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Lucy Potter
@drlucypotter.bsky.social
Academic GP in Bristol- Inclusion Health/ Deep End GP. Improving access to General Practice for AND WITH people with severe and multiple disadvantage. She/ her. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5380-5361
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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...
"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
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Reposted by Lucy Potter
❓ What has ARC West achieved since it formed 6 years ago?
👉 Follow #6YearsOfARCWest to find out…

In the last 6 years, we have:
👨‍⚕️ Carried out 202 projects
📓 Published 596 papers

👉 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...
#ARCimpacts
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Such a supportive group and event, thank you @nihrspcr.bsky.social!
✨ 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🚆💼
October 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
How can this not be our business? The impact of the arms trade on health
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
September 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Reposted by Lucy Potter
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
September 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Team Harm Reduction is a great example of what can happen when science, lived experience, and compassion come together."- inspiring stuff!
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
July 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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 ⬇️
July 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reposted by Lucy Potter
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-...
May 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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📣 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
April 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Reposted by Lucy Potter
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/...
April 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Reposted by Lucy Potter
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
christinapagel.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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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.
March 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“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
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
March 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Reposted by Lucy Potter
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
March 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
An exciting couple of days ahead @pathwayuk.bsky.social! Great looking programme, excited to get stuck in and re-connect 😁
March 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Supportive, inspirational leadership. Thank you @katrinaturner.bsky.social!
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
March 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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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...
srh.bmj.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Why is naloxone training not part of Basic Life Support? Historical? Prejudice? Or am i missing something? #harmreduction #naloxonesaveslives
February 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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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
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
February 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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...
January 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM