WATCH Project
@watch1.bsky.social
Widening Access to Trials in Care Homes (WATCH) is a collaborative project led by Prof Roy Soiza at NHS Grampian. Aims to produce best practice guidance to enable the recruitment of care home residents into vaccine trials. Received Vaccine Innovation Fund.
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WATCH Project
@watch1.bsky.social
· Oct 2
🌟 We're excited to share our WATCH Project website🌟
Widening Access to Trials in Care Homes: to improve vaccine trial access for care home residents
🌐 www.nhsgrampian.org/watchproject
#WATCHProject #VaccineTrials
#CareHomeResidents #CareHomeResearch
Widening Access to Trials in Care Homes: to improve vaccine trial access for care home residents
🌐 www.nhsgrampian.org/watchproject
#WATCHProject #VaccineTrials
#CareHomeResidents #CareHomeResearch
The WATCH consortium is delighted to present at the British Geriatrics Society Conference #BGSConf this week.
Our poster shares lessons learned from vaccine trials that will help to inform the design and delivery of future trials in care home populations.
#WATCHProject #CareHomes #VaccineTrials
Our poster shares lessons learned from vaccine trials that will help to inform the design and delivery of future trials in care home populations.
#WATCHProject #CareHomes #VaccineTrials
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The WATCH consortium is delighted to present at the British Geriatrics Society Conference #BGSConf this week.
Our poster shares lessons learned from vaccine trials that will help to inform the design and delivery of future trials in care home populations.
#WATCHProject #CareHomes #VaccineTrials
Our poster shares lessons learned from vaccine trials that will help to inform the design and delivery of future trials in care home populations.
#WATCHProject #CareHomes #VaccineTrials
Older adults in care homes are vulnerable to flu, COVID-19 & RSV — yet often excluded from vaccine trials.
The WATCH project is changing that. Inclusive trials = better protection for all.
🔗 Follow & repost to support #WATCHProject
The WATCH project is changing that. Inclusive trials = better protection for all.
🔗 Follow & repost to support #WATCHProject
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Older adults in care homes are vulnerable to flu, COVID-19 & RSV — yet often excluded from vaccine trials.
The WATCH project is changing that. Inclusive trials = better protection for all.
🔗 Follow & repost to support #WATCHProject
The WATCH project is changing that. Inclusive trials = better protection for all.
🔗 Follow & repost to support #WATCHProject
⭐️ #MeetTheTeam Prof Susan Shenkin
Clinical academic geriatrician, co-chair of #ENRICHScotland & co-investigator on the #WATCHproject. Prof@susanshenkin.bsky.social drives inclusive #CareHomeResearch. Her leadership amplifies older adult voices in #CareHomeTrials. We're lucky to have her on board!
Clinical academic geriatrician, co-chair of #ENRICHScotland & co-investigator on the #WATCHproject. Prof@susanshenkin.bsky.social drives inclusive #CareHomeResearch. Her leadership amplifies older adult voices in #CareHomeTrials. We're lucky to have her on board!
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
⭐️ #MeetTheTeam Prof Susan Shenkin
Clinical academic geriatrician, co-chair of #ENRICHScotland & co-investigator on the #WATCHproject. Prof@susanshenkin.bsky.social drives inclusive #CareHomeResearch. Her leadership amplifies older adult voices in #CareHomeTrials. We're lucky to have her on board!
Clinical academic geriatrician, co-chair of #ENRICHScotland & co-investigator on the #WATCHproject. Prof@susanshenkin.bsky.social drives inclusive #CareHomeResearch. Her leadership amplifies older adult voices in #CareHomeTrials. We're lucky to have her on board!
🌟 We're excited to share our WATCH Project website🌟
Widening Access to Trials in Care Homes: to improve vaccine trial access for care home residents
🌐 www.nhsgrampian.org/watchproject
#WATCHProject #VaccineTrials
#CareHomeResidents #CareHomeResearch
Widening Access to Trials in Care Homes: to improve vaccine trial access for care home residents
🌐 www.nhsgrampian.org/watchproject
#WATCHProject #VaccineTrials
#CareHomeResidents #CareHomeResearch
October 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🌟 We're excited to share our WATCH Project website🌟
Widening Access to Trials in Care Homes: to improve vaccine trial access for care home residents
🌐 www.nhsgrampian.org/watchproject
#WATCHProject #VaccineTrials
#CareHomeResidents #CareHomeResearch
Widening Access to Trials in Care Homes: to improve vaccine trial access for care home residents
🌐 www.nhsgrampian.org/watchproject
#WATCHProject #VaccineTrials
#CareHomeResidents #CareHomeResearch
This quote underscores the urgency and importance of the WATCH project’s mission: to break down barriers and create best practice guidance for inclusive vaccine trials in care homes.
🔍 Learn more about how we’re tackling this challenge.
🔍 Learn more about how we’re tackling this challenge.
August 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This quote underscores the urgency and importance of the WATCH project’s mission: to break down barriers and create best practice guidance for inclusive vaccine trials in care homes.
🔍 Learn more about how we’re tackling this challenge.
🔍 Learn more about how we’re tackling this challenge.
📢 Progress update from WATCH!
Phase 2 is moving ahead – protocol submitted ✅ and we’re gearing up for stakeholder interviews. This will help make vaccine trials more inclusive for care home residents. Stay tuned for insights from staff, residents & researchers. 🏠💬
Phase 2 is moving ahead – protocol submitted ✅ and we’re gearing up for stakeholder interviews. This will help make vaccine trials more inclusive for care home residents. Stay tuned for insights from staff, residents & researchers. 🏠💬
August 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
📢 Progress update from WATCH!
Phase 2 is moving ahead – protocol submitted ✅ and we’re gearing up for stakeholder interviews. This will help make vaccine trials more inclusive for care home residents. Stay tuned for insights from staff, residents & researchers. 🏠💬
Phase 2 is moving ahead – protocol submitted ✅ and we’re gearing up for stakeholder interviews. This will help make vaccine trials more inclusive for care home residents. Stay tuned for insights from staff, residents & researchers. 🏠💬
👋 If you’ve just started following us—welcome!
We’re the WATCH Project, working to make vaccine trials more inclusive for older adults living in care homes.
Why? Because this group is often left out of vital research.
We’re here to change that—by listening, learning, and leading with evidence.
We’re the WATCH Project, working to make vaccine trials more inclusive for older adults living in care homes.
Why? Because this group is often left out of vital research.
We’re here to change that—by listening, learning, and leading with evidence.
August 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
👋 If you’ve just started following us—welcome!
We’re the WATCH Project, working to make vaccine trials more inclusive for older adults living in care homes.
Why? Because this group is often left out of vital research.
We’re here to change that—by listening, learning, and leading with evidence.
We’re the WATCH Project, working to make vaccine trials more inclusive for older adults living in care homes.
Why? Because this group is often left out of vital research.
We’re here to change that—by listening, learning, and leading with evidence.
📢Update!
We’re getting closer to the heart of the WATCH project:
Listening to real voices across the care home ecosystem.
We're preparing to hear directly from the people who know the barriers best.
Their insights will shape future vaccine trials that include care homes, not ignore them.
We’re getting closer to the heart of the WATCH project:
Listening to real voices across the care home ecosystem.
We're preparing to hear directly from the people who know the barriers best.
Their insights will shape future vaccine trials that include care homes, not ignore them.
August 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
📢Update!
We’re getting closer to the heart of the WATCH project:
Listening to real voices across the care home ecosystem.
We're preparing to hear directly from the people who know the barriers best.
Their insights will shape future vaccine trials that include care homes, not ignore them.
We’re getting closer to the heart of the WATCH project:
Listening to real voices across the care home ecosystem.
We're preparing to hear directly from the people who know the barriers best.
Their insights will shape future vaccine trials that include care homes, not ignore them.
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A snapshot of this year’s Cedars summer fair, which brought relatives past and present to the home for the afternoon. Thank you to them for their continued support, to John and Ellie for playing their violins, and to Jennifer and Norma for organising our Guess the Name of the Teddy competition ☺️☀️
August 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A snapshot of this year’s Cedars summer fair, which brought relatives past and present to the home for the afternoon. Thank you to them for their continued support, to John and Ellie for playing their violins, and to Jennifer and Norma for organising our Guess the Name of the Teddy competition ☺️☀️
✅ WATCH Project Update
From our latest team meeting:
📝 Our manuscript on care‑home vaccine trial recruitment is set for journal submission.
📑 Governance approval in progress.
💬 Upcoming catch‑ups with key investigators in August.
We’re moving fast to make vaccine research more inclusive! 💪
From our latest team meeting:
📝 Our manuscript on care‑home vaccine trial recruitment is set for journal submission.
📑 Governance approval in progress.
💬 Upcoming catch‑ups with key investigators in August.
We’re moving fast to make vaccine research more inclusive! 💪
July 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
✅ WATCH Project Update
From our latest team meeting:
📝 Our manuscript on care‑home vaccine trial recruitment is set for journal submission.
📑 Governance approval in progress.
💬 Upcoming catch‑ups with key investigators in August.
We’re moving fast to make vaccine research more inclusive! 💪
From our latest team meeting:
📝 Our manuscript on care‑home vaccine trial recruitment is set for journal submission.
📑 Governance approval in progress.
💬 Upcoming catch‑ups with key investigators in August.
We’re moving fast to make vaccine research more inclusive! 💪
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🎉 Nominations are OPEN for our Care Home Awards2025!
Celebrate the incredible care home workforce across Scotland. 🏆
🗓️ Deadline: 1 Sept
🎊 Ceremony: 14 Nov, Hilton Glasgow
📋 13 award categories
Find out how to enter: buff.ly/nLELPZV
#careawards25 #celebratecare
Celebrate the incredible care home workforce across Scotland. 🏆
🗓️ Deadline: 1 Sept
🎊 Ceremony: 14 Nov, Hilton Glasgow
📋 13 award categories
Find out how to enter: buff.ly/nLELPZV
#careawards25 #celebratecare
July 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🎉 Nominations are OPEN for our Care Home Awards2025!
Celebrate the incredible care home workforce across Scotland. 🏆
🗓️ Deadline: 1 Sept
🎊 Ceremony: 14 Nov, Hilton Glasgow
📋 13 award categories
Find out how to enter: buff.ly/nLELPZV
#careawards25 #celebratecare
Celebrate the incredible care home workforce across Scotland. 🏆
🗓️ Deadline: 1 Sept
🎊 Ceremony: 14 Nov, Hilton Glasgow
📋 13 award categories
Find out how to enter: buff.ly/nLELPZV
#careawards25 #celebratecare
🎤Behind every vaccine trial is a community we can't afford to leave behind.
Care home residents deserve a voice in research - and that's exactly what WATCH is here for.
#WATCHProject #carehomevoices #vaccineequity #researchtogether
Care home residents deserve a voice in research - and that's exactly what WATCH is here for.
#WATCHProject #carehomevoices #vaccineequity #researchtogether
July 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🎤Behind every vaccine trial is a community we can't afford to leave behind.
Care home residents deserve a voice in research - and that's exactly what WATCH is here for.
#WATCHProject #carehomevoices #vaccineequity #researchtogether
Care home residents deserve a voice in research - and that's exactly what WATCH is here for.
#WATCHProject #carehomevoices #vaccineequity #researchtogether
🧠 It takes more than data to change the system.
The #WATCHProject is listening to people — care home staff, residents, families, researchers — to understand what really stands in the way of inclusive vaccine trials.
Real voices. Real barriers. Real change.
The #WATCHProject is listening to people — care home staff, residents, families, researchers — to understand what really stands in the way of inclusive vaccine trials.
Real voices. Real barriers. Real change.
July 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🧠 It takes more than data to change the system.
The #WATCHProject is listening to people — care home staff, residents, families, researchers — to understand what really stands in the way of inclusive vaccine trials.
Real voices. Real barriers. Real change.
The #WATCHProject is listening to people — care home staff, residents, families, researchers — to understand what really stands in the way of inclusive vaccine trials.
Real voices. Real barriers. Real change.
📢 Update
Progress! 🚀
✅ Interview guides-designed to gather views from care home residents and other relevant professionals have been revised & submitted for approval.
👀 Next: Recruitment & interviews.
We’re breaking barriers to include care home residents in vaccine trials. Their voices matter.
Progress! 🚀
✅ Interview guides-designed to gather views from care home residents and other relevant professionals have been revised & submitted for approval.
👀 Next: Recruitment & interviews.
We’re breaking barriers to include care home residents in vaccine trials. Their voices matter.
July 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📢 Update
Progress! 🚀
✅ Interview guides-designed to gather views from care home residents and other relevant professionals have been revised & submitted for approval.
👀 Next: Recruitment & interviews.
We’re breaking barriers to include care home residents in vaccine trials. Their voices matter.
Progress! 🚀
✅ Interview guides-designed to gather views from care home residents and other relevant professionals have been revised & submitted for approval.
👀 Next: Recruitment & interviews.
We’re breaking barriers to include care home residents in vaccine trials. Their voices matter.
Every story matters. Every voice counts. That's the heart of the WATCH Project. #WATCHProject #CareHomeVoices #EveryStoryMatters #InclusiveResearch #ResearchWithHeart #OlderAdultsMatter #CareHomeResearch #VaccineEquity #HealthJustice #CommunityResearch
July 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Every story matters. Every voice counts. That's the heart of the WATCH Project. #WATCHProject #CareHomeVoices #EveryStoryMatters #InclusiveResearch #ResearchWithHeart #OlderAdultsMatter #CareHomeResearch #VaccineEquity #HealthJustice #CommunityResearch
Prof Soiza & the team were delighted to present the WATCH Project at the NHSG R&D conf #GramConf25
@ssvasan.bsky.social
The presentation highlighted the importance of including care home residents in vaccine trials, enabling better care for the care home population #WATCHProject #VaccineTrials
@ssvasan.bsky.social
The presentation highlighted the importance of including care home residents in vaccine trials, enabling better care for the care home population #WATCHProject #VaccineTrials
July 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Prof Soiza & the team were delighted to present the WATCH Project at the NHSG R&D conf #GramConf25
@ssvasan.bsky.social
The presentation highlighted the importance of including care home residents in vaccine trials, enabling better care for the care home population #WATCHProject #VaccineTrials
@ssvasan.bsky.social
The presentation highlighted the importance of including care home residents in vaccine trials, enabling better care for the care home population #WATCHProject #VaccineTrials
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Some further highlights from #GramConf25
- Prof Vasan, R&D Director talking about Research inclusion and workforce strategy while addressing CRDC objectives
- Euan Dickson, from Chief Scientist Office spoke about NRS current developments and direction of travel
- Prof Vasan, R&D Director talking about Research inclusion and workforce strategy while addressing CRDC objectives
- Euan Dickson, from Chief Scientist Office spoke about NRS current developments and direction of travel
June 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Some further highlights from #GramConf25
- Prof Vasan, R&D Director talking about Research inclusion and workforce strategy while addressing CRDC objectives
- Euan Dickson, from Chief Scientist Office spoke about NRS current developments and direction of travel
- Prof Vasan, R&D Director talking about Research inclusion and workforce strategy while addressing CRDC objectives
- Euan Dickson, from Chief Scientist Office spoke about NRS current developments and direction of travel
“Inclusion starts with listening.” We’ve been listening — and it’s clear that #GramConf25 has sparked inspiring conversations around integration, evidence-based practice, and patient-centred care. Here’s to shining a light on the outstanding work happening across @nhsgrampian.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“Inclusion starts with listening.” We’ve been listening — and it’s clear that #GramConf25 has sparked inspiring conversations around integration, evidence-based practice, and patient-centred care. Here’s to shining a light on the outstanding work happening across @nhsgrampian.bsky.social
Imagine if every vaccine trial considered the real lives of older adults in care homes. That's the world we are building! 💪 #futureofresearch #WATCHProject #vaccineequity
June 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Imagine if every vaccine trial considered the real lives of older adults in care homes. That's the world we are building! 💪 #futureofresearch #WATCHProject #vaccineequity
#RedForResearch2025 🔴 A small gesture, a bold colour, and a big message: supporting the people and science that shape the future of healthcare. Here’s to every researcher, participant, and story behind the data. #researchmatters #supportresearch #healthinnovation #WATCHProject
June 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#RedForResearch2025 🔴 A small gesture, a bold colour, and a big message: supporting the people and science that shape the future of healthcare. Here’s to every researcher, participant, and story behind the data. #researchmatters #supportresearch #healthinnovation #WATCHProject
Friday Feature - we are working closely with @enrichscotland.bsky.social, @nihr.bsky.social advisors and many more relevant healthcare professionals to keep this research real and relevant #CollaborativeScience #PPIE #WATCHProject #carehomeresearch #carehome #research
June 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Friday Feature - we are working closely with @enrichscotland.bsky.social, @nihr.bsky.social advisors and many more relevant healthcare professionals to keep this research real and relevant #CollaborativeScience #PPIE #WATCHProject #carehomeresearch #carehome #research
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If you are a #carehome #researcher, this might be of interest 🤔 Exploring Research Culture in Care Homes to Identify the Barriers and Facilitators to Research: A Rapid Review.
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doi.org/10.31389/jlt...
Exploring Research Culture in Care Homes to Identify the Barriers and Facilitators to Research: A Rapid Review | Journal of Long-Term Care
The Journal of Long-Term Care is an international, multi- and inter-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, online journal established as a focus for advancing the research evidence base for all aspects of long-...
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February 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If you are a #carehome #researcher, this might be of interest 🤔 Exploring Research Culture in Care Homes to Identify the Barriers and Facilitators to Research: A Rapid Review.
doi.org/10.31389/jlt...
doi.org/10.31389/jlt...