Thanks Sarah, good to hear your views resonate with the findings. I love your additions too which would make research in general practice much easier.

Sarah Alderson@imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Fantastic work by Zoe Edwards & colleagues on the barriers & facilitators to primary care involvement in research. My thoughts on their helpful recommendations as both a primary care academic & practice research lead👇:

Thrilled that our survey on Barriers and Facilitators to primary care staff conducting research has been published. The largest facilitator was clear patient benefit and the largest barrier was the inability to fit in extra work in. See paper for recommendations journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

A survey of barriers and facilitators to primary care staff conducting research

Background Research is essential to find ways of improving healthcare although is not established in primary care. This study aims to investigate the barriers and facilitators to primary care staff co...

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At the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine annual conference in Brighton presenting early findings from my NIHR Senior Clinical & Practitioner Research Award. A really relevant conference for fibromyalgia research focusing on the six pillars @BSLM

Primary care research is patchy. Find out why in our new review paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Barriers and facilitators to primary care staff conducting research – a qualitative systematic review

Research is vital for progress and development of healthcare and may help relieve current health service pressures through improvements and efficiencies. Research in primary care is not well establ...

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Demand for weight loss drugs is soaring but what does the future hold for these medicines and will demand outstrip supply? @lizbreen.bsky.social @jonsilcock.bsky.social theconversation.com/weight-loss-...

Weight loss drug demand continues to grow in the UK – here’s what’s being done to keep supplies readily available

The development of new weight loss drugs is one way that patient access can be ensured in the future.

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@proflizbreen14.bsky.social · last yr.

Today GPs can prescribe Mounjaro for weight loss in England. In our article (Oct 2024), we discussed the supply & demand concerns, and the need for dedicated resources to support patients. @zoeed1.bsky.social @jonsilcock.bsky.social @theconversation.com theconversation.com/mounjaro-wil...

I absolutely loved this day and learned so much about lifestyle medicine. Hoping to attend the conference later in the year as fits in so well with my work on Fibromyalgia #BPSASM2025 #LifestyleMedicine

The British Pain Society@britishpainsoc.bsky.social · last yr.

🚀 Workshop 2 Kicks Off! Unlocking the future of pain management with Lifestyle Medicine. A transformative day for clinicians begins now. #BPSASM2025 #LifestyleMedicine #PainScience

Brilliant education day on Lifestyle Medicine at the British Pain Society Conference culminating in Lee Vaughan talking about his pain journey. Great to learn about the importance of nutrition and exercise in pain management. #BPSASM2025 #painmanagement

Reviewer 2 must have really had a bad day. I’m trying not to take it personally. Reviewer 1 was as lovely as ever.

Great to present at Clinical Pharmacy Congress today and hopefully enable and motivate others to take part in research @rpharms.com @uniofbradford.bsky.social @wy-icb-research.bsky.social

Research has revealed that only two out of six point-of-care tests for cholesterol meet necessary standards for use in the NHS Health Check programme #ukpharmacy #cholesterol #pointofcare

Two-thirds of cholesterol point-of-care tests fail to meet standards, researchers warn

Research has revealed that only two out of six point-of-care tests (POCTs) for cholesterol meet necessary standards for use in the NHS Health Check programme. In a literature review, published in BMJ…

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Even more reason to consider anticholinergic burden of medication when prescribing, particularly in older people www.bmj.com/content/382/...

Association between recently raised anticholinergic burden and risk of acute cardiovascular events: nationwide case-case-time-control study

Objective To evaluate the association between recently raised anticholinergic burden and risk of acute cardiovascular events in older adults. Design Case-case-time-control study (ie, incorporating a ...

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After a recent inpatient stay (as an adult) myself I can see the forced removal of responsibility from the patient. Awful to think about the risks of that for a child. Great paper Adam.

Adam Sutherland, Ph.D@crapadventurer.bsky.social · last yr.

Published this week in Health Expectations, an exploration of how parents experience medicines and safety when they're in hospital. Conflict between their independence, and a system struggling to be "safe." Without parents there is no medicines safety. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Delighted to be able to share the brilliant work of the Marie Curie REACT team along with that of a local community pharmacy who have worked together to improve palliative care in Bradford. pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opin...

What we learned from the REACT palliative care service

The majority of people in the UK want to die at home. Results from a survey commissioned by Marie Curie in 2023 show that 56% of all 10,500 respondents and 42% of people with a terminal illness in the...

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👏 “After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%”

Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year

After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter

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It’s taken so long but finally got through my 2756 papers on Covidence. Maybe just been lucky to have small systematic reviews in the past

Great to be a part of it

IMAB-Qi Study@imab-qi.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to announce Affinity Care as the second site in the IMAB-Qi Study! 🎉 A huge thanks to @zoeed1.bsky.social for their outstanding leadership in making this collaboration a reality. #IMABQI_Study #NIHR #Affinity_Care #MedicationAdherence #BehavioralScience

Our latest article for the conversation with info about the four viruses currently circulating widely @proflizbreen14.bsky.social @jonsilcock.bsky.social

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 2y ago

The UK could be facing a ‘quad-demic’ this winter – here’s how to protect yourself

Winter viruses are on the rise. Read about the combination of four, five or even six viruses in our latest article @proflizbreen14.bsky.social @jonsilcock.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-uk-could...

The UK could be facing a ‘quad-demic’ this winter – here’s how to protect yourself

Alongside COVID and the flu, cases of norovirus and RSV are already surging this year.

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Mounjaro - the new weight loss medicine soon to start being rolled out across the NHS. Here is a piece we did for The Conversation about it recently theconversation.com/mounjaro-wil... @uniofbradford.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com

Mounjaro will soon be available as a weight loss treatment on the NHS – here’s what that means for patients

The weight loss drug is even more effective than Wegovy.

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Would really recommend applying or nominating for this award. I was shortlisted this year and it helped me in so many ways despite not being the ultimate winner

Corrinne@corrinna.bsky.social · 2y ago

Nominations for the Outstanding Pharmacy Early-Career Researcher Award (OPERA) 2025 are now open. Find out more at pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opin... #PharmSky

Covidence is a revelation - how did I ever do systematic reviews before? Might take a while though - Screening…159 down, 2597 to go