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BJGP @bjgp.org · 03/12/2025

"... 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

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🧠 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

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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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BJGP @bjgp.org · 28/08/2025

#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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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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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

📢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

Front of CAPC Research News - July 2025. Lead story image - handheld devices for rapidly detecting dangerous synthetic drugs. Caption: Device that saves lives by detecting dangerous sythnetic drugs wins chemistry award.

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

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

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Charlotte Archer @charlotte-archer.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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...

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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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NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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

Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | How can we improve the mental health of older adults? 11 June 2025, 12 - 1pm: https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/online-seminar-improve-mental-health-older-adults

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NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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

Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | Participatory modelling focusing on stakeholder engagement, 15 July 2025, 12 - 1pm: https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/online-seminar-modelling-stakeholder-engagement

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Katrina Turner @katrinaturner.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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

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Katrina Turner @katrinaturner.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

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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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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Katrina Turner @katrinaturner.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

GP interested in commercial trials? Come join us at @capcbristol.bsky.social. Details below 👇

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

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.

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Katrina Turner @katrinaturner.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

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.

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

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

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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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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

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

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Katrina Turner @katrinaturner.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Sitting in the floor wrapping presents. Sense I am being watched.

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

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 ⬇️

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The inescapable role of stigma in driving depression and distress buff.ly/kpLdGC5 Mallory Moore summarises a systematic review in Social Science and Medicine by Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social and Aoife-Marie Foran. #Stigma #Depression #BFRBs 🧵 THREAD

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Katrina Turner @katrinaturner.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Delighted with @capcbristol.bsky.social certificate of impact. One day, 22 colleagues, 550 trees planted. Thanks again to AvonNeedsTrees.org.uk for such a fantastic day. #treeplanting #sustainability #teamwork

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Jeremy Horwood @jhorwood.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

🎥The recording of our CLIP-Q (Collaborative & Intensive Pragmatic #Qualitative research) webinar is now available ⬇️ The webinar outlines what CLIP-Q is, why it matters & how it informs each step of the research process, using case studies to demonstrate how it works in practice #QualitativeMethods

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Katrina Turner @katrinaturner.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Fantastic to hear @sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app present the first few months of her PhD, focused on #deprescribing of #antidepressants in #primarycare. Amazing student, important research, and fab co-supervisors (not on Bluesky - yet😃). The perfect combo.

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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...

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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...

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Katrina Turner @katrinaturner.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Feel a bit emotional re-reading this. So grateful to all the incredible women who have supported me so far, and for the many women who continue to do so. I hope I do the same for others. I aim to. #InternationalWomensDay

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Katrina Turner @katrinaturner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Such a fabulous day. The perfect combination of fantastic colleagues, team work, nature and ☀️.

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

When I was recovering from postnatal depression and doing walking, walking and more walking, I had an idea that i'd like explore nature-based interventions in the early years. This event is the product of three years of background work- so excited to share! #perinatalmentalhealth

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

And don't forget to sign up for this @nihrspcr.bsky.social Bitsize Impact Showcase webinar on 6 March, at which CAPC's Dr Sandi Dheensa will present her research into primary & community healthcare professionals' experiences of #DomesticAbuse. 🔽

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The NIHR funded study was led by CAPC & @chcr-uwe.bsky.social researchers and published in @bjgp.bsky.social today. Full paper: bjgp.org/content/75/7... @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bristolhealthp.bsky.social

Screenshot of paper title and authors: Paramedic or GP consultations in primary care: prospective study comparing costs and outcomes by William Hollingworth, Nouf S Gadah-Jeynes, Hazel Taylor, Kirsty Garfield, Sarah Voss and Matthew Booker.

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

#Paramedics in GP surgeries help reduce GP workload but don't save NHS costs, study finds. The 2-year study of 715 patients across 34 GP surgeries found no significant differences in patient-reported outcomes following paramedic compared with GP consultations. www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt...

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Paramedics in GP surgeries may ease workload but not NHS costs, study finds

Paramedics working in GP surgeries help reduce GP workload but do not contribute to cost savings to the NHS, according to the first major study of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedic comp...

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

What is best practice for giving 'safety netting' advice to parents of acutely unwell children in general practice & what role might AI play? Mavin Kashyap, Damian Roland & Peter Edwards consider the evidence in this recent @bjgp.bsky.social editorial. bjgp.org/content/75/7... #GPsky #PrimaryCare

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Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Great to welcome our award-winning colleagues at Common Ambition to Bluesky. They're working to increase #HIV testing and stop stigma in #Bristol 's African and Caribbean heritage communities. Please follow them if you can 👇🏾

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

In case you missed it, the recording of our webinar 'How should we tackle antimicrobial resistance in primary care? Lessons from infections research' is now available on our YouTube channel. 🔽 youtu.be/LynQ8mv06Fw?... @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk #GPsky #PrimaryCare

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How should we tackle antimicrobial resistance in primary care? Lessons from infections research

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Read the full paper about the HepCAPP Study findings: bjgp.org/content/75/7... @bjgp.bsky.social

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Are you a clinician working in UK general practice? If so, please sign up to The Hidden Workload Study which is being conducted by @gppact.bsky.social. Over 350 practices have already joined. The team is especially keen to recruit more practice nurses. See 🔽 @rcn.org.uk @nursingstandard.bsky.social

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Congratulations to the authors of this paper - #3 in @bjgp.bsky.social's Top 10 research papers for 2024 - including @bristoluni.bsky.social colleague, Prof Richard Martin & former CAPC colleague, Sam Merriel. 🎉

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Congratulations to @charlotte-archer.bsky.social whose paper on why GPs prescribe beta-blockers for anxiety is #4 in the @bjgp.bsky.social top 10 papers of 2024! 🎉 Read the paper ⬇️ #PrimaryCare #GPSky @bristolbrc.bsky.social

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Coming soon: Seminar - Late onset of #psychosis in peri/menopause - organised by the Psychosis Health Integration Team @bristolhealthp.bsky.social 5 Feb 2025, 6-8.30pm, @wshed.bsky.social, Bristol More information & tickets from: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/late-onset...

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Late onset of psychosis in peri/menopause

An introductory event from the Psychosis Health Integration Team to explore the late onset of psychosis in peri/menopause.

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Many patients’ understanding of #shingles before diagnosis is poor & they were unprepared for symptoms, new study published in @bjgp.bsky.social finds. Health care professionals highlighting stress as a trigger led some people to blame themselves for onset. ▶️https://bit.ly/40wmKgs #GPSky

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