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Pete Edwards

@peteredwards.bsky.social
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GP in Bristol Researcher @capcbristol.bsky.social Researching for improved and safer healthcare for patients & providers scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&…

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New CAPC film launched! 📢 We have created a short film introducing who we are and what we do. 🎞️ We're delighted to share it during #NIHR20 - a fitting moment to thank & celebrate all the people who contribute to our research. 🎉 @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social #GPSky
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Portable HEPA filters made no difference to rates of respiratory and other infections in older people’s care homes, finds new @nihr.bsky.social funded research published in @jamainternalmed.com. Care homes should continue with standard infection control, including vaccines. 👉 tinyurl.com/bdhe42bn
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2026: Portable air filters don't cut infection rates in care homes | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 04/06/2026
Safety-netting advice was commonly delivered in GP telephone consultations conducted between 2023 and 2024 in seven practices in south west England, but its delivery, documentation, and recall were inconsistent doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @peteredwards.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social #PrimaryCare
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Safety-netting communication during telephone consultations: an observational study using recorded consultations | British Journal of General Practice
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The research by @peteredwards.bsky.social & colleagues has been published in @bjgp.org. 📄Full paper: bjgp.org/content/earl... @riddmj.bsky.social @chris-salisbury.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @royalcollegeofgps.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #DigitalHealth
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Safety-netting communication during telephone consultations: an observational study using recorded consultations
Background In 2024, one-third of NHS GP consultations in England were conducted by telephone. Although remote consulting can be convenient for patients and GPs, it may increase diagnostic uncertainty....
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
GPs give safety-netting advice in around 2/3 of telephone consultations but some patients struggle to remember it.🩺 Safety-netting is advice GPs give patients on when to seek further help. The study suggests documentation & giving written advice could be improved. 👉 tinyurl.com/vtvvu6az #GPsky
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2026: GPs give advice on when to seek further help in telephone consultations | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Use of a rapid microbiological point-of-care test for respiratory infections did not lead to an expected overall reduction in same-day antibiotic prescribing in #PrimaryCare. Results of the RAPID-TEST clinical trial published in @jamainternalmed.com. 👉 Read the news: tinyurl.com/y3x3hv29
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2026: Study questions usefulness of rapid microbiological respiratory test | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 07/05/2026
Evaluation of changes in consultation patterns following ARRS implementation showed an expanded #PrimaryCare capacity but limited impact on GP workload or complexity doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @jialanhong.bsky.social @peteredwards.bsky.social @mn-kashyap.bsky.social @chris-salisbury.bsky.social
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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
📢 New course alert! Designed with GPs, 'Grief & Bereavement in Primary Care' features world-leading experts, practical tips & evidence-based resources. Learn how to support bereaved patients effectively & compassionately. Early-bird discount ends 6 Jan Sign up today goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...
Visit: https://www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy
@lucyselman.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @griefcentrebris.bsky.social #NGAW2025 #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek #GrowingWithGrief #GP #GeneralPractice #MedEd #PrimaryCare #hpm
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SAPC @sapc.ac.uk · 18/11/2025
We are open for submissions. A Principal Investigator (PI) is anyone who holds research grant funding and has staff working on their projects. For full details and to nominate, click the link below : sapc.ac.uk/funding-oppo...
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
📝New blog: Learning from each other: reflections on a public co-applicant collaboration in primary care research. @neuro-observant.bsky.social & @charlotte-archer.bsky.social share their experience of working together as a public co-applicant & principal investigator. tinyurl.com/hf4sh5jb
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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 · 21/07/2025
New on the CAPC blog: How team science is helping to detect dangerous #drugs and save lives - @jscottuob.bsky.social relates how a conversation with Prof Chris Pudney @uniofbath.bsky.social sparked an idea that is now saving lives. tinyurl.com/ys83k9yx #HarmReduction
Screenshot of blog by Dr Jenny Scott with headshot photo of Dr Scott.
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Taking part in research can be life-changing. Huge thanks to Fred & Francis for sharing their stories of how taking part in the NIHR-funded Game of Stones study helped them lose weight & improve their wellbeing. Read the blog: bit.ly/4mXdFqa #BePartOfResearch
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
New blog: How to get the most out of conferences & meetings: reflections from an early career GP Academic. Academic Clinical Fellow @mn-kashyap.bsky.social shares his tips on making the most of the learning, development & networking opportunities. bit.ly/3RS5Aox #GPSky #MedSky #PrimaryCare
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Pete Edwards @peteredwards.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
ChatGPT seems to be hallucinating / lying a lot today! Even using deep research mode - making up quotes, not admitting mistakes when directly challenged. Maybe my prompts need some refining :x
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Our latest quarterly #PrimaryCare research newsletter is out now! Packed full of research news, blogs, events & more! Read now: mailchi.mp/00d2307d3865... Subscribe: bit.ly/4lfSi2s @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social @bristolhealthp.bsky.social
First page of newsletter.
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NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
A recent study leveraged by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) found that D-mannose does not prevent urinary tract infections. Read more about the findings here: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-al... #UTIs #Dmannose #SPCR #HealthResearch @nihr.bsky.social
A recent study leveraged by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) found that D-mannose does not prevent urinary tract infections. Read more about the findings here: https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-alert-d-mannose

#UTIs #Dmannose #SPCR #HealthResearch @nihr.bsky.social
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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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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
1/3 - Congratulations to Prof Alastair Hay, who has been awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). 🎉 NIHR Senior Investigators are among the most prominent & prestigious researchers funded by the NIHR. www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt...
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Professor Alastair Hay chosen for Senior Investigator role by National Institute for Health and Care Research
Three University of Bristol academics have been awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), including Alastair Hay, Professor of Primary Care at t...
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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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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
One of the greatest failures of NHS England has been the failure to deliver in General Practice All its’ policies have failed to deliver primary care & remained focused on secondary care If its removal sees a shift to restoration of access to GPs then @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social may succeed
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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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Victoria Tzortziou Brown @victoriatb.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Our study is officially published! For the first time, we have explored the association between the language of primary medical qualification and exam attainment, analysing data from over 28,000 candidates. bjgp.org/content/earl... @bjgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @rcgp.bsky.social
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Clinicians should be wary of a ‘one size fits all’ approach to communicating blood test results in primary care suggests new @nihrspcr.bsky.social funded research by @drjessicawatson.bsky.social & colleagues published today in @bjgp.bsky.social. Read the news: www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt...
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Clinicians should be wary of a ‘one size fits all’ approach to communicating blood test results in primary care
Online access to test results is generally well accepted by patients, but reliance on electronic communication methods alone is not sufficient to meet the needs of different patients and different typ...
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Listen to this @bjgp.bsky.social interview with @peteredwards.bsky.social about his NIHR funded research on giving safety-netting advice in #PrimaryCare. How, when and why it is used? What is best practice?
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Nada Khan @nadakhan.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Great to speak to @peteredwards.bsky.social for the @bjgp.bsky.social podcast about safety netting in general practice. Some great tips for practice - listen here! 👇 bjgplife.com/episode-196-...
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Episode 196: How to approach safety netting in general practice
In this episode, we talk to Dr Pete Edwards about effective safety netting practices.
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 25/02/2025
BJGPLife: Episode 196: How to approach safety netting in general practice bjgplife.com/episode...
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Pete Edwards @peteredwards.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Lots of positives in this research. Some areas for improvement (as there is in almost all medical practice). Research funded by @nihr.bsky.social
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Pete Edwards @peteredwards.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Hopefully providing some pragmatic advice to on how effective safety-netting advice can help patients seek timely medical help when indicated, whilst also promoting self-care and self-efficacy given the scarcity of our #NHS resources. Also touch on the role of #AI now and in the future. Enjoy!
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 25/02/2025
Listen to the audio interview with Dr Peter J Edwards on safety-netting advice changes overtime, including advice for different conditions and methods of communication. Read the research and the linked editorial bjgplife.com/196 #PrimaryCare @capcbristol.bsky.social
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How to approach safety netting in general practice - BJGP Interviews
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 25/02/2025
Safety-netting advice in out-of-hours records increased from 2013 to 2020, as did the number of symptoms patients are advised to look out for. Also, written advice was rarely recorded. Read the research: doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... and the linked editorial doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.... #PrimaryCare
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The UK is facing a critical failure in medical workforce planning. Thousands of doctors are trapped in a bottleneck, blocked from progressing due to a shortage of training posts. This has been a crisis that was foreseeable and entirely preventable. www.ft.com/content/ddb5...
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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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Pete Edwards @peteredwards.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Great lecture by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social last night for the @ebibristol.bsky.social annual public lecture. Amazing turn out with approx 400 attendees. Will think very carefully about what digital interventions will actually benefit and not exclude patients at my ‘deep end’ practice
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Digital tools should make healthcare more efficient and accessible, but do they make everyone’s lives easier? Join @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social for 'Healthcare in the digital age: A new era of inequality?' When: 3 Feb 2025, 18:30-20:00 Where: City Hall, Bristol Free tickets: tinyurl.com/2pyn8w4b
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Healthcare in the digital age: A new era of inequality?
We are delighted to welcome Professor Trish Greenhalgh to give the eleventh annual Elizabeth Blackwell lecture, Bristol on 3 February 2025.
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Prof. Damian Roland @damianroland.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Safety Netting in primary care: Managing the low incidence, high uncertainty of severe illness bjgp.org/content/bjgp... (follow up to "Safety netting in the consultation" www.bmj.com/content/378/...) I'm not a GP (but was written with GPs) Vomiting point applies in ED as well!
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The @rcgp.bsky.social attracts over 1,900 attendees each year. What's it like to attend for the first time? Dr Molly Dineen, Academic Clinical Fellow in #GeneralPractice at CAPC, shares her experience in a new blog: ▶️bit.ly/3OCPEoC & short film (trailer ⬇️) #GPsky #PrimaryCare
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Pete Edwards @peteredwards.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Alfie is joining #DogsOfBluesky (no more appearances on X)
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Pete Edwards @peteredwards.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Our caveat is ARRS costs a lot of money and it’s unclear from this research whether the scheme offers value for money or would be better spent in other areas of primary care E.g. on GPs (⬅️my comment as evidence ⬆️GP per patient associated with better satisfaction/outcomes)
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Pete Edwards @peteredwards.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Motion was voted down as perceived to be too defeatist
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Pete Edwards @peteredwards.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Looking forward to a lively debate at LMC Conference England today including this controversial motion from Avon LMC
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
Why do GPs prescribe beta-blockers for people with anxiety disorders? And what does this mean for patients & GPs? Charlotte Archer reports on her findings from interviews with GPs published in @bjgp.bsky.social. Blog: capcbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/09/18/w... Paper: bjgp.org/content/earl...
Young woman sits talking to female health professional.
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Pete Edwards @peteredwards.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
Interesting study on Cauda Equina Syndrome link.springer.com/article/10.1... Bilateral leg pain & absent bilateral ankle reflexes best predictors of large acute disc herniation on MRI. Note for GPs this was in a tertiary centre so our population is likely to be different.
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Can clinical presentation predict radiologically confirmed cauda equina syndrome: retrospective case review of 530 cases at a tertiary emergency department - European Spine Journal
Purpose Cauda equina syndrome (CES) may have significant individual consequences if diagnostic delays occur. Our aim was to evaluate the presenting subjective and objective features of patients with s...
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
Great new study for #GeneralPractice clinicians to take part in - help the Primary Care Academic Collaborative (PACT) understand ALL the work that goes into providing safe care in general practice. 🔽 youtu.be/Y00MT7pDeAs?... #PrimaryCare #medsky #GPSky
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The Hidden Workload Study Recruitment Video
YouTube video by PACT GP
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