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Posts by Tara Lamont

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Paralysis in public health and policy: when evidence becomes an alibi Public health operates in an era of unprecedented data availability and analytical sophistication, yet action on well-established health challenges is frequently delayed. We argue that evidence increa...

"What began as a movement towards evidence-based policy has, in some contexts, drifted into evidence-dependent policy,
where decisions are authorised only once uncertainty has
been reduced or eliminated entirely." Excellent Viewpoint in @thelancetph.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Thank you!

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

Interesting - study found a third of ICBs imposing BMI restrictions on hip/knee surgery against NICE advice journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Thank you so much @pvandergraaf.bsky.social - also for an engaged and stimulating dialogue this morning. What company!

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Vg blog on invisible but critical repair work in ED (and other complex systems)

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Invisible but crucial relational work always trumped by the new - essential reading (not just for ED)

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Interesting for knowledge mobilisation…

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#hsruk2025 Liz Brewster talking about reframing important research on underdoctored areas to reach chief people officers and other NHS managers

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#HSRUK2025 Gill Vance sets out HSDR investment and community of workforce researchers around 5 new partnership hubs

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@kathcheckland.bsky.social opening up great workforce research plenary - HSDR at forefront of investing in important new research…# HSRUK2025

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Wise pragmatic and evidence-informed (!) panel on getting research used. Great insights at first plenary on eve of new 10 Year Plan #HSRUK2025

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Good article here on service innovation and learning (not always hand in hand) inc a plug for evaluation efforts of HSDR rapid evaluation teams and others in this important space | www.health.org.uk/features-and...

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Great to see HSDR funded studies in two of these top 5 - makes me want to read them all!

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OUR NEW PAPER: the 'final findings' paper from the Remote by Default 2 study:

"After the disruptive innovation: How remote and digital services were embedded, blended and abandoned in UK general practice"

(will do thread on this soon)
www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/publish...

#academicsky 🧪

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In this final episode of the Listen to THIS podcast, @instagraham.bsky.social and @taralamont.bsky.social reflect on the insights shared on healthcare improvement – from clinical research to data science, critical care to anthropology, design and more.

🎥Watch or listen ths.im/4jCVeUZ

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Here it is! The newly published 4th edition of our Healthcare Management textbook from OUP McGraw Hill, with an expanded editorial team of @simon76moralee.bsky.social @mannisidhu.bsky.social @kieranwalshe.bsky.social and me. #evidencebased #healthmanagement

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/heal...

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What do you get when you put a GP, anthropologist and data scientist together? A very interesting conversation about improving access in primary care! Great podcast from @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk

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The beast and the burden: will pruning performance measurement improve quality? Programmes dedicated to driving improvement in healthcare quality have grown dramatically in the last two decades. Accreditation programmes along with performance measurement and reporting have been c...

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The beast and the burden: will pruning performance measurement improve quality?

Excellent essay
Written about healthcare but applies well beyond

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