Primary Care Research Centre

The Society for Academic Primary Care (@sapcacuk) has a new special interest group (SIG) for urgent primary and community care (UPCC). Email: alex.burrell@bristol.ac.uk if you would like to join. For more information, see: sapc.ac.uk/special-intere… #PrimaryCare #TeamGP #GPnews

Why focus on research in general practice? Prof Paul Little explains… @NIHRSPCR @UoS_PrimaryCare @unisouthampton @H_Atherton @MedEdSoton @UoSMedia @rcgp @BJGP @sapcacuk See: medicsvoices.com/paul-little-re…

📢📢As of Monday 5 March, we will only be engaging via Linkedin and Bluesky. Come and follow us using the links below! Please share. Linkedin: bit.ly/4gEQPPT Bluesky: bit.ly/42SL8dU

First year PhD student Chris Horler won first prize for STEMM poster at the @unisouthampton Doctoral Research Showcase. Congratulations Chris! @leydonhudson

🎄 The SPCR Christmas tree is up, and it’s sparkling with some impressive numbers from 2024! 🌟 Each bauble highlights a key stat from our year in primary care research—take a look at what we’ve achieved together! 🎁✨ #SPCR2024 #PrimaryCareResearch @GeorginaSPCR

@Chris_Horler @UoSDocCollege @LPhysioprof @leydonhudson @NIHRSPCR @PhysioMACP Well done! 👏👏👏👏

Really enjoyed the @UoSDocCollege PGR poster showcase this week. It was great to meet lots of new people and share our research. Wonderful to win the poster competition for the STEMM category too! @LPhysioprof @leydonhudson @NIHRSPCR @PhysioMACP

The COPE-Back study is under way! Exploring the experiences and needs of people living with back pain and their partners. We want to talk to couples where one partner has had back pain for at least 6 months. Click the link for more details: tinyurl.com/h5ayh7j4 @NIHRSPCR

Are you on Bluesky? Follow us! bsky.app/profile/uos-pr…

Preconception health changes across generations - we looked at what has improved & where ongoing challenges are using 3 British birth cohorts. 👏New paper based on Olivia Righton’s excellent MSc dissertation! doi.org/10.1371/journa… @kingsmedicine @UoS_Medicine @SouthamptonBRC

We are now on Bluesky! Follow us: @uos-primarycare.bsky.social , please also follow us on Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/primar…

Working together with @capcbristol and @CebdNottm to improve outcomes for those with skin conditions such as Acne and Eczema sway.cloud.microsoft/BxkOy4PDLAL28e… @NIHRSPCR @MiriamSanter @AcneCareOnline @IngridMuller7 @riddmj @NIHRSPCR @ECO_eczema

The COPE-Back study is under way! Exploring the experiences and needs of people living with back pain and their partners. We want to talk to couples where one partner has had back pain for at least 6 months. Click the link for more details: tinyurl.com/h5ayh7j4 @NIHRSPCR

On World Aids Day, We'd like to highlight Igugu Lethu or 'Our Treasure', a successful intervention to encourage HIV testing and counselling in KZN, South Africa. @Cherish_SSA @HSRCza @NIHRresearch @AHRI_News @FCDOGovUK #WorldAIDSDay youtu.be/vLCG77KbCA4?si…

@uos_PrimaryCare hosted two In2Research Placement participants this summer for the SPCR Q-DaPS project. Kimberly McBride shares her experience in a new blog: bit.ly/3OukJdS @uos_medicine @leydonhudson @UCL_PCPH @UCL_IEHC @UCLeHealth @F_A_Stevenson #PrimaryCare

Our paper on combination of multiple long-term conditions and #Winter #hospitalisation and #mortality using national data on >48 million people is out in @BMJMedicine 🙏 @kamleshkhunti @HDambhaMiller @amibanerjee1 @_ShShabnam @Vnafilyan bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/3/1/e0…

New research by @UoS_Medicine in @BMJMedicine has identified combinations of long-term conditions associated with substantially higher risks of winter hospitalisations and deaths. The research aims to help with planning for 'winter pressures'. More 👉 brnw.ch/21wOBhX

🔊Primary care practitioners wanted! This study is looking to explore primary care practitioners’ thoughts on using empathy and optimism when talking to patients about menstrual problems. Find out more 👉👉tinyurl.com/empathicflow7 @NIHRSPCR

Congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏👏 Excellent work!