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🎥 Missed it live? 💻 The recording of Methods for handling informative observation in electronic health records with Jessica Barrett is now available on our website and YouTube! 👉 Watch now: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/marc…

Reminder - just a few days left to apply for the Innovation Observatory Horizon Scanning Immersion Visit for mid and early career researchers! The HDR UK Training and Capacity Building Team has teamed up with NIHR to offer up to 30 researchers a unique look into horizon scanning. The observatory is the UK’s national horizon scanning centre for health and care innovations. It is a world-leading organisation that uses advanced data-driven methods to identify, assess, and monitor emerging health technologies. Its work provides critical insights to policymakers, regulators, and industry, ensuring timely and equitable access to high quality care. This full-day immersion visit to the NIHR Innovation Observatory will focus on horizon scanning and artificial intelligence. It is specifically for members of the HDR UK training and learning community, be that directly funded colleagues or regional networks.

✨ Celebrating International Women’s Day! This #IWD2026 we’re celebrating the women leading health data science across HDR UK Midlands 🎉 👩‍🔬 Women make up 53.1% of our Regional Leadership Team, driving innovation, collaboration and impact across the region 💙

🕛 2 hours to go! 👀 Until Methods for handling informative observation in electronic health records 👨‍🔬 With Jessica Barrett, University of Cambridge 🚨 Don’t miss out! 👉Last chance to sign up: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/marc…

🗓️ Happening this week: 🔬 Methods for handling informative observation in electronic health records 👩‍🔬 Presented by Jessica Barrett, University of Cambridge 🌟 Join us online, Thursday at 12:30! 👉 Register here: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/marc…

📝 There’s still time to register for our upcoming webinar! 🧠 Join us on Thursday the 6th March @ 12:30 for Methods for handling informative observation in electronic health records 🔎 With Jessica Barrett, University of Cambridge 👉 Register here: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/marc…

📅 Register now! 🔬 Join Jessica Barrett, University of Cambridge at our next data grand round: 🔍 Methods for handling informative observation in electronic health records 🕧 Friday 6th March 2026 @ 12.30pm 🔗 Secure your spot: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/marc…

⌛ Don’t miss out! 🔬 On Methods for handling informative observation in electronic health records 👩‍🔬 Presented by Jessica Barrett, University of Cambridge 🖥️ At the HDR UK Midlands Data Grand Round 📅Thursday 3rd March @ 12:30pm 👉 Sign up here: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/marc…

✨ Our next Data Grand round! 📊 Methods for handling informative observation in electronic health records 🎙️ Presented by: Jessica Barrett, University of Cambridge 📅 Friday 6th March 2026 @ 12.30pm 👉 Register now: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/marc…

👂 Hear from our latest CXIO Community of Practice meeting! 🏥 New Hospital Programme 🎙️ With Eamonn Gorman, NHS ENGLAND 💻 Watch now on our YouTube and Website! 🔗 hdrmidlands.org.uk/cxio-community…

🚨 Now live! 📢 Preterm birth & paediatric intensive care: Using national data to examine critical illness in early childhood presented by Dr Tim van Hasselt 🖥️ Live on our YouTube and Website 👉 Watch now: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/febr…

🚨 Last chance to sign up! 🔎 Join Dr Tim van Hasselt as he explores Preterm birth & paediatric intensive care: Using national data to examine critical illness in early childhood 📅 Today at 12:30! 💻 Online via Teams 👉 Register now: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/febr…

📢 Happening next week! 📊 How can national data improve outcomes for critically ill children? 💡 Find out at our next Data Grand Round, with Dr Tim van Hasselt (@uniofleicester) 📅 Tue 3 Feb 🕧 12:30pm 💻 Online 👉 Register now: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/febr…

📣 Don’t forget — the NHS Waiting List Conference 2026 is coming! Join us later this year for Waiting List Conference: From Backlog to Breakthrough — a pivotal event tackling one of the NHS’s most pressing challenges: elective care waiting lists. 16–17 September 2026 Wellcome Trust, London This two-day conference will bring together patients, system leaders, researchers, and innovators to explore new ways of thinking and practical solutions that move beyond backlog toward real breakthroughs. Expect insights from leading experts, hands-on tools, case studies, and opportunities to collaborate across sectors. The call for abstracts is open until 2 March 2026 — submit yours and help shape the conversation. More info and register your interest here: 👉 hubs.li/Q040gj3f0 #HDRWaitingListConference26 #NHSEngland #HealthInnovation #SystemsThinking #HealthDataResearch

⏰ There's still time to register for our upcoming webinar: 🔬 Preterm birth & paediatric intensive care: Using national data to examine critical illness in early childhood 🎙️ Dr Tim van Hasselt (@uniofleicester) 📅 Tue 3 Feb 26 🕧 12:30pm 👉 Register now: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/febr…

🎉 Join our February Data Grand Round! 🔎 Dr Tim van Hasselt is diving into Preterm birth and paediatric intensive care: Using national data to examine critical illness in early childhood 📅 Tue 3 Feb 2026 🕧12:30pm 💻 Online 👉 Register here: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/febr…

✨Don’t miss out! 👂 Hear from Dr Tim van Hasselt (@uniofleicester) as he explores national data on preterm birth and paediatric intensive care outcomes 📅 Tue 3 Feb 2026 🕧12:30pm 💻 Online 👉 Sign up now: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/febr…

🔬 Join us for our next Data Grand Round! Explore preterm birth & paediatric intensive care with Dr Tim van Hasselt (University of Leicester) as he dives into national data on critical illness in early childhood.⚕️ 📅 Tue 3 Feb 2026🕧 12:30pm💻 Online 👉 hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/febr…

A new @listeralliance Living Lab is launching in the West Midlands - bringing together @unibirmingham, NHS partners and @Cisco to use digital tech, AI and health data to improve patient care, reduce hospital admissions and tackle health inequalities 👇 birminghamhealthpartners.co.uk/west-midlands-…