Cat Chatfield

@HSRN_UK I came to HSR via medicine so not a typical 'low-value' degree. However, my awareness of health services research as a career at my degree entry point (and beyond) was very low. I wonder if it had been higher/more entry points visible whether I would have pursued it earlier? 🤔

📢With the PM announcing plans to crack down on 'low-value' university degrees, we want to ask the community about the routes they took to enter the HSR space to highlight the value of career diversity and continued academic freedom... Please reply and tell us your story!

AI is everywhere, including at HSR UK's annual conference! You can find out what HAL thinks of what we have on offer in this blog #HSRUK23

⏰FINAL CALL⏰ Our Early Bird offer ends in less than 24 hours, so take advantage before it's too late! Engage with expert speakers from across the health and social care sector at the #HSRUK23 Conference 2023 @unibirmingham and online. Register today! eventsforce.net/eventage/front…

I’ll be at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare conference in Copenhagen 2023 – will you? Join me #Quality2023: bit.ly/3Hv6XVP

Don’t miss out on the #HSRUK Conference 2023 Early Bird tickets discounted offer! @unibirmingham & online. Featuring quality speakers, great plenary sessions & practical, interactive workshops. Register today! tinyurl.com/y4e6kbpn

New for 2023: the improvement science symposium will be a stream throughout the programme for the @QualityForum. Submit your improvement / implementation science research now to reach a wide audience of clinicians and health service decision makers.

We missed this one over the holidays, so a belated 'blogpost alert'. Thanks to @HSRN_UK for hosting this piece by @andynorthcott and @Drkfeatherstone, and for recognising their research at the 2022 conference hsruk.org/hsruk/viewpoin…

⏰⏰⏰Last call for proposals for #HSRUK23! You have until 12pm Monday 16 Jan to submit your proposal for our annual conference taking place at @unibirmingham from 4-6 July 2023. Find out more & submit bit.ly/3VLXXA5 Attendee registration details coming soon…! #HSRUK23

🎇Happy New Year from HSR UK! Now you’ve had time to mull it over, remember to submit your proposal for a research presentation, workshop, or learning & development session for #HSRUK23. Don’t delay – deadline is 12pm on 16 Jan. Submit here: bit.ly/3VLXXA5

NEW REPORT: Children are more likely to be obese or overweight in areas of England where there is more childhood poverty and lower breastfeeding rates. 🧵 Authors: @DrLizFisher @eiliskeeble @CAM_Paddison @CheungRonny @DrDougalH nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/child…

@NuffieldTrust are doing some important work with @RCSnews on parents in surgery. Can you help circulate this anonymous survey to those working in or considering surgery as a career? @ClaraEMunro @GeeMcLachlan forms.office.com/pages/response…

@KGoldthorpe1 @QualityForum @emma_wiper You need to be patient (due home tomorrow night but now Friday morning due to train strike) but plenty of opportunity to work on the train!

Starting my epic journey home to the UK from #Quality2022 with the ferry to Kiel, Germany! @QualityForum #sustainableliving

"The accountability for providing high quality care lies with the profession but the necessary conditions are set politically" So true. Really interesting ideas for the political level to consider to facilitate healthcare improvement #Quality2022

Much of this work can happen at the frontline but demonstrating the "seriousness" of this work using an academic approach to develop a framework engages politicians. Then combined with PDSA approach to testing and tweaking. Love to see HSR and QI combined! #Quality2022

"Health is to be busy with one's life tasks in joy" 🥰 #Quality2022 #QualityLife2022

"Integrated care is not a new organisation, it's a way of thinking with primary health care at the centre" Empty circle represents the personalised aspect for what that patient needs - for me it would be yoga 🧘‍♀️ #Quality2022

The "Best place to live" approach in jonkoping aligns all social determinants of health including education, leisure, environment and beyond. This hopeful, inspiring approach seems absent in England - perhaps we need not just joy in work but hope? #Quality2022 @mountfordjames

Care produced together with patients in region jonkoping starts with the patient identifying what they can do for themselves with their resources and networks and then seeing how the healthcare system can support them. Love this strengths-based approach #Quality2022

So much learning from region jonkoping about focusing health on supporting people's joy in their everyday life tasks. I particularly love their shared goal picture which leads to alignment in the system and helps focus cocreation @QualityForum #Quality2022