Pete Edwards

📝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.
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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.

📢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! ⬇️

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@nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

#GPSky

Screenshot of blog by Dr Jenny Scott with headshot photo of Dr Scott.

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.

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#HarmReduction

Fred

Francis

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

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.

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#GPSky #MedSky #PrimaryCare

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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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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

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

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

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 ⬇️

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...

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.

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🎥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

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

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...

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.

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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

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...

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...

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?

Episode 196: How to approach safety netting in general practice In this episode, we talk to Dr Pete Edwards about effective safety netting practices.

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-...

BJGPLife: Episode 196: How to approach safety netting in general practice
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Lots of positives in this research. Some areas for improvement (as there is in almost all medical practice).

Research funded by @nihr.bsky.social

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!

How to approach safety netting in general practice - BJGP Interviews

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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

Safety Netting in primary care:
Managing the low incidence, high uncertainty of severe illness

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(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!

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

Alfie is joining #DogsOfBluesky (no more appearances on X)

Also the health foundation used different methods to explore differences in ARRS between most and least deprived quintiles
www.health.org.uk/sites/defaul...