We have been so impressed with medical student, Alejandra Bonwick, who has thrown herself into her 2nd year student choice project & delivered a wonderful blog & podcast series on her interviews with @gppact.bsky.social academic GPs! 👏 🔗Blog: tinyurl.com/3w334uhm 🎙️Podcast: gppact.org/pact-podcasts

This study found that the evidence base for most type 2 #Diabetes mellitus monitoring tests is weak or absent. Clinicians should avoid non-evidence-based tests unless there are additional clinical indications for testing doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @drjessicawatson.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

Dr Bradford is collaborating with @drjessicawatson.bsky.social, Dr Cynthia Ochieng & colleagues on The Accessible Results Study, which is developing tools & guidance to help patients access & understand their online blood test results. accessibleresults.bristol.ac.uk

🧪 Thinking of buying a health self-test online? This new @bmj.com editorial by @drjessicawatson.bsky.social urges caution - to truly help, tests must be part of a trusted, evidence-based care pathway. tinyurl.com/3yvkhhr9 #GPSky @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social

The pitfalls of diagnostic self-tests

Tests should be clinically useful and part of an evidence based pathway Rapid advances in diagnostic technology, coupled with persuasive advertising, have resulted in a surge of direct-to-consumer se...

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The PACT Summary & Impact Report 2019–2024 is now out! 🎉 Over 1,200 clinicians have contributed to five years of collaborative research improving patient care, supported by the NIHR SPCR. Read more here: bit.ly/3S8gVAT #PrimaryCare #ResearchImpact

Are you a healthcare professional involved in the care of patients with coeliac disease? Help us understand how the condition is diagnosed and managed across the UK by completing this quick survey.

WiseGP@wisegpcouk.bsky.social · 2y ago

CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH Complete a survey to help understand the pathways used for coeliac disease diagnosis and follow-up... LINK BELOW www.wisegp.co.uk/primary-care... @katiecharlwood.bsky.social

🎉Excited to announce the launch of the PACT Impact report. Huge thanks to all the PACT members who have contributed @gppact.bsky.social @dipeshgopal.bsky.social www.gppact.org/news/pact-im...

PACT Impact Report 2019-2024 launched! — Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT)

We are delighted to announce that our first Impact Report , covering the period 2019-2024, has just been published on our website. You can view and download it here . A big thank you to everyone...

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👇GP colleagues - please can you take 5 minutes to help a PhD student by filling in a short questionnaire on pathways to the diagnosis of coeliac disease #TeamGP #Coeliac #HealthResearch

WiseGP@wisegpcouk.bsky.social · 2y ago

CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH Complete a survey to help understand the pathways used for coeliac disease diagnosis and follow-up... LINK BELOW www.wisegp.co.uk/primary-care... @katiecharlwood.bsky.social

CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH Complete a survey to help understand the pathways used for coeliac disease diagnosis and follow-up... LINK BELOW www.wisegp.co.uk/primary-care... @katiecharlwood.bsky.social

🩺 A new study funded by the School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) explores the most effective ways to communicate blood test results to patients in primary care Read more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/communi... #Healthcare #PrimaryCare @capcbristol.bsky.social @drjessicawatson.bsky.social

New guide to conducting personalised annual reviews for people with multiple long-term conditions published. The approach, developed by CAPC & @arc-west.bsky.social researchers, involves conducting a ‘whole-person’ review instead of individual disease-specific reviews. bit.ly/3FDiKTo #PrimaryCare

New guidance to help clinicians improve care for people with multiple long-term conditions

New guidance for primary care clinicians on how to conduct personalised annual reviews for patients with multiple long-term conditions has been developed by researchers from the Centre for Academic Pr...

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Such a brilliant day! So proud to be part of this team planting 500 trees! 🌳😀😍🎉 @capcbristol.bsky.social

Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol@capcbristol.bsky.social · 2y ago

What a day & what a team! Yesterday we planted 500 trees at Avon Needs Trees (ANT) in the glorious (& sunny) countryside south of Bristol. ☀️🌳💪🎉 Many thanks to: ANT for hosting us, staff volunteers & the skylarks for keeping us going with their energetic song! More about ANT: avonneedstrees.org.uk

Patients mostly accept online test result access but want to know ‘what happens next’. Reliance on the NHS App for test communication is insufficient. Patient-centred communication methods are important for patient safety & clarity in delivering test results, & GP workload doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

Communicating blood test results in primary care: a mixed-methods systematic review | British Journal of General Practice

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Anaemia prevalence was higher in people aged >65, Black & Asian ethnicities, & areas of social deprivation. Tests indicating anaemia weren’t always followed up in #PrimaryCare. Interventions to improve anaemia investigation & treatment are needed, notably in at-risk groups doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

Clinicians should be wary of a ‘one size fits all’ approach to communicating blood test results in primary care suggests new @nihrspcr.bsky.social funded research by @drjessicawatson.bsky.social & colleagues published today in @bjgp.bsky.social. Read the news: www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt...

Clinicians should be wary of a ‘one size fits all’ approach to communicating blood test results in primary care

Online access to test results is generally well accepted by patients, but reliance on electronic communication methods alone is not sufficient to meet the needs of different patients and different typ...

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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

PACT - Primary care Academic CollaboraTive@gppact.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great to our very own Stephen Woolford talk about the Hidden Workload study: www.gponline.com/doctor-lifts... See here for more information: www.gppact.org/the-hidden-w...

Wow, just arrived here from "X". It feels very refreshing! Looking forward to finding old friends and meeting new ones 😀

We're so excited for our new course, When Grief Is Complicated, starting on 1st February! Joined by a host of brilliant people, we'll explore why we can feel ‘stuck’ in grief & strategies to help. Find out more (& grab your place) here: www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...