Caroline Mitchell

Attitudes to contraception in the UK: ethnic minority and religious perspectives - Wellbeing of Women A landmark study by Fatima Nasiru Nabage and supervisor Dr Becky Mawson of the DeepEnd Research Alliance at University of Sheffield offers guidance for better conversations about contraception. Illust...

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DERA - Deep End Research Alliance Researcher funded by WoW- co-creating useful relevant research outputs with and by underserved communities

Or stick on 200% tariffs?

SAPC ASM 2026, University of St Andrews, 24th - 26th June.

Abstract and workshop submissions for SAPC ASM 2026 are closing soon — submit yours today, sapc.ac.uk/conference/s...

#SAPC_ASM, #SAPC2026, #PrimaryCareResearch, #Abstract

Listen to the audio interview with Dr Isobel J McFadzean on critical illness in prisons
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#PrisonHealthcare #CriticalIllness #PatientSafety #EmergencyCare #SafetyIncidents #BJGP #PrimaryCare #research #GeneralPractice #FamilyMedicine

#vaccinationworks to prevent cancer.
Well done Denmark!

And behind these figures, all that stress and worry for individual patients and their loved ones arising from delay and in some instances depersonalised care by completely overloaded staff

Today in Focus on Instagram: "“They undressed me into a floss bikini and the users just piled on, bend her over, turn her around. There are now videos that they produced of me dancing around and rubbi... 5,992 likes, 174 comments - todayinfocuspod on January 9, 2026: "“They undressed me into a floss bikini and the users just piled on, bend her over, turn her around. There are now videos that they prod...

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A mother of a child of Elon Musk
To anyone on X or advertising on X, where is your conscience and response to this rapid escalation in worldwide online misogyny?

Case studies: a guide for researchers, educators, and implementers Case study is a widely used but poorly understood research method, conducted differently in different disciplines. This paper explores philosophical, theoretical and methodological issues in case stud...

To learn more, read the full article "Case studies: a guide for researchers, educators, and implementers" by Trish Greenhalgh, in BMJ Medicine
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Are you conducting a case study in 2026?

Here are some tips from @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social's guide to case studies, published in BMJ Medicine. 🧵

Physicians in the Trump administration are aligning themselves with anti-public health interests and policies.

High profile physicians should be resisting Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jonshaffer.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Sweeping cuts are being made to the US childhood vaccine schedule The USA have made dramatic changes to the childhood vaccine schedule

Q: Are USA's cuts to childhood vaccines evidence-based?
A: No.
New from @sheencr.bsky.social
#helathpolicy #episky

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Inspirational- I plan to grow old disgracefully and hopefully stylishly..

Ask an expert: Gout ### What you need to know ### BMJ Learning To obtain accredited continuous professional development points, subscribers to BMJ Learning can complete the full module at https://new-learning.bmj.com/c...

A clinical gem of how to navigate the complexities of gout treatment.
Gout is common and causes significant pain and disruption to normal activities, including work.
It’s often poorly managed in Primary Care.
Our #NIHR OCCUR RCT will pin down steroid use parameters. www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Team Meet The Team

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Working with a great team on the REMAP study- using realist methodology with multisource data:
What are the conditions that contribute to effective outcomes in multi-professional advanced practice?

When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.

I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.

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Didn’t someone do a RCT showing that health visitors are “ineffective”? Healthcare is a complex system; we need to stop relying on 20th century research tools.

To clarify: I’m being cynical about the reliance on RCT evidence. Thanks @profsarahcowley.bsky.social for confirming - there was no RCT but policy decisions to withdraw HVs were made because no RCT had shown benefit.

Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflict, writes Simon Tisdall

“Like Mark Antony minus the toga and brains, he struts and preens, cries havoc! and lets slip the dogs of war.” Well penned, Simon Tisdall.

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The lovely Open House is my yoga space..

‘The Role of Doctors is Changing Forever’- a New Yorker article today is an insightful read about what happens when there are so many sources of medical information now that there is credibility equipoise between AI / the MAHA influencers & the Dr in front of you…

Development of a community research link worker role to enable culturally tailored research and empower marginalised communities to participate: the IBISES model - Research Involvement and Engagement Background People from ethnic minority and socioeconomically deprived backgrounds remain underrepresented in primary healthcare research despite experiencing worse health outcomes and healthcare exper...

Fryer, K., et al. Development of a community research link worker role to enable culturally tailored research and empower marginalised communities to participate: the IBISES model. Res Involv Engagem 11, 122 (2025). doi.org/10.1186/s409...

Our PRAMs team study webinar - we trained and worked with community research link workers for exceptional
community engagement with underserved groups

Bursting bubbles, blowing trumpets and broad shoulders – BJGP Life

Expert generalism described with wit and clarity & this gem⬇️

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Reflective research practice to drive inclusivity in research studies ⬇️

Evidence-based medicine is only as good as the evidence it is derived
from. If research representation does not truly reflect the
diversity of the general population, medicines
&other
healthcare interventions may not work for everyone.’
Time to revisit Sackett’s framework for reflective teamwork

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Evidence-biased medicine? Applying a health equity lens to Sackett's methodological framework
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#DeepEndGP
#FamilyMedicine
#PrimaryCare
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