Katrina Turner
@katrinaturner.bsky.social
Professor of Primary Care Research and Head of the Centre for Academic Primary Care (@capcbristol.bsky.social), Bristol. Academic mentor and certified coach. Integrates qualitative studies within RCTs to improve their design, delivery and intepretation.
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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
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
"... 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
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
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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
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
🧠 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
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
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#PrimaryCare researchers should consider/document usual care comparators before trials start, as these complex interventions impact transparency, replicability, design, and interpretation doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @shobadawson.bsky.social @katrinaturner.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
Selection and reporting of usual care comparators when designing primary care trials of complex health interventions: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice
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August 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#PrimaryCare researchers should consider/document usual care comparators before trials start, as these complex interventions impact transparency, replicability, design, and interpretation doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @shobadawson.bsky.social @katrinaturner.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
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We are greatly saddened by the death of our wonderful colleague and friend Jon Banks.
Jon was a highly valued member of CAPC for many years and will be greatly missed by many.
Our heartfelt wishes of condolence to his family and all who knew him.
@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
Jon was a highly valued member of CAPC for many years and will be greatly missed by many.
Our heartfelt wishes of condolence to his family and all who knew him.
@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
The ARC West team has been devastated by the sudden death of Jon Banks last month. Jon was part of the ARC from its earliest days.
Here we pay tribute to Jon, a much loved colleague and friend.
“Everything he did, he did with kindness, generosity and warmth."
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/remembering-...
Here we pay tribute to Jon, a much loved colleague and friend.
“Everything he did, he did with kindness, generosity and warmth."
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/remembering-...
Remembering Jon Banks - ARC West
The ARC West team has been devastated by the sudden death of our much-loved colleague Jon Banks. Jon died on the evening of Wednesday 11 June while he was doing what he loved best – riding his bike. H...
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk
July 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We are greatly saddened by the death of our wonderful colleague and friend Jon Banks.
Jon was a highly valued member of CAPC for many years and will be greatly missed by many.
Our heartfelt wishes of condolence to his family and all who knew him.
@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
Jon was a highly valued member of CAPC for many years and will be greatly missed by many.
Our heartfelt wishes of condolence to his family and all who knew him.
@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
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📢Our latest research newsletter is out now (July 2025) - packed with our latest research findings, blogs, editorials and opinion pieces, events, featured multimedia content & more.
👀Take a look! ⬇️
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@nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
#GPSky
👀Take a look! ⬇️
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@nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
#GPSky
July 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
📢Our latest research newsletter is out now (July 2025) - packed with our latest research findings, blogs, editorials and opinion pieces, events, featured multimedia content & more.
👀Take a look! ⬇️
mailchi.mp/76010b717ae2...
@nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
#GPSky
👀Take a look! ⬇️
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@nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
#GPSky
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In a recent CAPC webinar, guest speaker @abradfordphd.bsky.social shared her insights into the pros & cons of direct patient access to test results, and what data from the US can teach the UK - especially about what patients want & what they do.
🎞️Watch the recording: tinyurl.com/yt6nph7r
🎞️Watch the recording: tinyurl.com/yt6nph7r
July 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In a recent CAPC webinar, guest speaker @abradfordphd.bsky.social shared her insights into the pros & cons of direct patient access to test results, and what data from the US can teach the UK - especially about what patients want & what they do.
🎞️Watch the recording: tinyurl.com/yt6nph7r
🎞️Watch the recording: tinyurl.com/yt6nph7r
Brilliant work by fantastic @capcbristol.bsky.social colleagues
📢Our latest research newsletter is out now (July 2025) - packed with our latest research findings, blogs, editorials and opinion pieces, events, featured multimedia content & more.
👀Take a look! ⬇️
mailchi.mp/76010b717ae2...
@nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
#GPSky
👀Take a look! ⬇️
mailchi.mp/76010b717ae2...
@nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
#GPSky
July 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Brilliant work by fantastic @capcbristol.bsky.social colleagues
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We interviewed 41 patients & practitioners about remote consulting for mental health 📱 💻 📞 We found: In-person appointments are important for initial help seeking ⭐️ Remote modes may not be more cost/time-efficient ⏰ We need to evaluate existing training 🌱 Full paper: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
Primary care practitioners’ and patients’ views on the benefits and challenges of remote consulting for anxiety and depression in UK general practice: a qualitative interview study
Objective To explore primary care patients’ and practitioners’ views and experiences of remote consulting for common mental disorders (CMDs), to optimise their management in primary care.
Design Qual...
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June 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We interviewed 41 patients & practitioners about remote consulting for mental health 📱 💻 📞 We found: In-person appointments are important for initial help seeking ⭐️ Remote modes may not be more cost/time-efficient ⏰ We need to evaluate existing training 🌱 Full paper: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
Labour are backtracking on a plan to help save birds: by blocking a new rule that would make developers put a £35 nest brick in every new home. Sign the petition to save our swifts 38d.gs/cdpr
Sign the petition: Save Our Swifts
Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition ...
38d.gs
May 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Labour are backtracking on a plan to help save birds: by blocking a new rule that would make developers put a £35 nest brick in every new home. Sign the petition to save our swifts 38d.gs/cdpr
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Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | How can we improve the mental health of older adults? 11 June 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/onlin...
#MentalHealth #Research
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@georginaspcr.bsky.social
#MentalHealth #Research
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May 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | How can we improve the mental health of older adults? 11 June 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/onlin...
#MentalHealth #Research
@ashmore1973.bsky.social
@georginaspcr.bsky.social
#MentalHealth #Research
@ashmore1973.bsky.social
@georginaspcr.bsky.social
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Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | Participatory modelling focusing on stakeholder engagement, 15 July 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/onlin...
#MentalHealth #Research
@ashmore1973.bsky.social
@georginaspcr.bsky.social
#MentalHealth #Research
@ashmore1973.bsky.social
@georginaspcr.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | Participatory modelling focusing on stakeholder engagement, 15 July 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/onlin...
#MentalHealth #Research
@ashmore1973.bsky.social
@georginaspcr.bsky.social
#MentalHealth #Research
@ashmore1973.bsky.social
@georginaspcr.bsky.social
Join me today at 11 for some top tips on how to work in more focused, sustainable and effective ways. @capcbristol.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
TODAY 15 May, 11:00–12:00 (online) | SPCR Masterclass: Holding Boundaries & Building Networks. Explore strategies for maintaining professional boundaries and fostering meaningful academic connections.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4jrU1Rj
#AcademicDevelopment #ResearchCareers
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🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4jrU1Rj
#AcademicDevelopment #ResearchCareers
@katrinaturner.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Join me today at 11 for some top tips on how to work in more focused, sustainable and effective ways. @capcbristol.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
Really looking forward to delivering this @nihrspcr.bsky.social masterclass and sharing some personal and professional insights into how academics can work in more sustainable and successful ways.
SPCR Masterclass: Holding Boundaries & Building Networks. Explore strategies for maintaining professional boundaries and fostering meaningful academic connections.
📅 15 May | 11:00–12:00 (online)
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4jrU1Rj
#AcademicDevelopment #ResearchCareers
@katrinaturner.bsky.social
📅 15 May | 11:00–12:00 (online)
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4jrU1Rj
#AcademicDevelopment #ResearchCareers
@katrinaturner.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Really looking forward to delivering this @nihrspcr.bsky.social masterclass and sharing some personal and professional insights into how academics can work in more sustainable and successful ways.
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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-...
GP interested in commercial trials? Come join us at @capcbristol.bsky.social. Details below 👇
We are delighted to offer one of up to 11 @nihrspcr.bsky.social General Practice Commercial Research Fellowships here in #Bristol.
The fellowships for GPs are designed to foster collaboration between general practitioners & key research partners.
Details: bit.ly/3EQCeE7
Close: 16 May 2025
#GPSky
The fellowships for GPs are designed to foster collaboration between general practitioners & key research partners.
Details: bit.ly/3EQCeE7
Close: 16 May 2025
#GPSky
NIHR SPCR General Practice Commercial Research Fellows opportunity
The National Institute for Health and Care Research School for Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) is offering up to 11 General Practice Commercial Research Fellowships, with positions available at vari...
www.bristol.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
GP interested in commercial trials? Come join us at @capcbristol.bsky.social. Details below 👇
Very excited that we are now advertising one of the @nihrspcr.bsky.social Commerical GP Fellowships. More details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt....
NIHR SPCR General Practice Commercial Research Fellows Opportunity
The National Institute for Health and Care Research School for Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) is offering up to 11 General Practice Commercial Research Fellowships, with positions available at vari...
www.bristol.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Very excited that we are now advertising one of the @nihrspcr.bsky.social Commerical GP Fellowships. More details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt....
Peonies, first of the year.
April 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Peonies, first of the year.
Exciting news for #primarycare researchers. @capcbristol.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
Big news for primary care: The Lancet Primary Care is launching!
As a GP and researcher, I’m excited to see our field get this kind of spotlight 💪
🎯 A new opportunity to promote excellent research in primary care.
#primarycare #clinicalresearch #generalpractice #physiotherapy
Link for webinar ⬇️
As a GP and researcher, I’m excited to see our field get this kind of spotlight 💪
🎯 A new opportunity to promote excellent research in primary care.
#primarycare #clinicalresearch #generalpractice #physiotherapy
Link for webinar ⬇️
📅 Save the date 📅
Join us on Thursday May 29th for a webinar on publishing excellence with The Lancet Primary Care, a new open access journal within the Lancet group.
Register to attend now ➡️ hubs.li/Q03hCBl80
Join us on Thursday May 29th for a webinar on publishing excellence with The Lancet Primary Care, a new open access journal within the Lancet group.
Register to attend now ➡️ hubs.li/Q03hCBl80
April 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Exciting news for #primarycare researchers. @capcbristol.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
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This is a terrible terrible destructive decision.
These sorts of long running research programmes take decades to build and their insights accumulate over decades too - the longer they run, the more valuable they become.
This is knowledge vandalism. Nothing new and shiny can replace it.
These sorts of long running research programmes take decades to build and their insights accumulate over decades too - the longer they run, the more valuable they become.
This is knowledge vandalism. Nothing new and shiny can replace it.
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is a terrible terrible destructive decision.
These sorts of long running research programmes take decades to build and their insights accumulate over decades too - the longer they run, the more valuable they become.
This is knowledge vandalism. Nothing new and shiny can replace it.
These sorts of long running research programmes take decades to build and their insights accumulate over decades too - the longer they run, the more valuable they become.
This is knowledge vandalism. Nothing new and shiny can replace it.
The UK’s first Grief research Centre launched today, building on the incredible work and brilliance of the co-directors @lucyselman.bsky.social and @leseldawson.bsky.social and funded by @bnssgresearch.bsky.social. Such important, exciting work ahead.
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.
bit.ly/42YCRVi
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.
bit.ly/42YCRVi
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 9:22 AM
The UK’s first Grief research Centre launched today, building on the incredible work and brilliance of the co-directors @lucyselman.bsky.social and @leseldawson.bsky.social and funded by @bnssgresearch.bsky.social. Such important, exciting work ahead.
April 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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New guide to conducting personalised annual reviews for people with multiple long-term conditions published.
The approach, developed by CAPC & @arc-west.bsky.social researchers, involves conducting a ‘whole-person’ review instead of individual disease-specific reviews.
bit.ly/3FDiKTo
#PrimaryCare
The approach, developed by CAPC & @arc-west.bsky.social researchers, involves conducting a ‘whole-person’ review instead of individual disease-specific reviews.
bit.ly/3FDiKTo
#PrimaryCare
New guidance to help clinicians improve care for people with multiple long-term conditions
New guidance for primary care clinicians on how to conduct personalised annual reviews for patients with multiple long-term conditions has been developed by researchers from the Centre for Academic Pr...
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March 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
New guide to conducting personalised annual reviews for people with multiple long-term conditions published.
The approach, developed by CAPC & @arc-west.bsky.social researchers, involves conducting a ‘whole-person’ review instead of individual disease-specific reviews.
bit.ly/3FDiKTo
#PrimaryCare
The approach, developed by CAPC & @arc-west.bsky.social researchers, involves conducting a ‘whole-person’ review instead of individual disease-specific reviews.
bit.ly/3FDiKTo
#PrimaryCare
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Can green space help protect us from self-harm and suicide? buff.ly/j3QgbR6
Trish Darcy reviews new research that suggests green space exposure may help protect against suicide-related outcomes—especially for women.
#GreenSpace #UrbanMentalHealth #Suicide #SelfHarm #SuicidePrevention
🧵 THREAD
Trish Darcy reviews new research that suggests green space exposure may help protect against suicide-related outcomes—especially for women.
#GreenSpace #UrbanMentalHealth #Suicide #SelfHarm #SuicidePrevention
🧵 THREAD
March 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Can green space help protect us from self-harm and suicide? buff.ly/j3QgbR6
Trish Darcy reviews new research that suggests green space exposure may help protect against suicide-related outcomes—especially for women.
#GreenSpace #UrbanMentalHealth #Suicide #SelfHarm #SuicidePrevention
🧵 THREAD
Trish Darcy reviews new research that suggests green space exposure may help protect against suicide-related outcomes—especially for women.
#GreenSpace #UrbanMentalHealth #Suicide #SelfHarm #SuicidePrevention
🧵 THREAD
Sitting in the floor wrapping presents. Sense I am being watched.
March 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Sitting in the floor wrapping presents. Sense I am being watched.
Reposted by Katrina Turner
Deadline approaching (1pm, 25 March 2025) for these fantastic @nihrspcr.bsky.social funded undergraduate student summer internships! 📢
There are 18 in total, 2 here at Bristol. For details and how to apply, see ⬇️
There are 18 in total, 2 here at Bristol. For details and how to apply, see ⬇️
We have 3 fantastic #PrimaryCare research projects for undergraduate students to choose from on the @nihrspcr.bsky.social Summer Internships programme.
There are 2 places on offer here at Bristol, 18 across the School.
Applications close: 1pm on 25 March 2025.
www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt...
There are 2 places on offer here at Bristol, 18 across the School.
Applications close: 1pm on 25 March 2025.
www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt...
Applications open for NIHR School for Primary Care Research-funded summer internships 2025
We have two exciting summer internship opportunities for UK undergraduates, irrespective of degree discipline, who are interested in primary care research. These are a fantastic opportunity to get han...
www.bristol.ac.uk
March 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Deadline approaching (1pm, 25 March 2025) for these fantastic @nihrspcr.bsky.social funded undergraduate student summer internships! 📢
There are 18 in total, 2 here at Bristol. For details and how to apply, see ⬇️
There are 18 in total, 2 here at Bristol. For details and how to apply, see ⬇️