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What is best practice for giving 'safety netting' advice to parents of acutely unwell children in general practice & what role might AI play? Mavin Kashyap, Damian Roland & Peter Edwards consider the evidence in this recent @bjgp.bsky.social editorial. bjgp.org/content/75/7... #GPsky #PrimaryCare

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Great to welcome our award-winning colleagues at Common Ambition to Bluesky. They're working to increase #HIV testing and stop stigma in #Bristol 's African and Caribbean heritage communities. Please follow them if you can 👇🏾

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In case you missed it, the recording of our webinar 'How should we tackle antimicrobial resistance in primary care? Lessons from infections research' is now available on our YouTube channel. 🔽 youtu.be/LynQ8mv06Fw?... @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk #GPsky #PrimaryCare

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Are you a clinician working in UK general practice? If so, please sign up to The Hidden Workload Study which is being conducted by @gppact.bsky.social. Over 350 practices have already joined. The team is especially keen to recruit more practice nurses. See 🔽 @rcn.org.uk @nursingstandard.bsky.social

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Congratulations to the authors of this paper - #3 in @bjgp.bsky.social's Top 10 research papers for 2024 - including @bristoluni.bsky.social colleague, Prof Richard Martin & former CAPC colleague, Sam Merriel. 🎉

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Congratulations to @charlotte-archer.bsky.social whose paper on why GPs prescribe beta-blockers for anxiety is #4 in the @bjgp.bsky.social top 10 papers of 2024! 🎉 Read the paper ⬇️ #PrimaryCare #GPSky @bristolbrc.bsky.social

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Coming soon: Seminar - Late onset of #psychosis in peri/menopause - organised by the Psychosis Health Integration Team @bristolhealthp.bsky.social 5 Feb 2025, 6-8.30pm, @wshed.bsky.social, Bristol More information & tickets from: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/late-onset...

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📢 Quali researchers! Join us for a 1 hour webinar to find out about our CLIP-Q approach to rapid qualitative research. 🗓️Thurs 6 Mar 10-11am Hear from @jhorwood.bsky.social @jokesten.bsky.social @avalorenc.bsky.social Mairead Murphy #quali #qualitative #HealthResearch bit.ly/428hKQn

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Many patients’ understanding of #shingles before diagnosis is poor & they were unprepared for symptoms, new study published in @bjgp.bsky.social finds. Health care professionals highlighting stress as a trigger led some people to blame themselves for onset. ▶️https://bit.ly/40wmKgs #GPSky

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The Society for Academic Primary Care (@sapc.ac.uk) has a new special interest group (SIG) for urgent primary and community care (UPCC). Email: [email protected] if you would like to join. For more information, see: sapc.ac.uk/special-inte... #PrimaryCare #GPSky

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Cat keeping cosy.

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📢ICYMI📢The recording of the webinar on 'Ending new cases of #HIV by 2030? Novel interventions from Bristol research is now available on the @capcbristol.bsky.social YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOCh... @arc-west.bsky.social , @nihrspcr.bsky.social ky.social, @sapc.ac.uk

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Happy New Year everyone! A quick reminder that our next webinar, 'How should we tackle antimicrobial resistance in #PrimaryCare: Lessons from infections research', is on next week - Thursday 16 January 2025, 1-2pm. We hope you can join us! Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr... #GPSky

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Another informative and powerful article by the brilliant @lucyselman.bsky.social #grief #death

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What proportion of respiratory tract infections in adults presenting to #PrimaryCare are potentially vaccine preventable? Polly Duncan & colleagues are investigating. Read the study protocol in @bjgpopen.bsky.social ▶️https://bjgpopen.org/content/8/4/BJGPO.2024.0129

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Join our #Dementia #Research Showcase online 22 Jan. Speakers will explore: - use of socially assistive #robots to support people with memory problems - recruiting care home residents to @capcbristol.bsky.social GP study about chest infections www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/events/demen...

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The #AssistedDying Bill has opened up discussions about death, dying & #bereavement. Good Grief Weston have just released a film about their festival, which brought people together to talk about #grief & loss, to help make these conversations easier. vimeo.com/1034276058?s...

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The ATHENA Trial (Amitriptyline for the prevention of post-herpetic neuralgia) only needs 66 more participants to hit the recruitment target of 846 - visit the website at www.bristol.ac.uk/athena-study to find out more! @capcbristol.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social

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The @rcgp.bsky.social attracts over 1,900 attendees each year. What's it like to attend for the first time? Dr Molly Dineen, Academic Clinical Fellow in #GeneralPractice at CAPC, shares her experience in a new blog: ▶️bit.ly/3OCPEoC & short film (trailer ⬇️) #GPsky #PrimaryCare

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📢Join us for our next CAPC webinar! 📢 How should we tackle antimicrobial resistance in #PrimaryCare? Lessons from infections research 📆16 Jan 2025, 1-2pm, via Zoom For more info & to register, see: bit.ly/4eXBqJC #GPSky #AntimicrobialResistance @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc-uk.bsky.social

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I’m looking for academic researchers who research mental health and also (like me) have lived experience of mental ill health! Please share and get in touch if that’s you ❤️#academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social

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The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) in UK #PrimaryCare is associated with a small improvement in patient satisfaction & perceptions of access, but did not improve Quality Outcome Framework (QOF) outcomes, new study finds. News: bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt... #GPSky #GeneralPractice

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Culturally appropriate women-centred interventions can help healthcare systems in low- & middle-income countries respond to #DomesticViolence, research has found. HERA (Healthcare Responding to Violence & Abuse) is reporting its findings in London today. bit.ly/49aONoz

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'The implementation of current Health Research Authority approval processes for low risk staff research has the potential to use more NHS organisational resources than the research study itself.' The governance burdens of research highlighted. bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Loving the starter packs (big thanks to all those who have created them), so absolutely delighted to discover there’s a directory of starter packs 😃

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Not normally homesick but my wee brother just sent me this. #snowday #scotland

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GPs PART-TIME WORKING or ARE THEY? The data used by NHS Digital underestimates the hours GPs work is being used in error to estimate GP workload It is based on ‘Contracted hours’ 9 x 4hr 10min sessions (half days) making 37.5hrs Full Time But that is likely to be 50-60hrs🧵 #TeamGP #MedSky #RCGP

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Interested in what works to engage fathers? Check out this incredible live illustration from the conference on Father Inclusion in the Family Hubs earlier this year! @profatarrant.bsky.social #followingyoungfathersfurther #fatherinclusion #dads

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What drives #antibiotic use without prescription in low- & middle-income countries? Christie Cabral, Helen Lambert et al have reviewed the evidence. Read the blog: capcbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/11/20/w... #WAAW #AntimicrobialResistance #AntimicrobialStewardship #GlobalHealth #Pharmsky

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Deadline approaching! ⬇️

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Hospital teams rarely share information about patients' limited life expectancy with GPs, even though GPs find this very helpful in planning patient care. Research by Lucy Pocock & @lucyselman.bsky.social et al. published in @bjgp.bsky.social & covered in Pulse: pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...

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Completely chuffed to bits with this. A lovely ceremony and a great privilege to share the celebration with the graduates of @rcsi.bsky.social today

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Community #pharmacies could have a significant role in expanding PrEP access to help prevent #HIV - new research by China Harrison @jhorwood.bsky.social & colleagues published in 'Sexually Transmitted Infections'. News: www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt... #PrimaryCare #SexualHealth

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Qualitative health services researcher interested in trial methodology? Fantastic opportunity below ⬇️

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Now seems a good time to collate a list of reputable, trustworthy public health voices. UK Public Health Starter Pack ⤵️ (Work in progress - will add suggestions!) go.bsky.app/Tuf8yqX

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Having blood tests & getting blood test results can be worrying. A found poem, co-produced with community members from Barton Hill #Bristol, gives voice to patients' experiences. It has now been brought to life in a powerful new film by Patch de Salis. ▶️bit.ly/3YBjA9b #GPSky #MedSky #PrimaryCare

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Sexual assault referral centres offer excellent care but are underused, partly due to a lack of awareness among the public, say researchers. The MESARCH Study findings have been summarised in a new @NIHRresearch Evidence Alert: evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/sexual... #SexualHealth #SexualViolence

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I’m really psyched to share our short animated video about perinatal loneliness: ‘Where is the village that was promised?’ Loneliness is driven by socio-cultural and political drivers and could be prevented for many. #loneliness #perinatalmentalhealth youtu.be/dkNsIXH-Aec?...

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Join our free webinar on 4th Dec via Zoom. We will be showcasing our #HIV research of novel interventions to help meet the government’s 2030 HIV elimination goal. www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt... 🛟 #PublicHealth #MedSky #PrimaryCare #SexualHealth #PrEP

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Check out this new #PharmacyFirst podcast series from NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service: ▶️https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/pharmacy-first-podcast-series/ The first episode on #sinusitis features CAPC's Prof Alastair Hay. #PrimaryCare #Pharmacy @nihrspcr.bsky.social

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Reminder: Join us for this hybrid event to discuss the findings from the Game of Stones trial, which used text messages & financial incentives to support men trying to lose weight. 14 Nov, 1.30-3pm, Uni of Bristol & online Info & Register: tickettailor.com/events/gameo... #PrimaryCare

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Join us to discuss the findings of HERA: Healthcare responding to #DomesticViolence & abuse in Brazil, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Occupied Palestinian Territories. 27 Nov 2024, 10.30am-2.30pm, London/online (waiting list only for in-person attendance). Register: bit.ly/3YGylZq

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"How to address the barriers to meaningful adolescent involvement in #HealthResearch: A #qualitative study" Great article by @azza-warraitch.bsky.social and colleagues, incl young people: doi.org/10.1111/jora... #PublicInvolvement #PPI #InvolveYoungPeople

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This #WorldMenopauseDay, GP & @nihr.bsky.social In-Practice Research Fellow Dr Yvette Pyne asks what needs to be done to ensure the #menopause & #perimenopause health needs of trans masculine & nonbinary people are met. Blog: capcbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/10/18/n... #PrimaryCare #MedSky

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