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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science
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The NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation and Behavioural Science is a partnership between Bristol University and UKHSA, funded by NIHR.
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📰News!📰Winter respiratory infections continue to place intense pressure on the #NHS - driving GP demand, hospital admissions & antibiotic use - researchers are asking whether some of the most effective solutions may already be hiding in plain sight.
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Graphic for "A simple solution to the common cold. It's been right under our noses"
January 27, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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📰News!📰Understanding street tablet users’ perspectives in an area with many drug-related deaths.
“Collaborating with peer researchers was integral to engaging this high-risk & underrepresented population of people who use drugs" More➡️ tinyurl.com/34sywrc7 @arc-west.bsky.social @jokesten.bsky.social
street tablets
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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📢 New blog! 📢 Antibiotic resistance isn’t a distant worry — it’s already reshaping modern medicine. A major 20‑year UK review reveals how quickly bacteria adapt, how MRSA was pushed back, and why E. coli now leads bloodstream infections. @bristoluni.bsky.social
Read more ➡️ tinyurl.com/ynke2j34
The changing face of antimicrobial resistance in the UK: long-term observation and a future resource
By Dr Rosy Reynolds, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, Population Health Sciences. Antimicrobial resistance – who cares and why? Do you have a friend or family member […]
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January 13, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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Happy New Year everyone! 🎉

🚨A reminder that our next webinar, on improving #MentalHealth in #PrimaryCare, is on 26 January, 1-2pm.🚨

For info & to register, see below. ⬇️

See you there!
capcbristol.bsky.social Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · Dec 3
📢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
January 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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bristolbrc.bsky.social
🚨 New guidance on creating accessible patient information leaflets for clinical trials 🚨

🧑‍⚕️ Are you a health researcher? Want to recruit patients to trials?
👉 Find out how to make your patient information leaflets more accessible and inclusive:
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/new-guidance...
New guidance on creating accessible patient information leaflets for clinical trials - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
New guidance on how to create accessible and inclusive patient information leaflets is available to researchers who want to recruit patients to their clinical trials. The guidance was created by healt...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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New funded PhD available! Exploring the use of AI to support rapid intervention co-production. This is a 3 year HPRU funded PhD project led by Dr Sarah Denford, Prof Lucy Yardley & Dr Dale Weston. CLOSES 26/01/26.
More info➡️ tinyurl.com/4t29kkmw @bristoluni.bsky.social @findaphd.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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New funded PhD available! Optimising access to routine childhood immunisation in general practice.
This is a 3 year HPRU funded PhD project led by Dr Hannah Christensen & Dr Clare French. CLOSES 26/01/26.
More info ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdebe9ae
@bristoluni.bsky.social @findaphd.bsky.social
child receiving vaccination
January 8, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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New funded PhD available! Health Service evaluation of maternal RSV vaccine uptake. This is a 3 year HPRU funded PhD project led by Dr Clare French, Prof Ellen Brooks-Pollock, & Dr Hannah Christensen. CLOSES 26/01/26.
More info➡️ tinyurl.com/48f2j337
@bristoluni.bsky.social @findaphd.bsky.social
newborn in mothers arms in hospital
January 8, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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📢Blog time!📢Great new blog on our website by Dr Helen Baxter @arc-west.bsky.social, reviewed by our own HM expert
@drclarethomas.bsky.social - Conversations about knowledge mobilisation with public contributors.
Read more➡️ tinyurl.com/9ccz6tra @bristoluni.bsky.social
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January 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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New funded PhD available! Personalised risk assessment to improve protective behaviours in emergency contexts. This 3 year project is led by Dr Holly Carter, Dr Dale Weston, Dr Freya Mills & Dr Sarah Denford.
CLOSES 26/01/26. ➡️ tinyurl.com/2j6tkk5a @bristoluni.bsky.social @findaphd.bsky.social
emergency exit
January 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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New funded PhD available! Identifying & evaluating opportunities to improve influenza vaccine uptake in adults with chronic respiratory disease. This 3 year project is led by Dr R Lazarus & Dr H Christensen.
CLOSES 26/01/26. ➡️ tinyurl.com/zvvwew74 @bristoluni.bsky.social @findaphd.bsky.social
woman receiving vaccination
January 6, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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If you work in or with perinatal services in the South West & are passionate about reducing health inequalities, join our Regional Perinatal Equity Network.

Our next event is Wednesday 14 January: https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/regional-perinatal-equity-network-11/ Please join us!
Stylised, colourful illustration showing a diverse line-up of parents with their infants. One woman is pregnant. One baby is in an incubator. Text reads: Join the regional perinatal equity network. Free online event 14 January 2026 10am to 12pm. Open to all working in perinatal and related services. Logos included for NHS, Health Innovation West of England, Health Innovation South West and the National Patient Safety Improvement Programme.
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🎉 Celebrating what we've achieved in 2025! 🎉

🥳 See the top news stories of the year from our research themes 👇

📰 Read all our news of 2025 at www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/news/

#diet #PhysicalActivity #SurgicalInnovation #MentalHealth #DataScience #RespiratoryDisease
December 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Check our new animation about #MarthasRule, helping explain and promote this vital #NHS #PatientSafety programme to both members of the public and healthcare professionals. Please help us to share!

https://vimeo.com/1133093696?fl=pl&fe=sh
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🎬 New films launched today!

United for Health: a collaboration with South Asian community group Dhek Bhal and @bristoluni.bsky.social, highlighting why involving minoritised communities in research matters.

Project funded by @hellobrigstow.bsky.social

www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/united-for-h...
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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📢 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...
Visit: https://www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy @lucyselman.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @griefcentrebris.bsky.social #NGAW2025 #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek #GrowingWithGrief #GP #GeneralPractice #MedEd #PrimaryCare #hpm
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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capcbristol.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
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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📰News! A new evidence review identifies the most effective ways to increase vaccine uptake. 💉
The comprehensive review combined data from more than 200 trials comprising over 6 million participants.
More➡️ tinyurl.com/yuy7xse3 @ukhsa.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social
New evidence review identifies the most effective ways to increase vaccine uptake
A comprehensive new review led by researchers from the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Evaluation and Behavioural Science at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with the HPRU [&...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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🚀New £1m ‘data readiness’ funding call!

🛠️Organisations holding health and social care data in our region can apply for a share of £1m to make their data research ready through our #SDE.

👍Find out more here:
www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/new-1m-fund-...

#PoweredByNHSData #DataSavesLives #Research
New £1m fund to accelerate research access to data - southwestsde-nhs-uk
The South West Secure Data Environment (SDE) is encouraging organisations that hold health and social care data in the South West to share more of their data, to drive ground-breaking research and inn...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Structural racism & cultural misunderstanding compound grief for Black British/Black Caribbean communities, study finds.

Authors call for widespread changes to improve bereavement experiences & access to support.

📰News: tinyurl.com/yc5tvucm
📄Paper: tinyurl.com/2eremjs4

#NationalGriefAwarenessWeek
2025: Structural racism and cultural misunderstanding compound grief | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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📰News!📰A new NIHR funded initiative could transform how #HIV is diagnosed & prevented in UK general practice.
Developed by Bristol researchers, PATH-GP boosts HIV testing & access to free PrEP (a tablet that prevents HIV).💊
More➡️ tinyurl.com/mw6sx2p @jokesten.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social
Doctor consultation
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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📰News!🎉We are delighted to announce the launch of a new HPV Inform website for families & professionals about the HPV vaccine. The website will contribute to overcoming misinformation & provide access to information which can help protect teenage children’s health. More ▶️ tinyurl.com/3ueeex3n
New HPV Inform website
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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⭐New Bristol Continuity of Care Calculator ⭐ helps GPs measure continuity of care - a key step towards improvement.

🔹The tool, developed by @chris-salisbury.bsky.social & colleagues, launched today.

🔹It's free, easy-to-use & works with UK GP practice systems.

👉 tinyurl.com/mvrrr34u

#GPSky
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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📰News!📰Today is #WorldAIDSDay. Our latest research highlights how community-driven initiatives & policy innovation are reshaping the fight against #HIV, while global funding cuts threaten hard-won progress. More➡️ tinyurl.com/y6y8xnnd
@jhorwood.bsky.social, @bristoluni.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
World AIDS Day 2025: Community-led innovation and policy action in the fight against HIV
December 1st is World AIDS Day. Our latest research highlights how community-driven initiatives and policy innovation are reshaping the fight against HIV – while global funding cuts threaten hard-won ...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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📢The ‘Reducing inequalities in Sexual Health’ (RiiSH) 2025 survey is open for participation📢
The survey examines the sexual health & wellbeing of men & gender-diverse people having sex with men.
More➡️ surveys.ukhsa.gov.uk/s/RiiSH25_09
@ukhsa.bsky.social
Two men in bed together cuddling
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM