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Prof Clare J Taylor

@clarejtaylor.bsky.social
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Professor of General Practice at University of Birmingham and NHS GP. My research focuses on earlier diagnosis and improving prognosis for people living with heart failure. Let’s B.E.A.T. HF: bjgpopen.org/content/5/3/BJGPO.2021…

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Yay Cambridge Vet School stays open. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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University of Cambridge to keep vet school open
The university's general board agrees a new way forward for veterinary education.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
NHS data reveal 'collapse' in GP jobs in England
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NHS data reveal 'collapse' in GP jobs in England
Availability of GP jobs has improved over the past year but remains far below the level seen in 2022/23, according to NHS data that shine new light on the extent of the jobs shortage in general…
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Primary Care Cardiovascular Society @pccs.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Are you heading to @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social on 9 October? Don’t miss @clarejtaylor.bsky.social, “HFpEF for primary care”, in GP Clinical Theatre 2. 👉 Register now to secure your place: www.bestpracticeshow.co.uk/25-pccs
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Busiest summer ever for general practice as appointments hit record high
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Busiest summer ever for general practice as appointments hit record high
General practice delivered more appointments this summer than ever before, NHS data reveal.
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Claire Handscombe @bookishclaire.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
UNSCRIPTED is upmarket fiction and would make a great book club pick. It’s a story of friendship, fame, and second chances with two love stories at its heart. If any publishers out there are interested, please get in touch.
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The British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Collaborative @bhfcrc.org · 10/07/2025
Looking to boost your primary care cardiovascular knowledge and skills? We highly recommend tuning into @pccs.bsky.social Podcasts! ✅Evidence-based content ✅Practical takeaways for your daily practice ✅Evolving guidelines and innovations! 🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/752FN5Z...
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Podcast · Primary Care Cardiovascular Society · Welcome to PCCS Podcasts! The Primary Care Cardiovascular Society aims to support, educate and empower primary care healthcare practitioners to develop ...
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SAPC @sapc.ac.uk · 08/07/2025
SAPC ASM 2025, Cardiff #SAPC2025 #SAPC_ASM
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Professor Amy Grove @amylougrove.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
If you are at #HSRUK25 in Newcastle the best session of the conference is at 11.30 today 💡 We will be talking all about the interface of implementation science and health economics Carlos Sillero Rejon Robert Heggie Magdalena Skyrbrant website 🎉 lnkd.in/g5D-W8UG
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Prof Clare J Taylor @clarejtaylor.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Our paper on building capacity in the academic general practice research workforce out @bjgp.bsky.social inc five recommendations to address clinical academic crisis highlighted in the MRC report 'Reversing the Decline' bjgp.org/content/75/7... @unibirmingham.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social
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Building capacity in the academic general practice research workforce
General practice provides most of primary care in the UK and is the cornerstone of the NHS, with well over a million GP consultations occurring each working day.1 Lord Darzi’s recent review of the NHS...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Claire Handscombe @bookishclaire.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Anyway, here’s the book, and I am sorry to link to Am*zon, but in the UK it is very hard to get a self-published book into the systems of eg Waterstones and into indie bookshops, thanks to the way Gardners operates (a subject for another day). www.amazon.co.uk/Unscripted-C...
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European Society of Cardiology @escardio.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Treatment uptake in the era of quadruple pharmacotherapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: from prescriptions to patient adherence and persistence. #HFA_ESC #HeartFailure2025
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Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences @oxprimarycare.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Watch now: Prof. Sir Aziz Sheikh's inaugural lecture recording is now online 📽️ Find out more about our Head of Department's experiences and insight in his lecture 'Catalysing the Data-enabled Transformation of Health - Globally'. www.phc.ox.ac.uk/news/celebra...
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Primary Care Cardiovascular Society @pccs.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🚨 PCCS 5th Spring Conference Final Session: Expert Panel Discussion. Closing the conference, Prof. Ahmet Fuat & Prof. Clare Taylor lead a vital discussion on: 💡 Applying the Evidence into the Real World – bridging research with everyday clinical practice.
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Amanda Heidt @scattercushion.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🧪Hello! are you a scientist who started your PhD in 2020 and are now wrapping up? I want to know how your life is and how you're feeling about your prospects in 2025 for a story in @nature.com. DM me or find me on Signal at aheidt.16. Tell yo friends! (Also seeking international sources.)
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Dr Richard Ma PhD 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉🕺⚕️🩺🎓 @richard-ma.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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-...
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Have your say to improve the care of people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK


We are looking for research ideas to improve health and care for people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK.

This is a survey for people with HIV aged over 50, their carers, and healthcare professionals involved in their care.
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Jessica Watson @drjessicawatson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
👇GP colleagues - please can you take 5 minutes to help a PhD student by filling in a short questionnaire on pathways to the diagnosis of coeliac disease #TeamGP #Coeliac #HealthResearch
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Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan @drrajivsankar.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Our paper from @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social #BEATHF project published in @jaccjournals.bsky.social “Earlier Detection of Heart Failure at Community Heart Health Events Using the BEAT-HF tool” kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F... @carysbarton.bsky.social @clarejtaylor.bsky.social
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Victoria Tzortziou Brown @victoriatb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#TeamGP The Leng review of physician and anaesthesia associates has launched a survey of healthcare professionals. This will be open until the 30th March. It is important that we have good representation from general practice: consultations.dhsc.gov.uk/67b88983cde4... @rcgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
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Survey - Independent review of physician associates and anaesthesia associates: survey of healthcare professionals
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 11/03/2025
Heart failure may be of limited value in predicting stroke risk in people with atrial fibrillation whose overall prognosis is poor doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #GeneralPractice
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 10/03/2025
The general trend is crazy. Here is Twitter vs Bluesky volumes for the last week. On some days they are equal in volume.
Altmetric Explorer view - Twitter/X vs Bluesky in bar graphs.
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Primary Care Cardiovascular Society @pccs.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We're so close to reaching 6,000 members! Just 4 more to go. Can you help us hit this milestone by the end of the day?! Join the PCCS community now! 🌟 #PCCS pccsuk.org/join/
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
For the first time ever, the majority of UK doctors are women - and general practice is among specialties leading the way www.gponline.com/majority-uk-...
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Majority of UK doctors are women - with GPs among specialties leading the way
Female doctors now outnumber their male counterparts for the first time in UK history - with general practice among the top three specialties with the highest proportion of women, the GMC has revealed...
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Prof Clare J Taylor @clarejtaylor.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
February is Heart month and I’ve walked 200,000 steps for @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social to recognise the 200,000 people who will be diagnosed with heart failure this year. Any sponsorship would be fab to support this truly marvellous charity. Let’s BEAT HF together ❤️ pmf.enthuse.com/pf/clare-tay...
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Get Fitter in Feb
I am supporting Pumping Marvellous during Heart Month to help BEAT Heart Failure Every year 200,000 people are diagnosed with Heart Failure. I am taking on the 200,000 step challenge to support patien
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NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
As of 📅Monday 3 March 2025, we will only be engaging via LinkedIn, Bluesky and YouTube. Join Us: 🦋Bluesky: bit.ly/3CzVk0j 🤝Linked In: bit.ly/439xQdl 🎥YouTube: bit.ly/3WWTihs 📰Subscribe to our newsletter: bit.ly/3WRt68c
As of 📅Monday 3 March 2025, we will only be engaging via LinkedIn, Bluesky and YouTube.

Join Us:
🦋Bluesky: https://bit.ly/3CzVk0j
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Richard Riley (R²) @richarddriley.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
**NEW BMJ PAPER** "Uncertainty of risk estimates from clinical prediction models: rationale, challenges, and approaches" - most models provide just a risk estimate - we argue for presenting associated uncertainty too - includes pros, cons, PPIE & methods Hope helpful! www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Uncertainty of risk estimates from clinical prediction models: rationale, challenges, and approaches
Clinical prediction models estimate an individual’s risk (probability) of a health related outcome to help guide patient counselling and clinical decision making. Most models provide a single point es...
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Caroline Mitchell @dclovesgp.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
#MedicalEducation #PrimaryCare Our paper A disconnect between the clinical & academic world leaves clinical academic trainees stuck between the two, being pulled by each, feeling like they are not meeting the expectations of either. Tailored support for transitions & career progress is needed.
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Transitioning between clinical and academic practice from the perspectives of clinical academic trainees, academic training programme directors and academic supervisors: a mixed methods study - BMC Me...
Background The career pathway of clinical academics in the UK is challenging. To pursue academic endeavors, trainees often undertake approved time ‘Out of Programme for Research’ (OOPR), a standalone ...
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Primary Care Cardiovascular Society @pccs.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The PCCS is delighted to announce a new resource, available in both video and podcast! Join Alison Warren, Bev Bostock & Prof Derek Connolly as they discuss Lipoprotein (a) and whether it could be the missing puzzle piece in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD). pccsuk.org/academy/6/li...
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Claire Handscombe @bookishclaire.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
💕Need a good love story? 💕 I’ve got some recs on a list on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social buff.ly/4gbbbA5?
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The Pumping Marvellous Foundation @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Get ready for our Step Up to BEAT Heart Failure challenge! Take a step in February for every person that is diagnosed with Heart Failure each year. That means 200,000 steps in 28 days. That's 7,413 steps per day ( about 5.44km).
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Professor Frances Mair @francesmair.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
#MEDSKY - paper highlights importance of #generalpractice #familymedicine #primarycare in care of people with #multimorbidity especially in areas of #socioeconomic #deprivation
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The Pumping Marvellous Foundation @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Nick Hartshorne-Evans the Founder and CEO of the Pumping Marvellous Foundation, the UK’s heart failure charity based in Preston, has been named in the New Year’s Honours list. Read more here pumpingmarvellous.org/new-year-honou… #NewYearsHonours
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 05/12/2024
The BMJ will be 185 years old in 2025. We believe that the time is right to move to fortnightly print publication, which means that from the first issue of 2025 we will publish the print edition every two weeks, @kamranabbasi.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 03/12/2024
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.
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