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So, tell me more about how you're engaging with people to shape innovations based on their needs and experiences.
(It's Easter, we couldn't resist 🍫)
Get involved and share with your friends so we hear diverse voices 👉
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Your input will help develop new sexual wellness products.
📅 Take our 20-min survey by 4 May
🎁 Be entered into our prize draw
To take part, follow our link in the comments. 📎
Meet Rebecca, our Executive Assistant & Marketing Design Coordinator who handles organisational admin, while also designing our digital marketing assets.
Rebecca is a Graphic & Media Design grad, with experience in hospitality & the NHS.
She loves weightlifting, baking, F1 & crime dramas! 🏋️♀️🧁🏁📺️
Nobody knew if support for those affected by melanoma was meeting their needs. We helped Melanoma UK change that.
130+ people shared their experiences with us – their stories, frustrations and gaps in support. Those insights now sit at the heart of Melanoma UK's strategy.
🔗 Link in comments 👇
Meet Sukh, our Business Development Executive.
Sukh drives partnerships to expand Thiscovery's impact across health and care, bringing extensive health-tech BD and sales experience.
Sukh is a History grad, cinema-buff, hiker & matcha lover 🎬🥾🍵
Find out more about the event via @dhrewired.bsky.social
Next week we'll be at #Rewired26 to connect with the NHS leaders, innovators and clinicians who are transforming digital healthcare.
Get in touch with Ruth Cousens to arrange a chat about your most pressing listening challenges and how we might help.
👉 💬 www.thiscovery.org/get-in-touch
Meet Sam, our Marketing Executive.
With multi-sector experience in comms, PR & marketing, Sam generates awareness of our in-house expertise and platform and creates bespoke recruitment strategies for our clients' insight projects.
Sam is a film lover, football fan & vinyl enthusiast 🎬⚽🎵
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Thanks to all our partners from the past 12 months: @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk | @healthfoundation.bsky.social | @cuh.nhs.uk | @rnib.bsky.social | @randeurope.org | @ucl.ac.uk | @merckgroup.bsky.social | @ipsosgroup.bsky.social | @unibirmingham.bsky.social | @alzheimersresearchuk.org...
As Insight Programme Manager, Anna manages our portfolio of insight projects and online communities.
She has over twenty years' experience in research management across the public and higher education sectors.
Anna volunteers at the Dogs Trust and enjoys taking her two rescue dogs on long walks 🐕️
André is our Head of Platform Engineering leading the development of the Thiscovery platform.
André has deep expertise in software engineering and data analysis, with roles at leading research institutions in the UK and abroad.
When not coding, he's exploring the countryside or playing badminton 🏸
Our Impact Report 2025 is live 💡
From dementia to mental health, we helped embed lived experience and knowledge into health & care decision-making across the NHS, academia, the third sector and health tech.
Behind every number is a person who felt heard.
📖 Read the full report: bit.ly/4kXyy46
As CTO, Gaurav is responsible for the strategic direction of the Thiscovery platform.
He brings a wealth of experience in the health sector, having spent 15 years at the Nursing and Midwifery Council leading major change initiatives.
Gaurav enjoys cooking and trying out new dishes and cuisines.
"Accessibility isn't just a box to tick. It's central to who we are and how we work."
Our latest article explores how we approach accessibility in online research and why 'good' accessibility isn't just about the technical.
Read the full blog here 👉 buff.ly/eQvU8Km
As CEO, Ruth leads our strategy after steering our spin-out from the University of Cambridge.
Beginning in the UK Civil Service, followed by a move to the third sector, Ruth focused on social innovation and improvement in the health space.
Ruth is an avid gig-goer and is now learning bass guitar.
We're proud to have supported Melanoma UK last year in listening to those affected by melanoma.
The insights we gathered helped them scrutinise the new National Cancer Plan for England and uncover key opportunities in prevention and diagnosis for the 10-year strategy.
Read more 👉
Lorna is our Interim Senior Insight Programme Manager, managing our portfolio of research and consultation projects for clients.
She has 10+ years experience at NIHR and healthcare improvement expertise from THIS Institute.
Lorna is a Psychology grad who loves wildlife, singing and gameshows.
"Speak to a diverse group to understand their routines, language, and needs...[they] often reveal both unexpected challenges and overlooked moments of joy."
Our latest post explores how generating evidence through listening builds trust in FemTech products.
Read the full article 👉 bit.ly/4k9e0oO
On International Data Privacy Day, we're reflecting on what trust really means in health and care research.
Data protection isn't just compliance – it shapes everything we do at Thiscovery.
Read about our commitment 👉 www.thiscovery.org/blog/built-f...
#DataPrivacyDay
How does patient & clinician insight shape your commercial decisions?
📣 If you're a senior leader in commercial health or life sciences, we'd really value your perspective on what works, drivers of ROI, and where the barriers still are.
Take part in our quick survey or share 👉 bit.ly/49v4iJU
🌟 New blog: Why listening helps health innovations succeed
In our recent webinar, one message came through clearly: 💬 The innovators who make the biggest impact are the ones who listen deeply and consistently to patients and staff.
Read the full article 👇
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The Thiscovery logo accompanied by an illustration of a man looking through a telescope to see a man and woman waving and communicating at him. Next to this is the messaging: 'Design and build better solutions. Hearing your end-users through Thiscovery helps you design with clarity, build smarter.'
It's dangerous to make assumptions.
Presuming is guessing.
And guessing generates risk.
Find out how working with Thiscovery to listen to patients, staff and clinicians can help you design and build better solutions 👇
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Why do we choose to do the vast majority of our work online?
Ruth Cousens outlines the benefits of our approach for the participants we reach and why it leads to a broader, richer evidence-base for our clients.
Catch our full webinar here 👇
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Tomorrow we'll be at GIANT Health talking to NHS leaders, innovators and the other organisations supporting them.
Connect with Sam Taylor and Sukh Bains to chat about how we're helping ground solutions in evidence to strengthen design decisions, de-risk innovation, and accelerate adoption.
Discover how generating your practical evidence-base through Thiscovery can help set new directions 👇
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Set your strategy and priorities using robust insight. Thiscovery insights instil confidence by making your strategy: well-informed, tested, trusted. Thiscovery logo appears alongside an illustration of a GP holding notes and a clipboard, along with background icons of a magnifying glass and a target.
♟️📈 Looking for real-world insights to help inform your next move? We can help.
If you're not listening to your stakeholders or the people on the ground, then your strategy is missing a stable foundation.
Which means it's susceptible to falling flat.
Or missing the point entirely.
