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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol
@capcbristol.bsky.social
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We are a leading centre for primary care research and teaching based at the University of Bristol, UK. We are one of nine centres that form the @nihrspcr.bsky.social. Visit: www.bristol.ac.uk/capc
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 8d
📢Our latest #PrimaryCare research newsletter (Nov 25) is out now!

📰Packed with news about our latest research findings, blog posts & opinion pieces, events & recruiting studies.

▶️Read: tinyurl.com/32zhuzeu
✔️Subscribe: eepurl.com/dssOhD

@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social
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@nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social
@arc-west.bsky.social @bristolhealthp.bsky.social @onecaregpfed.bsky.social

#DigitalHealth
capcbristol.bsky.social Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 11h
Interested in digital health in #PrimaryCare?

Join the @sapc.ac.uk Digital Health Special Interest Group Christmas meeting, with guest talks on mainstreaming #Telemedicine across Ireland's islands and #Femtech & trying to conceive.

📆Thurs 18 Dec 2025
🕛1-2pm
📍Online
📥Email: [email protected]
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
capcbristol.bsky.social
Interested in digital health in #PrimaryCare?

Join the @sapc.ac.uk Digital Health Special Interest Group Christmas meeting, with guest talks on mainstreaming #Telemedicine across Ireland's islands and #Femtech & trying to conceive.

📆Thurs 18 Dec 2025
🕛1-2pm
📍Online
📥Email: [email protected]
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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@nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bristolhealthp.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @griefcentrebris.bsky.social
capcbristol.bsky.social Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 1d
Coming up: Experiences of grief in ethnically diverse communities: panel discussion and film launch 📢

📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm

🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social

Details & register: 🔽
bsky.app/profile/good...
goodgrieffest.bsky.social Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 6d
How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
capcbristol.bsky.social
Coming up: Experiences of grief in ethnically diverse communities: panel discussion and film launch 📢

📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm

🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social

Details & register: 🔽
bsky.app/profile/good...
goodgrieffest.bsky.social Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 6d
How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/experiences-of-grief-in-ethnically-diverse-communities-panel-discussion-and-film-launch/e-xomklb
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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hpruebs.bsky.social
📰News!📰A new clinical trial to tackle street #benzodiazepine use & drug-related deaths among people receiving treatment for #opioid dependency has been launched. The NIHR-funded trial is led by @stir.ac.uk in collaboration with our HPRU & @capcbristol.bsky.social
Read more▶️ tinyurl.com/ym84hmf8
New clinical trial to tackle street benzodiazepine use and drug-related deaths
A major new clinical trial has been launched aimed at reducing the use of street-sourced benzodiazepines among people receiving treatment for opioid dependency. The research is being led by the [&hell...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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sapc.ac.uk
We're pleased to already be receiving high quality and interesting submissions for the SAPC ASM 2026 St Andrews, 24th-26th June. Add the date to your diaries and submit before the 23rd January deadline!

sapc.ac.uk/article/2026...

#academicprimarycare #primarycareresearch #SAPC2026 #SAPC_ASM
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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bristolhealthp.bsky.social
📢 In our latest newsletter:

➡️News and photos from our BIGGEST EVER conference
➡️How a pioneering local group is helping stroke survivors get back to work
➡️ England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer visits Bristol

Read: mailchi.mp/bristolhealt...
Subscribe: bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/newsletter/
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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riddmj.bsky.social
A reminder about our decision aid for to anyone with atopic #eczema #dermatitis to help you find the right moisturiser for you (just updated with minor tweaks) You can download it from www.bristol.ac.uk/eczema (+ other eczema resources) @skinandallergy.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
Eczema resources | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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@bristoluni.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social

#MedSky #MedEd #PrimaryCare #MedStudents
capcbristol.bsky.social Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 6d
We have been so impressed with medical student, Alejandra Bonwick, who has thrown herself into her 2nd year student choice project & delivered a wonderful blog & podcast series on her interviews with @gppact.bsky.social academic GPs! 👏

🔗Blog: tinyurl.com/3w334uhm
🎙️Podcast: gppact.org/pact-podcasts
Alejandra Bonwick
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
capcbristol.bsky.social
We have been so impressed with medical student, Alejandra Bonwick, who has thrown herself into her 2nd year student choice project & delivered a wonderful blog & podcast series on her interviews with @gppact.bsky.social academic GPs! 👏

🔗Blog: tinyurl.com/3w334uhm
🎙️Podcast: gppact.org/pact-podcasts
Alejandra Bonwick
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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1/2: Researchers from @capcbristol.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social have co-produced a booklet on rights & responsibilities for people who receive #opioid substitution prescriptions (scripts) and the pharmacy staff that dispense them.

🔗 tinyurl.com/4sptpsab
Illustration of a man in t-shirt and hooded jacket taking methadone while watched over by a pharmacist in a pharmacy setting.
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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nihrspcr.bsky.social
New article presents findings from a co-produced evaluation, funded by the NIHR Three Research Schools Mental Health programme, on the role of lived-experience involvement in improving services for people facing multiple disadvantage. www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/how-liv...

@ashmore1973.bsky.social
New article presents findings from a co-produced evaluation, funded by the NIHR Three Research Schools Mental Health programme, on the role of lived-experience involvement in improving services for people facing multiple disadvantage. https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/how-lived-experience-can-improve-support-for-people-facing-multiple-disadvantage @ashmore1973.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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🚨New blog: Caring for children with cough: co-designing information that parents really need 🚨

👨‍👨‍👦 Dr Christie Cabral shares how she worked with parents to produce an information leaflet & website to guide parents on when to seek medical help for their child's cough.

🔗Read the blog: bit.ly/4i7EztE
The Caring for Children with Coughs leaflet.
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
capcbristol.bsky.social
📢Our latest #PrimaryCare research newsletter (Nov 25) is out now!

📰Packed with news about our latest research findings, blog posts & opinion pieces, events & recruiting studies.

▶️Read: tinyurl.com/32zhuzeu
✔️Subscribe: eepurl.com/dssOhD

@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
capcbristol.bsky.social
New study gives people with #eczema freedom to choose how often to bathe - article in Digital Health Technology News about research by @riddmj.bsky.social & colleagues @uniofnottingham.bsky.social (Rapid Eczema Trials).

www.healthtechdigital.com/new-study-gi...
New study gives people with eczema freedom to choose how often to bathe - Digital Health Technology News
A major study has found that people with eczema are able to bathe either daily or weekly, without any impact to their symptoms. The findings of the new study, which are published in the British Journa...
www.healthtechdigital.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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skinandallergy.bsky.social
Does bathing daily worsen eczema? The 'Eczema Bathing study' run by the Rapid Eczema Trials team found that bathing daily or weekly has no impact on eczema symptoms. Read more here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/eczema-...
@riddmj.bsky.social
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
@capcbristol.bsky.social
News - New study gives people with eczema freedom to choose how often to bathe - University of Nottingham
A major study has found that people with eczema are able to bathe either daily or weekly, without any impact to their symptoms.
www.nottingham.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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juliebrose.bsky.social
We are excited to share our new paper on helping new parents cope w/ a #CryingBaby to prevent infant #AbusiveHeadTrauma through the ICON programme! Thanks to @arc-west.bsky.social and team! @perroninstitute.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social #academicsky #publichealth doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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reachbristol.bsky.social
We had an excellent time at the REACH Annual Showcase 2025 on Monday! 😀
We explored the theme 'Capacity Building in Emergency Care Research'
The day sparked some interesting conversations and new collaborations and networks!

Thank you to all who joined us.

#emergencycare #research
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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More excellent work from Michelle Farr & the Changing Futures team @capcbristol.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social. 🔽

See their latest paper: doi.org/10.1111/hex....

@nihrspcr.bsky.social @bristolhealthp.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social

#TraumaInformed
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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@riddmj.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @ukdctn.bsky.social @britishdermatology.bsky.social

#EczemaCitizenScience
capcbristol.bsky.social Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 13d
New study gives people with #eczema freedom to choose how often to bathe. 🔽

The study, by researchers @uniofnottingham.bsky.social & @capcbristol.bsky.social found that people with eczema are able to bathe daily or weekly, without any impact to their symptoms.

🔗Find out more: tinyurl.com/4erx5zrb
2025: New study gives people with eczema freedom to choose how often to bathe | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
capcbristol.bsky.social
New study gives people with #eczema freedom to choose how often to bathe. 🔽

The study, by researchers @uniofnottingham.bsky.social & @capcbristol.bsky.social found that people with eczema are able to bathe daily or weekly, without any impact to their symptoms.

🔗Find out more: tinyurl.com/4erx5zrb
2025: New study gives people with eczema freedom to choose how often to bathe | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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@bristoluni.bsky.social @hpruebs.bsky.social @jscottuob.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @rpharms.com @swpharmres.bsky.social @bristolhealthp.bsky.social
capcbristol.bsky.social Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 13d
A major new clinical trial aimed at reducing the use of street-sourced #benzodiazepines among people receiving treatment for #opioid dependency has been launched.

The NIHR-funded trial is led by @stir.ac.uk in collaboration with @capcbristol.bsky.social researchers + others.

tinyurl.com/anc7r8mx
2025: InBoat Study launch | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
capcbristol.bsky.social
A major new clinical trial aimed at reducing the use of street-sourced #benzodiazepines among people receiving treatment for #opioid dependency has been launched.

The NIHR-funded trial is led by @stir.ac.uk in collaboration with @capcbristol.bsky.social researchers + others.

tinyurl.com/anc7r8mx
2025: InBoat Study launch | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
capcbristol.bsky.social
A fantastic 6 years of impactful applied health research by our @arc-west.bsky.social colleagues ... 🔽
arc-west.bsky.social NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West @arc-west.bsky.social · 13d
🏆 We are super proud of 6 years of achievements, including:
202 projects 🧑‍🔬
596 papers 📓
£157 million funding leveraged 💰

🙏 Big thanks to our partners, public contributors and study participants!
👉 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...
#6YearsOfARCWest #ARCimpacts
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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dralisongregory.bsky.social
🌟FREE RESOURCE🌟: I am delighted to announce that the Safe Spaces resource commissioned by AXA and produced by Omni is now available safespaces-againstviolence.axa.com/en/ It contains workplace training resources including some incredibly powerful interviews and dramas. Please repost. Thanks
AXA Safe Spaces – Against domestic and sexual violence
Foster safe spaces at work by learning how to Recognize, Respond to and Refer those impacted to specialist services. Create a safe and supportive workplace where everyone can seek help.
safespaces-againstviolence.axa.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM