BACR Director of Digital Science Prof Liz Sapey Liz Sapey reflects on the challenges - and successes - of the first 18 months of activity for health data research hub PIONEER Hub

“The impact of #COVID19 pandemic on PICU, although less visible compared to adult units, is all-pervasive, substantial and likely to be long-lasting.” Read the full article from BACR's Hari Krishnan et al bit.ly/2R2U90Y #PedsICU Intensive Care Medicine

Congrats to Barney Scholefield 🌈 💙 et al, Snr author: Important #resuscitation #cpr research on cardiac arrests in English #Pedsicu #PICU Spotlight on association of #epidemiology , #ethnicity on risk of #cardiacarrest & national benchmarking quality standards. Uni of Birmingham @unibirm_MDS

How do you provide a virtual hug in a locked-down world? BACR’s Barney Scholefield 🌈 💙 on how he started the The 909 Club so BWC NHS Trust #PedsICU colleagues could socialise, mourn and learn together .... and have an Olly Murs sing-along learningfromexcellence.com/the-909-club/

Absolute pleasure to be working with BACR

It’s great to have opportunities like this. Getting involved with research as a patient reviewer has helped give a purpose to the lousy experience of chronic pain. Can’t recommend it enough.

The availability of consultants is not the cause of the so-called 'weekend effect' in hospitals, the HiSLAC led by Prof Julian Bion (Uni of Birmingham Professor of Intensive Care Medicine) has established. Read the paper: doi.org/10.3310/hsdr09… #AcuteCare #HospitalAdmission

HiSLAC final report available now National Institute for Health and Care Research: We found that hospital specialist availability is not the cause of the #weekendeffect but associated with factors in the community journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/hsdr09130… #7dayNHS #7dayservices 1/12

Check out out new look webpage with links to our partners, latest research and news: birmingham.ac.uk/research/infla…

Out in #PrePrint and featured in The BMJ #COVID19: #CPAP reduces need for invasive mechanical ventilation in patients requiring oxygen. Congrats to BACR team involved in this study medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Want to know more about BACR? Our website has all the info you need including details of partners, latest research and news: birmingham.ac.uk/research/infla…

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To get into the Christmas mood, here's a short montage of every BBC One Christmas ident from 1974 to the present day.🎄🎅

Worried about being alone or lonely this Christmas Day? Then stick with us on Twitter and #JoinIn. I’ll post up more info closer to the day but we’ll all be here to keep you company. Please RT and spread the word.

HiSLAC findings now available in NIHR Evidence Alerts: "Emergency care in hospitals is as good at the weekend as on weekdays" evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/hospital…

Today’s use-by date Is today So I’d better start Using it now.

How to make hedgehog houses more appealing for the species: provide food and bedding place under where there's shelter like shrubs, or on hard surfaces such as patios, and with the entrances oriented away from wide open spaces More tips in the article. bit.ly/3RQ8J6Q

Have your say on the Birmingham Parks Survey 2022 The survey is carried out every two years to find out satisfaction levels with local parks and what improvements park users would like to see: orlo.uk/qMORf #BeBoldBeBham

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We loved doing the trainee scheme on last year’s Late Night Lycett so we’re doing it again. You don’t need ANY experience in TV production, it’s all about giving on the job training. And this year we’ve extended it so not it’s not just for West Midlands folk, you can apply if