Deborah Bamber
debbamber.bsky.social
Deborah Bamber
@debbamber.bsky.social
Health services researcher, SAPPHIRE, University of Leicester | Currently researching in acute emergency care | Interested in optimising patient & parent experience, patient safety, maternal & infant healthcare, qualitative research methods, PPIE
Reposted by Deborah Bamber
Time's running out if you're interested in this Research Development Award! If you're interested in safety culture and would like to discuss taking your award with us at the University of Leicester please do get in touch with one of our theme co-leads: www.psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...
🚨 Final call! Applications for Round 2 of the NIHR GM PSRC Patient Safety Research Development Award close Monday, 20 October.

🔗 Find out more and apply: psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/development-...

#PatientSafety #ResearchOpportunity #HealthcareInnovation #NIHR #CareerDevelopment
October 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Reposted by Deborah Bamber
New research by @evakrockow.bsky.social et al. finds #AMR messages too technical and unclear
We need clearer, more relatable comms to drive change:
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
@evakrockow.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social #JACAMRNews #IDSky
Validate User
doi.org
September 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Reposted by Deborah Bamber
How do you manage your #workload❓ What's important, what can wait,🤔 who decides this⚖️ how do you learn this❓
I'm still looking to speak to any #criticalcare #nurses who registered for the first time after Jan 2019, follow the link below to get involved.

www.psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/2025/01/30/a...
April 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Our new paper published on blood culture sampling in hospitals 🙌 Super proud! @carotarrant.bsky.social @evakrockow.bsky.social
Scoping review of barriers and facilitators of optimal blood culture sampling for patients with severe infection highlights gaps in the evidence:
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
@debbamber.bsky.social @evakrockow.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social #JACAMRNews
doi.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Can't recommend this summer school highly enough! Perfect for those planning or currently conducting ethnographic research in healthcare. More info below 👇
Places are filling fast for our Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement summer school! 3 days 23-25 July, get expert training, networking, mentoring and support for your current and planned ethnographic work in healthcare. See shop.le.ac.uk/product-cata... for more details!
Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School 2025 | shop@le
A short course designed for researchers and doctoral students to critically engage with the theory and practice of ethnography in healthcare settings.You w
shop.le.ac.uk
April 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by Deborah Bamber
Please share with your networks!

Recruitment of participants for a study on the workplace experiences of African NHS doctors and nurses is ongoing - see below for details:
March 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Reposted by Deborah Bamber
📣 New paper led by the fantastic @debbamber.bsky.social. We review the literature on factors associated with reliable blood culture sampling in hospitals and find that existing research has been dominated by a focus on individual levels of influence.
Factors associated with blood culture sampling for adult acute care hospital patients with suspected severe infection: a scoping review using a socioecological framework
AbstractBackground. Reliable blood culture sampling for patients with suspected severe infection is critical, but evidence suggests that blood culture samp
academic.oup.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📢 We are still looking for more survey participants for our NIHR-funded study to optimise blood culture sampling for adult acute care hospital patients. If you regularly take or request bloods in ED/acute care, please do take a look - feel free to share with colleagues! 🙏 Details below 👇
Do you regularly take or order bloods for acute hospital patients? We want to hear about your experiences and views in a short online survey!
redcap.lcbru.le.ac.uk/surveys/?s=F...
March 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Reposted by Deborah Bamber
Do you regularly take or order bloods for acute hospital patients? We want to hear about your experiences and views in a short online survey!
redcap.lcbru.le.ac.uk/surveys/?s=F...
February 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Reposted by Deborah Bamber
It's on again! Bigger and better than ever, SAPPHIRE's Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School will be held July 23-25 here at College Court, Leicester. 3 days of workshops, insights, networking, mentoring and support. Places limited, book now! shop.le.ac.uk/product-cata...
Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School 2025 | shop@le
A short course designed for researchers and doctoral students to critically engage with the theory and practice of ethnography in healthcare settings.You w
shop.le.ac.uk
February 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Reposted by Deborah Bamber
Please take a look and share widely for our UK NIHR-funded study - many thanks 🙏
Do you regularly take or order bloods for acute hospital patients? We want to hear about your experiences and views in a short online survey!
redcap.lcbru.le.ac.uk/surveys/?s=F...
February 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Please take a look and share widely for our UK NIHR-funded study - many thanks 🙏
Do you regularly take or order bloods for acute hospital patients? We want to hear about your experiences and views in a short online survey!
redcap.lcbru.le.ac.uk/surveys/?s=F...
February 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Reposted by Deborah Bamber
On behalf of a colleague Kirstin Webster at University of Leicester:

Can you help improve data on avoidable brain injury around the time of birth?

Maternity/obstetric/neonatal/paediatric colleagues please complete/retweet this survey

ths.im/4iLI7kY
Help us improve data on avoidable brain injury around the time of birth
This survey aims to explore the views of maternity and neonatal professionals to help improve the collection and use of data relevant for reducing risk of avoidable brain injury around the time of bir...
ths.im
January 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Reposted by Deborah Bamber
If you routinely prescribe and deprescribe antidepressants and have experience prescribing during the pandemic in UK Primary Care, please consider sharing your thoughts and experiences in our study on decision making for prescribing antidepressants!
January 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM