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We are a leading centre for primary care research and teaching based at the University of Bristol, UK. We are one of nine centres that form the @nihrspcr.bsky.social. Visit: www.bristol.ac.uk/capc
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📢Our latest #PrimaryCare research newsletter (Nov 25) is out now!

📰Packed with news about our latest research findings, blog posts & opinion pieces, events & recruiting studies.

▶️Read: tinyurl.com/32zhuzeu
✔️Subscribe: eepurl.com/dssOhD

@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.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
A new strategy developed by Bristol researchers could transform how #HIV is diagnosed and prevented in UK general practice. 🩺

PATH-GP (Prevention and Testing for HIV in General Practice) aims to help more people get tested for HIV and improve access to #PrEP. 💊

🔗Find out more: tinyurl.com/5b3mtvfn
2025: New GP approach aims to boost HIV testing and prevention | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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December 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A new strategy developed by Bristol researchers could transform how #HIV is diagnosed and prevented in UK general practice. 🩺

PATH-GP (Prevention and Testing for HIV in General Practice) aims to help more people get tested for HIV and improve access to #PrEP. 💊

🔗Find out more: tinyurl.com/5b3mtvfn
2025: New GP approach aims to boost HIV testing and prevention | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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December 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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"... sometimes the more subtle stuff gets missed ..."

Clinicians and patients welcomed the development of P Risk, a new tool designed to help GPs identify people at risk of developing psychosis doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @katrinaturner.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @epdsk.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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📣Out today: “The system doesn’t really cater for the trauma that Black people have experienced” – Experiences of grief and bereavement in Black British and Black Caribbean heritage communities in England: A qualitative study

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Policy brief: tinyurl.com/34sh98ac
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The next @bnssgresearch.bsky.social webinar is on 'Optimising Care Services'.

📆 Tues 9 Dec 25, 12.30-1.30, Online

Speakers include:

@richard-ma.bsky.social on delivering care for older people with HIV

@riddmj.bsky.social on a trial of amitriptyline for post-shingles pain

🖱️ tinyurl.com/5a7m5ptw
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December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Head to our website to read our winter newsletter which flags some of what we've been up to this year
coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/#CCCH_C...
@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @profnigelsherriff.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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
⭐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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Our November email newsletter is out!

In this edition: Celebrating six years of ARC West; Co-designing research into school behaviour management; Cancer care for people with disabilities and long-term conditions

Plus much more...

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The NIHR ARC West newsletter - November edition
In this edition: In this edition: Celebrating six years of ARC West; Co-designing research into school behaviour management; Cancer care for people with disabilities and long-term conditions; Plus muc...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Last month we co-hosted a hugely popular webinar on evaluating impact in patient & public involvement. 🎉

🎦The recording and slides are now available:

🔗 tinyurl.com/2f3dnhba

#PPI #PPIE

@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @bristolhealthp.bsky.social
@arc-west.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🚨New on Bristol Medical School's #Sustainability blog:🚨

♻️From tupperware to temperature tracking: my journey towards a greener lab - by Idman Abdullahi Mohamed.

💡Top tips on reducing single-use plastic waste & greening laboratories!

👀Read the blog: tinyurl.com/bxk5pz2r

#MedSky #Workplace
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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💡 New booklet!
Helping reduce #stigma for people who receive #opioid substitution treatment, and empower them in their interactions with pharmacy staff

💬 Read the blog by @vic-carlisle.bsky.social about how they co-produced the booklet 👉 arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/how-we-co-pr...

@capcbristol.bsky.social
Voice of the Voiceless: How we co-produced materials to help reduce stigma for people receiving opioid substitution therapy in pharmacies - ARC West
Voice of the Voiceless is a collaboration between people who receive opioid substitution therapy (OST) for opioid dependence, University of Bristol academics (Dr Vicky Carlisle, Dr Adam Holland, Dr Je...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Interested in digital health in #PrimaryCare?

Join the @sapc.ac.uk Digital Health Special Interest Group Christmas meeting, with guest talks on mainstreaming #Telemedicine across Ireland's islands and #Femtech & trying to conceive.

📆Thurs 18 Dec 2025
🕛1-2pm
📍Online
📥Email: digitalsig@soton.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Interested in digital health in #PrimaryCare?

Join the @sapc.ac.uk Digital Health Special Interest Group Christmas meeting, with guest talks on mainstreaming #Telemedicine across Ireland's islands and #Femtech & trying to conceive.

📆Thurs 18 Dec 2025
🕛1-2pm
📍Online
📥Email: digitalsig@soton.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Coming up: Experiences of grief in ethnically diverse communities: panel discussion and film launch 📢

📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm

🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social

Details & register: 🔽
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How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Coming up: Experiences of grief in ethnically diverse communities: panel discussion and film launch 📢

📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm

🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social

Details & register: 🔽
bsky.app/profile/good...
How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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📰News!📰A new clinical trial to tackle street #benzodiazepine use & drug-related deaths among people receiving treatment for #opioid dependency has been launched. The NIHR-funded trial is led by @stir.ac.uk in collaboration with our HPRU & @capcbristol.bsky.social
Read more▶️ tinyurl.com/ym84hmf8
New clinical trial to tackle street benzodiazepine use and drug-related deaths
A major new clinical trial has been launched aimed at reducing the use of street-sourced benzodiazepines among people receiving treatment for opioid dependency. The research is being led by the [&hell...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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We're pleased to already be receiving high quality and interesting submissions for the SAPC ASM 2026 St Andrews, 24th-26th June. Add the date to your diaries and submit before the 23rd January deadline!

sapc.ac.uk/article/2026...

#academicprimarycare #primarycareresearch #SAPC2026 #SAPC_ASM
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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📢 In our latest newsletter:

➡️News and photos from our BIGGEST EVER conference
➡️How a pioneering local group is helping stroke survivors get back to work
➡️ England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer visits Bristol

Read: mailchi.mp/bristolhealt...
Subscribe: bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/newsletter/
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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A reminder about our decision aid for to anyone with atopic #eczema #dermatitis to help you find the right moisturiser for you (just updated with minor tweaks) You can download it from www.bristol.ac.uk/eczema (+ other eczema resources) @skinandallergy.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
Eczema resources | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We have been so impressed with medical student, Alejandra Bonwick, who has thrown herself into her 2nd year student choice project & delivered a wonderful blog & podcast series on her interviews with @gppact.bsky.social academic GPs! 👏

🔗Blog: tinyurl.com/3w334uhm
🎙️Podcast: gppact.org/pact-podcasts
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We have been so impressed with medical student, Alejandra Bonwick, who has thrown herself into her 2nd year student choice project & delivered a wonderful blog & podcast series on her interviews with @gppact.bsky.social academic GPs! 👏

🔗Blog: tinyurl.com/3w334uhm
🎙️Podcast: gppact.org/pact-podcasts
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM