10 key insights to better support families through UK care proceedings have been published in a new NIHR-funded report led by CAPC & @arc-west.bsky.social researchers. 👉Read the news: tinyurl.com/3t9c6ju4 @nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social @nihrsscr.bsky.social

2026: 10 key insights to better support families through care proceedings | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol

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🚨Just one week to go till our next webinar🚨on: 'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions'. Details below. ⬇️ See you there! 😊 @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @bristolhealthp.bsky.social @onecaregpfed.bsky.social

Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol@capcbristol.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series: 📢 'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions' 📆Monday 26 Jan 2026 🕛1-2pm 🌐Online Contributors: Prof Nicola Wiles, @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & Dr Daniela Strelchuk 👉Register: tinyurl.com/3myjjyb2

🩺Today is the FIRST #NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day (10 December).🩺 👩‍⚕️This important initiative acknowledges the high rates of DA among healthcare professionals & the support they need. Research by Sandi Dheensa & colleagues has informed the campaign. 👉 tinyurl.com/2nwu758s #NHSDAAD #16Days

Training on grief and bereavement in #primarycare #CPD

Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢 New course alert! Designed with GPs, 'Grief & Bereavement in Primary Care' features world-leading experts, practical tips & evidence-based resources. Learn how to support bereaved patients effectively & compassionately. Early-bird discount ends 6 Jan Sign up today goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...

FREE resource for workplaces to become safe spaces for those experience #domesticviolence and #sexualviolence. Great videos!

Dr Alison Gregory@dralisongregory.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Please repost @bright-group.bsky.social @kazjm.bsky.social @drlucypotter.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social @drpoco.bsky.social @clarethomasvll.bsky.social @shobadawson.bsky.social @christiec.bsky.social @jscottuob.bsky.social @jhorwood.bsky.social safespaces-againstviolence.axa.com/en/

"One question, examining the human cost, should guide us: does a collaboration risk complicity in genocide or crimes against humanity?" www.bmj.com/content/391/... Medicine’s reckoning with genocide and crimes against humanity

Such a supportive group and event, thank you @nihrspcr.bsky.social!

NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR)@nihrspcr.bsky.social · 12mo ago

✨ What a wonderful and inspiring two days at the #SPCRTrainees Event 2025. Thank you to everyone who joined us, shared ideas, and made it such a memorable event. Wishing all our trainees and speakers a safe journey home🚆💼

How can this not be our business? The impact of the arms trade on health

Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol@capcbristol.bsky.social · last yr.

Experts urge the medical profession to confront the global arms industry. In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments. tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb

Experts urge the medical profession to confront the global arms industry. In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments. tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb

"Team Harm Reduction is a great example of what can happen when science, lived experience, and compassion come together."- inspiring stuff!

Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol@capcbristol.bsky.social · last yr.

New on the CAPC blog: How team science is helping to detect dangerous #drugs and save lives - @jscottuob.bsky.social relates how a conversation with Prof Chris Pudney @uniofbath.bsky.social sparked an idea that is now saving lives. tinyurl.com/ys83k9yx #HarmReduction

The part we can (should) play in General Practice in responding to violence against women and girls- a useful summary of what we know and can do ⬇️

Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol@capcbristol.bsky.social · last yr.

1/3 - General practice has a vital role to play in the societal response to violence against women & girls, says Prof Gene Feder & colleagues in a new @bjgp.bsky.social editorial. bjgp.org/content/75/7... #GPSky #MedSky #VAWG #PrimaryCare @nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social

Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50? What are the important issues for you & your patients? We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...

📣 Calling all UK undergraduate medical students! Win a funded place at the @sapc.ac.uk Annual Scientific Meeting by entering the @nihrspcr.bsky.social George Lewith competition! 🎓 🔗 Find out more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel... 🗓️ Deadline: 12noon, 25 April 2025 #medicalstudents #PrimaryCare

People experiencing homelessness have high mortality and morbidity from preventable or treatable conditions. This article explores the health impacts of homelessness and practical considerations for clinicians providing care. Includes an infographic www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Lockdowns are terrible. So are deadly pandemics. @chrischirp.bsky.social tells it straight. christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-lea...

We are learning the wrong lessons from lockdown

And unless we learn the right ones, we risk making the same mistakes in a new pandemic

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Great plenary from @drlucypotter.bsky.social at #swsapc2025oxford Really eye opening on the barriers faced by people with severe and multiple disadvantages, and more importantly, what changes can improve access.

“Improve opportunities for prevention by improving access to primary care for people in inclusion health groups”- great to connect with others at @pathwayuk.bsky.social also striving for this #InclusionHealth2025

Pathway@pathwayuk.bsky.social · 2y ago

Helping or Harming? Published today, the Barometer Report 2025 from @pathwayuk.bsky.social @crisis-uk.bsky.social, supported by @specsaversuk.bsky.social, lays bare the crisis that pushes people into vicious cycles of homelessness, poor health and destitution 🧵 tinyurl.com/ykv8nn2r

Brilliant session on assessing and commissioning for varying needs, with insights from around the nations, including @deeoconnell.bsky.social @lisamareebyrne.bsky.social. The common thread? The need for compassionate and genuine coproduction of services. #HealthInclusion2025

An exciting couple of days ahead @pathwayuk.bsky.social! Great looking programme, excited to get stuck in and re-connect 😁

Supportive, inspirational leadership. Thank you @katrinaturner.bsky.social!

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

What does it take to succeed as a female academic? Head of CAPC, Prof @katrinaturner.bsky.social, reflects and shares insights & advice from her own personal journey in this special #InternationalWomensDay blog. bit.ly/4byvI0x #IWD #IWD2025 #PrimaryCare @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

Novel insights from our first paper published sharing our qualitative #PrimaryCare research undertaken with Community Research Link Workers- 2 of whom were bilingual. Their involvement was transformative- they led recruitment, facilitation of focus groups and co-analysed the results.

Understanding women from ethnic minorities’ perspectives about contraception in the UK: a qualitative study using a participatory action research approach with community research link workers

Background Contraception has revolutionised women’s health, enabling planned pregnancies and improved outcomes for mothers and babies. However, disparities exist in rates of unintended pregnancies and...

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Why is naloxone training not part of Basic Life Support? Historical? Prejudice? Or am i missing something? #harmreduction #naloxonesaveslives

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

BJGP@bjgp.org · 2y ago

BJGP Top 10 Research 2024 No. 4 #BJGPTop10 – Beta-blockers & anxiety: Why GPs prescribe beta-blockers for anxiety: patient, service, and guideline factors influence decision-making doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @charlotte-archer.bsky.social @katrinaturner.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

Academic GP in Bristol Focus: Inclusion Health in #PrimaryCare *Improving access to general practice for and with people with SMD doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... *Trauma-informed co-production doi.org/10.1111/hex.... *Access to healthcare for street sex workers in the UK doi.org/10.1186/s129...