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Michael Sykes
@msykes.bsky.social
Nurse, implementation scientist, National audit improvement lead, father, husband, swimmer.
Vice Chancellor’s Fellow (Associate Professor) @NorthumbriaUni
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The increasingly hostile rhetoric shown towards migrants is deeply concerning.

We urge all UK political parties to end this race to the bottom and instead celebrate the contribution of those from overseas.

Without brilliant migrant nursing staff, our health & care services would cease to function.
September 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Absolutely love this 🌳 Sign me up!
September 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Deep down in the entrails of every large company, there is a single person copying cells from one spreadsheet onto another spreadsheet one by one and if they stop the company collapses #orgdesign
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Lovely to be back in Belfast, albeit briefly.
August 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Evening harvest
#Warwickshire
August 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Good evening
#EastNeuk
August 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
East Neuk... in case it helps!
😍
August 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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I often think that if Peter Parker were bit by the wrong kind of spider he would have died of dehydration in a closet
July 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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ok there you go, here's my first draft
July 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Our Vice Chancellor's Fellowship in Evaluation Methods in Health and Social Care will be appointed at Assistant or Associate Professor level. We welcome applicants from disciplines such as public health, social sciences, allied health, or health economics.
work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...
work4.northumbria.ac.uk
May 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Morning BlueSky can be a little grim...

So here's my attempt to do justice to last night's sunset:
May 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Bluebells with ears!
😍🦮😍
April 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Easter bluebells 😍
April 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Good morning!
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April 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
#ImpSci 👀👇🏽
April 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Lovely evening walk.
April 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Another great contribution by Lucie Byrne-Davies and Jo Hart
April 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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We often use the terms internal and external validity in trials, but are we really clear what those terms mean? 1/9
#MethodologyMonday #114
March 31, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Brilliant statement by @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social, starting with recognizing the human cost associated with abolishing NHSE. I know so many brilliant and dedicated NHSE staff who work tirelessly for patient safety and improved outcomes
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March 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
An important reminder to consider the content (active ingredients) within #ImpSci strategies at Future of Evaluation in Health & Social Care symposium

@northumbriaideas.bsky.social
@northumbriauni.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Hearing about the Carrots-Sticks-Sermons typology of programmes from Ray Pawson
scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...

Thinking of ERIC & EPOC typologies of #ImpSci strategies
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January 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reading speculation about polio vaccination.

Thinking what this means for people, but also health care workers, #ImpSci and implementation practitioners.
December 14, 2024 at 1:46 PM
A couple of lovely days in Bruges with @profemmaflynn.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Do you know someone who might be interested in a PhD involving quality improvement, implementation science, health psychology and health economics?

#ImpSci
@theqcommunity.bsky.social
📌 PhD studentship opportunity:

Come work at the intersection of quality improvement, implementation science, health psychology and health economics.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

With me, Seb Potthoff
& Angela Bate at the University of the Year (2022) @northumbriauni.bsky.social

#ImpSci
Enhancing improvement in diabetes care (RDF25/HLS/NMH/SYKES) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Enhancing improvement in diabetes care (RDF25/HLS/NMH/SYKES) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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Calling all European healthcare implementation researchers!
We're building the European Implementation Map to showcase healthcare-oriented research capacity in #ImpSci. Complete the European Implementation Research Survey to help shape this open-access resource:
🔗 implementation.eu/european-imp...
November 22, 2024 at 12:40 PM