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Academic Unit of Primary Care at the University of Leeds, within the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS) Find our Palliative Care account here: @au-palliativecare.bsky.social
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We have created a starter pack for anyone joining us on Bluesky. This contains useful contacts to help you get started with this platform and make contacts in the area of primary care research, for those at the University of Leeds and beyond

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Our new study in The British Journal of Cancer shows ethnic inequalities in opioid prescribing for cancer pain at the end of life. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Great to see our study featured in @the-independent.com Our study shows ethnic inequalities in opioid prescribing for cancer pain at the end of life. Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🧑‍⚕️However, we found that primary care prescribers also need systematized creatinine clearance calculation in electronic health records for easy coding to further improve patient safety & reduce harms from medicines in older age 🩺

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📣 New paper published❗️

🫘We know kidney function declines with age, increasing risk of harm of many medicines 💊

📉 We showed that providing feedback to primary care on prescribing in reduced kidney function is both feasible and acceptable 😀… [1/2]

📖 Read more here 👇

doi.org/10.1093/famp...
Creatinine clearance, reduced kidney function, and optimizing prescribing safety through practice feedback: a mixed methods study
AbstractBackground. Kidney function declines with age, increasing risk of harm from raised blood levels of many medicines. Prescribing is often inappropria
doi.org
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Congrats to @robbiefoy.bsky.social, @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social, @bethancopsey.bsky.social and Paul and Stella from @wy-icb-research.bsky.social on their new commentary in BMJ Open Quality:

'What should a learning health system look like?' 🤔

Read here 👇 bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/14/3...
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A great research snapshot by Dr Qandeel Shah on how she obtained rich and informative data using rapid ethnography in her PhD within a limited timeframe 👇

#ImpSci #ResearchMethods

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Improvement Science Snapshot- Rapid Ethnography
YouTube video by NIHR ARC Yorkshire and Humber
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#medsky #familymedicinesky #internalmedicinesky
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Congratulations to Noah Ivers and Robbie Foy on their new publication 📣

Everything you always wanted to know about audit and feedback but were afraid to ask… now published:
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Audit, Feedback, and Behaviour Change
Cambridge Core - Medicine: General Interest - Audit, Feedback, and Behaviour Change
www.cambridge.org
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Fern Harvey’s fab poster presentation of her systematic review on process evaluations for complex intervention trials. Better reporting of context, mechanisms of action and fidelity would enable greater learning about successful interventions #ImpSci #EIE2025 @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social
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Excellent article! 👏 @kellylloyd.bsky.social @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social

Although UK centric, this 👉"Lack of knowledge among healthcare professionals on Lynch syndrome is a barrier to patients accessing preventive care," is an issue in most healthcare systems?

#HereditaryGICancer
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It's with great pleasure that we congratulate Helen Edwards on winning the ASME/SAPC Education Prize 2024. 🌟🏆
Your passion for education shines through, and this award is a testament to you and your teams hard work.

Congratulations, Helen!
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Event that may be of interest 🌟👇

Navigating the Future of Assisted Dying Legislation in the UK

🗓️Wednesday 9 April
⏰13:00 – 14:30
🗨️Dr Nataly Papadopoulou & Professor Nancy Preston

More info 👇
pcrs.org.uk/events/pcrs-...

This webinar is FREE for PCRS members
Navigating the future of assisted dying legislation in the UK event poster. Date: Wednesday 9th April 2025. Time: 13:00 - 14:30. Free for members

Talks:
Navigating recent legal developments in the UK, Dr Nataly Papadopoulou 

What do we know about the experience of health care workers where assisted dying is legal, Professor Nancy Preston
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imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social
🎉Fantastic to see our update to the Cochrane review on Audit and Feedback in healthcare published!
So much work went into this huge project by a worldwide team, expertly led by Noah Ivers 👏
A must read for anyone wanting to improve the quality of healthcare 👇
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice - Ivers, N - 2025 | Cochrane Library
Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.
www.cochranelibrary.com
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au-primarycareuol.bsky.social
We have created a starter pack for anyone joining us on Bluesky. This contains useful contacts to help you get started with this platform and make contacts in the area of primary care research, for those at the University of Leeds and beyond

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Social prescribing helps people connect with their communities for better health and wellbeing 🤝

Our Oxford Social Prescribing Research Network brings together 250 members from across the world to share innovations and research findings💡

On #SocialPrescribingDay, find out more about their work 👇
Celebrating Social Prescribing day: Reflecting on a year of local, national and international collaborations
To mark Social Prescribing Day 2025, Associate Professor Stephanie Tierney and Professor Kamal Mahtani reflect on activities undertaken by members of the Oxford Social Prescribing Research Network (OX...
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We have created a starter pack for anyone joining us on BlueSky. This contains useful contacts to help you get started with this platform and make contacts which will be useful in your academic research go.bsky.app/VhbLjKz
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As #generalpractice takes an increasingly 'digital first' approach, it's important to know how practices are facilitating access to these services - I talk to Helen Atherton here on the @bjgp.bsky.social podcast about the impact on practices and patients
bjgplife.com/episode-198-...
Episode 198: The increasing digitalisation of general practice systems – how it’s impacting patients and what we can do about it
In this episode, we talk to Professor Helen Atherton about the increasing push for a digital-first approach in general practice.
bjgplife.com
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Still time to register for this next @nihrspcr.bsky.social Bitesized Impact Showcase webinar (12 March 2025, 11.30am-1pm) on patient and #PublicInvolvement, featuring, among others, CAPC researchers Michelle Farr & @drjessicawatson.bsky.social ⬇️
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Join us TOMORROW (12 Mar) for the final SPCR Bitesized Impact Showcase dedicated to Patient & Public Involvement & Engagement, 11:30am - 1pm: bit.ly/Register-SPCR-Bitesized-4

#PrimaryCareResearch #PPIE

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Join us tomorrow (12 Mar) for the final SPCR Bitesized Impact Showcase on Patient & Public Involvement & Engagement, 11:30am - 1pm: bit.ly/Register-SPCR-Bitesized-4
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Why does taking #benzodiazepines & #opioids together lead to so many deaths? New research by Hannah Family @jokesten.bsky.social & colleagues sheds light on the risks & provides evidence to develop appropriate ways to reduce the harm of co-use.

Blog: capcbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/03/06/u...
Pills and tablets.