHSjobs #ScienceJobs #HTA #Researchjobs
Applications close on Tuesday 01/07/2025. Apply now! www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
#NHSjobs #ScienceJobs #HTA #Researchjobs
Kathleen Withers (Deputy Director) and Christina Lloydwin (Senior Researcher) from CEDAR attended the NHS Wales Sustainability Conference & Awards last week at Swansea Arena, joined by Edward Chapman (Head of Clinical Engineering, Cardiff & Vale UHB).
June 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Kathleen Withers (Deputy Director) and Christina Lloydwin (Senior Researcher) from CEDAR attended the NHS Wales Sustainability Conference & Awards last week at Swansea Arena, joined by Edward Chapman (Head of Clinical Engineering, Cardiff & Vale UHB).
CEDAR is leading clinical trial management of RSA-PACE - a first-in-human study testing Ceryx Medical’s Cysoni heart pacing device in heart failure patients.🫀
Read the mediwales lifestories article below or visit our website for more details: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/cli...
Read the mediwales lifestories article below or visit our website for more details: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/cli...
June 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
CEDAR is leading clinical trial management of RSA-PACE - a first-in-human study testing Ceryx Medical’s Cysoni heart pacing device in heart failure patients.🫀
Read the mediwales lifestories article below or visit our website for more details: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/cli...
Read the mediwales lifestories article below or visit our website for more details: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/cli...
We're hiring! CEDAR is looking for a Clinical Evaluation Scientist (Band 7) to join our team.
📝 1-year fixed-term contract
📅 Apply by 1st July
If you're passionate about evidence-based healthcare and innovation in medical technologies, we'd love to hear from you.
www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
📝 1-year fixed-term contract
📅 Apply by 1st July
If you're passionate about evidence-based healthcare and innovation in medical technologies, we'd love to hear from you.
www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
June 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We're hiring! CEDAR is looking for a Clinical Evaluation Scientist (Band 7) to join our team.
📝 1-year fixed-term contract
📅 Apply by 1st July
If you're passionate about evidence-based healthcare and innovation in medical technologies, we'd love to hear from you.
www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
📝 1-year fixed-term contract
📅 Apply by 1st July
If you're passionate about evidence-based healthcare and innovation in medical technologies, we'd love to hear from you.
www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
1/2: If you're heading to the MediWales Connects Conference tomorrow, we’ll see you there at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff.
Don’t miss our panel session at 10:00 AM – From Conception to Adoption: Collaborating to Generate New Evidence.
Don’t miss our panel session at 10:00 AM – From Conception to Adoption: Collaborating to Generate New Evidence.
June 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
1/2: If you're heading to the MediWales Connects Conference tomorrow, we’ll see you there at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff.
Don’t miss our panel session at 10:00 AM – From Conception to Adoption: Collaborating to Generate New Evidence.
Don’t miss our panel session at 10:00 AM – From Conception to Adoption: Collaborating to Generate New Evidence.
We're hiring! 👩🔬
CEDAR is looking for a Clinical Evaluation Scientist (Band 7) to join our team in Cardiff.
You'll work on projects for key national bodies like NICE, JCC and Welsh Value in Health Centre to help shape healthcare decisions.
Apply now: www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
CEDAR is looking for a Clinical Evaluation Scientist (Band 7) to join our team in Cardiff.
You'll work on projects for key national bodies like NICE, JCC and Welsh Value in Health Centre to help shape healthcare decisions.
Apply now: www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
Job vacancy: Clinical Evaluation Scientist, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff | trac.jobs
www.nhsjobs.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We're hiring! 👩🔬
CEDAR is looking for a Clinical Evaluation Scientist (Band 7) to join our team in Cardiff.
You'll work on projects for key national bodies like NICE, JCC and Welsh Value in Health Centre to help shape healthcare decisions.
Apply now: www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
CEDAR is looking for a Clinical Evaluation Scientist (Band 7) to join our team in Cardiff.
You'll work on projects for key national bodies like NICE, JCC and Welsh Value in Health Centre to help shape healthcare decisions.
Apply now: www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...
1/3: The CEDAR team attended the All-Wales Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Summer Meeting in Swansea yesterday.
Our work was represented through three poster presentations from Sam Bird, Susan Peirce, and Paul Rogers, covering the following topics:
Our work was represented through three poster presentations from Sam Bird, Susan Peirce, and Paul Rogers, covering the following topics:
June 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
1/3: The CEDAR team attended the All-Wales Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Summer Meeting in Swansea yesterday.
Our work was represented through three poster presentations from Sam Bird, Susan Peirce, and Paul Rogers, covering the following topics:
Our work was represented through three poster presentations from Sam Bird, Susan Peirce, and Paul Rogers, covering the following topics:
We're proud to be part of the LARS Collaborative, working to improve the quality of life for those affected by Low Anterior Resection Syndrome.
CEDAR’s work is helping to build the evidence needed for better colorectal care.
Read more: larscollaborative.com/who-we-are/
#LARS #ColorectalCancer
CEDAR’s work is helping to build the evidence needed for better colorectal care.
Read more: larscollaborative.com/who-we-are/
#LARS #ColorectalCancer
Who We Are – Lars CollaborativeBluesky
larscollaborative.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We're proud to be part of the LARS Collaborative, working to improve the quality of life for those affected by Low Anterior Resection Syndrome.
CEDAR’s work is helping to build the evidence needed for better colorectal care.
Read more: larscollaborative.com/who-we-are/
#LARS #ColorectalCancer
CEDAR’s work is helping to build the evidence needed for better colorectal care.
Read more: larscollaborative.com/who-we-are/
#LARS #ColorectalCancer
NICE has published new health technology evaluation guidance (HTE26) on drug-eluting stents.
CEDAR was the External Assessment Group behind this work.
Full guidance here: nice.org.uk/guidance/hte26
#NICEGuidance #CardiacStent #CEDARCardiff
@nicecomms.bsky.social
CEDAR was the External Assessment Group behind this work.
Full guidance here: nice.org.uk/guidance/hte26
#NICEGuidance #CardiacStent #CEDARCardiff
@nicecomms.bsky.social
Overview | Drug-eluting stents for treating coronary artery disease: late-stage assessment | Guidance | NICE
nice.org.uk
May 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
NICE has published new health technology evaluation guidance (HTE26) on drug-eluting stents.
CEDAR was the External Assessment Group behind this work.
Full guidance here: nice.org.uk/guidance/hte26
#NICEGuidance #CardiacStent #CEDARCardiff
@nicecomms.bsky.social
CEDAR was the External Assessment Group behind this work.
Full guidance here: nice.org.uk/guidance/hte26
#NICEGuidance #CardiacStent #CEDARCardiff
@nicecomms.bsky.social
🆕️ Just published! NICE has released Health Technology Evaluation Guidance on slide sheets for moving or repositioning a person (HTE23).
CEDAR was the External Assessment Group behind this work.
Read the full guidance: nice.org.uk/guidance/hte23
#NICEguidance #SlideSheets #HTA
CEDAR was the External Assessment Group behind this work.
Read the full guidance: nice.org.uk/guidance/hte23
#NICEguidance #SlideSheets #HTA
Overview | Slide sheets for moving or repositioning a person: late-stage assessment | Guidance | NICE
nice.org.uk
May 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🆕️ Just published! NICE has released Health Technology Evaluation Guidance on slide sheets for moving or repositioning a person (HTE23).
CEDAR was the External Assessment Group behind this work.
Read the full guidance: nice.org.uk/guidance/hte23
#NICEguidance #SlideSheets #HTA
CEDAR was the External Assessment Group behind this work.
Read the full guidance: nice.org.uk/guidance/hte23
#NICEguidance #SlideSheets #HTA
(1/2) Great to showcase our collaborative work at #ASGBI2025 in Edinburgh this week!
Surgical Research Fellow, Miss Jennifer Waterman, is presenting three ePosters detailing our project in partnership with Cardiff & Vale Shaping Change team, part of the Endoscopy Challenge Fund.
@asgbi.bsky.social
Surgical Research Fellow, Miss Jennifer Waterman, is presenting three ePosters detailing our project in partnership with Cardiff & Vale Shaping Change team, part of the Endoscopy Challenge Fund.
@asgbi.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
(1/2) Great to showcase our collaborative work at #ASGBI2025 in Edinburgh this week!
Surgical Research Fellow, Miss Jennifer Waterman, is presenting three ePosters detailing our project in partnership with Cardiff & Vale Shaping Change team, part of the Endoscopy Challenge Fund.
@asgbi.bsky.social
Surgical Research Fellow, Miss Jennifer Waterman, is presenting three ePosters detailing our project in partnership with Cardiff & Vale Shaping Change team, part of the Endoscopy Challenge Fund.
@asgbi.bsky.social