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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Lucy Potter
@drlucypotter.bsky.social
· Jan 28
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...
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...
Reposted by Lucy Potter
Helping people to live and survive co-use of benzodiazepines / z-drugs and opioids: the importance of asking how and why people co-use: a new @drnscot.bsky.social blog by Gabriele Vojt, @jokesten.bsky.social Jennifer Scott @hannah-family.bsky.social
#HarmReduction
drns.ac.uk/benzo-blog/
#HarmReduction
drns.ac.uk/benzo-blog/
Helping people to live and survive co-use of benzodiazepines/z-drugs and opioids: the importance of asking how and why people co-use - Drug Research Network Scotland
Helping people to live and survive co-use of benzodiazepines/z-drugs and opioids: the importance of asking how and why people co-use
Gabriele Vojt, Joanna Kesten, Jennifer Scott, Hannah Family, on beh...
drns.ac.uk
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Helping people to live and survive co-use of benzodiazepines / z-drugs and opioids: the importance of asking how and why people co-use: a new @drnscot.bsky.social blog by Gabriele Vojt, @jokesten.bsky.social Jennifer Scott @hannah-family.bsky.social
#HarmReduction
drns.ac.uk/benzo-blog/
#HarmReduction
drns.ac.uk/benzo-blog/
Reposted by Lucy Potter
🚨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
'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
📢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
'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
January 19, 2026 at 12:53 PM
🚨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
'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
Reposted by Lucy Potter
🩺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
👩⚕️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
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🩺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
👩⚕️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
📢 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...
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...
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Training on grief and bereavement in #primarycare #CPD
FREE resource for workplaces to become safe spaces for those experience #domesticviolence and #sexualviolence. Great videos!
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/
AXA Safe Spaces – Against domestic and sexual violence
Foster safe spaces at work by learning how to Recognize, Respond to and Refer those impacted to specialist services. Create a safe and supportive workplace where everyone can seek help.
safespaces-againstviolence.axa.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
FREE resource for workplaces to become safe spaces for those experience #domesticviolence and #sexualviolence. Great videos!
"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
"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
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
👉 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
❓ 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
👉 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
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
Such a supportive group and event, thank you @nihrspcr.bsky.social!
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
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
How can this not be our business? The impact of the arms trade on health
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
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
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
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!
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
tinyurl.com/ys83k9yx
#HarmReduction
July 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Team Harm Reduction is a great example of what can happen when science, lived experience, and compassion come together."- inspiring stuff!
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 ⬇️
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
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
#GPSky #MedSky #VAWG #PrimaryCare
@nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social
Violence against women and girls: how can general practice respond?
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a global violation of human rights that damages health and wellbeing across the life course and across generations. Spanning domestic violence and abuse (DVA...
bjgp.org
July 8, 2025 at 4:45 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 ⬇️
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-...
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
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-...
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-...
Reposted by Lucy Potter
📣 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
🔗 Find out more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
🗓️ Deadline: 12noon, 25 April 2025
#medicalstudents #PrimaryCare
April 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📣 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
🔗 Find out more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
🗓️ Deadline: 12noon, 25 April 2025
#medicalstudents #PrimaryCare
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/...
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
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/...
This article explores the health impacts of homelessness and practical considerations for clinicians providing care.
Includes an infographic
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Reposted by Lucy Potter
Lockdowns are terrible. So are deadly pandemics. @chrischirp.bsky.social tells it straight.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-lea...
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
Lockdowns are terrible. So are deadly pandemics. @chrischirp.bsky.social tells it straight.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-lea...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-lea...
Reposted by Lucy Potter
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.
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
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.
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
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
tinyurl.com/ykv8nn2r
March 13, 2025 at 5:48 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
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
#HealthInclusion2025
March 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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
#HealthInclusion2025
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
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!
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
bit.ly/4byvI0x
#IWD #IWD2025 #PrimaryCare
@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
March 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Supportive, inspirational leadership. Thank you @katrinaturner.bsky.social!
Reposted by Lucy Potter
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
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.
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
Why is naloxone training not part of Basic Life Support? Historical? Prejudice? Or am i missing something? #harmreduction #naloxonesaveslives
Reposted by Lucy Potter
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
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
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
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
Read the paper ⬇️
#PrimaryCare #GPSky
@bristolbrc.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...
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
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...
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...