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New study gives people with #eczema freedom to choose how often to bathe. 🔽

The study, by researchers @uniofnottingham.bsky.social & @capcbristol.bsky.social found that people with eczema are able to bathe daily or weekly, without any impact to their symptoms.

🔗Find out more: tinyurl.com/4erx5zrb
2025: New study gives people with eczema freedom to choose how often to bathe | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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22,000 babies in England have been protected from developing cerebral palsy, thanks to PReCePT - a programme to increase uptake of magnesium sulfate - according to data from the national neonatal audit.

This great news comes ahead of #WorldPrematurityDay tomorrow
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22,000 babies protected from cerebral palsy thanks to PReCePT programme - ARC West
A programme to increase uptake of magnesium sulfate, a low-cost drug that protects premature babies from developing cerebral palsy, has protected more than 22,000 babies in England, according to data ...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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📣 Would you like to help shape our research?

If you're a patient, carer, young person or community member - we're looking for new members of our Public Advisory Group.

Register your interest: bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdviso...
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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In the last 6 years, we have…
💬 Involved 101 public contributors
🧍 Recruited nearly 24k research participants

🙏 Thank you to everyone who helped us!
🎉 Find out what we achieved together: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...

👀 Follow #6YearsOfARCWest #ARCimpacts
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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📢New website launch!🎉
Six months into our new chapter of funding, we’re thrilled to unveil our new digital home! Explore our refreshed look, designed to make accessing our latest projects, research & collaborative opportunities easier than ever.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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📣Your voice matters in our research!

Whether you're a patient, carer, young person, community member - we're looking for new members of our Public Advisory Group. You'll help shape our research.

Register your interest:
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdviso...
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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A brilliant example of why our #HealthIntegrationTeams are so effective!

Bringing organisations together to help people like Howard, who are affected by stroke, go back to work.

@sironacic.bsky.social @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social

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Pioneering group helping stroke survivors get back to work - Bristol Health Partners
A ground-breaking group in Bristol is helping stroke survivors prepare for returning to work. Sirona‘s Integrated Community Stroke Service piloted eight weekly group sessions as part of its rehabilita...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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“I was so excited to read #FASTMRI found #breastcancers smaller and earlier than mammograms. I wanted to bring it to
Bristol”

9 years on Lyn Jones, the DYAMOND study lead, shares what it has taken to open the trial to patients.

👉 bit.ly/3KkSO1s
The FAST MRI DYAMOND breast cancer screening study – How did we get here? | North Bristol NHS Trust
A new study is investigating whether FAST MRI, a new type of scan, can help detect small but aggressive breast cancers earlier. Now open to patients, the
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October 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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The South West Pharmacy Research Network - @swpharmres.bsky.social - is a friendly group that promotes & supports #PharmacyResearch in the south west of England.

📆Their 2025 Innovation Day on 31 Oct in Bristol is an opportunity to learn, share & network.

Info & register below. 🔽

#PharmSky
Come and join us at our 2025 Innovation day in Bristol! You can expect...
👑 Top class speakers
🥳 Networking opportunities
🖼️ Poster sessions
🛠️ Workshops
🍱 Lunch!!!
See our full speaker line up and book your free place now www.bath.ac.uk/events/south...
September 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🧠 Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works.

New research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

📰Read the news: tinyurl.com/y5kmv6jj

#MentalHealth #CBT #Depression #HealthLiteracy

@nihrspcr.bsky.social
2025: Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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September 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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🎨Join our webinar 'Building ideas: Using creative and inclusive techniques in research' on 6 Nov

🖍️Discover how creative methods, from LEGO to drawing, can transform research.

🤓Researchers will share practical examples, insights and ethical reflections

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Building ideas: Using creative and inclusive techniques in research
Join us for a webinar exploring how creative methods can be used in research, with practical examples and reflections from researchers.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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1/3 Coming up: Life in a Coastal Town - a new free exhibition exploring #MentalHealth and community, Weston Museum, Weston-super-Mare, 8-17 July 2025.

The exhibition shares original artwork by local people exploring their experiences during some of life's toughest times.

More info: bit.ly/4ltc4H8
July 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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📰In the news!📰
📢Continuing to #vaccinate for #mpox through a routine targeted programme for #gay & #bisexual men delivered by sexual health services will greatly reduce the number of cases & save the #NHS millions, new research has found.
More➡️ bit.ly/402nw4m @bristoluni.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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We're recruiting! Do you have experience of developing strategic partnerships, working with marginalised communities, the charity & voluntary sector, local authorities and care providers? If so, check out our new role... www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-... #nhsjobs #hiring #bristoljobs
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Would you know what to do or say if someone you know is, or may be, experiencing domestic abuse?

A new 'Friends and Family Handbook' written by @dralisongregory.bsky.social and published by @womensaid.bsky.social gives advice & support.

Find out more: bit.ly/3ZdG6WV

#DomesticAbuse #VAWG
New Friends and Family Handbook gives advice on how to support someone experiencing domestic abuse
A new Friends and Family Handbook, written by Dr Alison Gregory, an Independent Academic and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, has been la...
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June 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🦠This #ClinicalTrialsDay we are looking for healthy volunteers to take part in a study to test a new vaccine against typhoid and paratyphoid A fever.

🔗More information about the BiVista study can be found here: tinyurl.com/3afj2ake
May 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🥳🎉We are celebrating #ClinicalTrialsDay at the NIHR Bristol CRF today!

To find out more about the research we do (and possibly get a cupcake), come over and speak to one of our team on St. Michael's Hill this afternoon 🔬🍰

#BePartOfResearch #ICTD25
May 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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🚀Just launched! Our How-To Guide on how to use co-developed theatre for disseminating research on sensitive subjects.

🎭Download the guide
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/how-to-guide/

📃Read @thebeetlebox.bsky.social's blog about how the guide came about
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May 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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New #grief research centre - the first of its kind in the UK - launched today.

The Centre, led by @goodgrieffest.bsky.social founders @lucyselman.bsky.social & @leseldawson.bsky.social, hopes to change public attitudes towards grief & improve community support for the bereaved.

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New UK Centre hopes to change public attitudes towards grief
Grief affects everyone but is still very much a taboo subject in the UK. A new Centre - the first of its kind in the UK - hopes to shift public attitudes towards grief and create communities that are ...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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New research to support a thriving health and care workforce has been launched.

The NIHR-funded Same Day and Urgent Care (SURGE) Workforce Research Partnership is led by @chcr-uwe.bsky.social & a collaboration with CAPC + 7 other UK academic institutions/2 NHS Trusts.

Find out more: bit.ly/4lmmKIf
New research to support a thriving health and care workforce is launched
A new national research partnership will explore ways to support wellbeing and sustainability in the NHS and social care same day and urgent care workforce. Funded by the National Institute for Health...
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April 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Are you living with long COVID? We are recruiting for a study which aims to understand the mechanisms underlying breathing difficulties in long COVID. Read about it here: longcovid.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Or here:
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/research/res...

@bristolbrc.bsky.social @uobppn.bsky.social
Long-COVID and the carotid chemoreflex
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April 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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A powerful new film shines light on the healthcare responses to violence against women in low-resource countries.

The film, created through the HERA Study, documents the transformative potential of healthcare systems to support women affected by domestic violence.

Watch: youtu.be/JzJ_0118Toc?...
Opening the Door: How HERA is Changing the Healthcare Response to Violence Against Women
YouTube video by CAPC Bristol
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April 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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🎭Theatre can bring research to life. But if the research is on a sensitive subject, it must be produced with care.

🔍Join us on 15 May for a webinar to launch a new how-to guide to co-developed theatre for disseminating research on sensitive subjects.

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Co-developing theatre on sensitive subjects: How-to guide launch
Join us for this webinar to launch a new how-to guide to co-developed theatre as a format for disseminating research on sensitive subjects.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM