Mavin Kashyap

Childhood immunisations are one of the most powerful and effective public health interventions of all time. We used to take them from granted but not anymore. Conspiracy theory, wars, poverty and systems collapse put them at risk. We must keep shouting about their importance.

Midsummer 10k in Clevedon yesterday - conditions were great and not too hot. First ever sub 53mins! #marginalgains

What a final! They’re both champions and Sinner has won over one more fan.
#RolandGarros2025

Practitioners’ views on the measurement and management of postural hypotension in general practice: a qualitative inquiry Background: Postural hypotension (PH) is associated with cognitive decline, falls and allcause mortality, representing a substantial burden on the NHS. PH is often asymptomatic, making detection and t...

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Multidisciplinary General Practice team members highlighted challenges re. the measurement and management of postural hypotension and the need for education/training, and system-level support to improve detection and management for better patient outcomes tinyurl.com/2kjtejcv

Millions in west do not know they have aggressive fatty liver disease, study says Research finds more than 15m in US, UK, Germany and France with MASH have not been diagnosed

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Tip of the iceberg.
Steatotic liver disease needs greater recognition as another component of the spectrum of cardiometabolic conditions (that we can target via risk factor modification).

#liversky #cardiometabolicrisk #earlydetection #prevention

Methotrexate proved as effective as prednisone for treating pulmonary sarcoidosis, with potentially fewer side effects.

by Kahlmann V, Janssen Bonás M (...) Wijsenbeek MS et 20 al. in N Engl J Med #MedSky

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📖 read the article: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2501443

It’s #ClinicalTrialsDay which is at the apex of evidence-based medicine. There’s great momentum towards making clinical trials more representative of the people who have most to gain and it’s an exciting time for primary care in this space too #healthequity #clinicaltrials #HECT

YouTube video by Middle East Eye William Dalrymple: UK must not support Israel’s ‘medieval siege’ on Gaza

Thank you, @willdalrymple.bsky.social.

Even if it's not possible for this Labour government to feel shame, it's still good to see you articulating the collective revulsion of regular people up and down this country.

Chuffed with a PB time on the #greatrun Bristol 10k today! Pushed along by my other half who did her first 10k.
Next month is Beer and Banger in Nailsea 🏃

QR code and description of project to understand impact of changes in the funding landscape for Hepatitis B clinical and research programmes.

Discussion at #EASLCongress regarding shrinking funds for viral #hepatitis... potentially devastating impact for diagnosis, prevention & treatment.
Add your voice & experience via a short questionnaire:
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& please share! 🧪🌍
@easlnews.bsky.social #NoHep #LiverSky #HepSky #HBV

NIHR Academy Conference This joint Faculty of Public Health (FPH) and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Conference aims to increase Faculty members' skills and knowledge on academic public health and wil...

We are co-hosting a conference for FPH and NIHR Academy members to identify and explore current and future challenges in academic public health careers.

Agenda, speaker biographies and registration instructions for this free event are available on our website.

www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...

World liver day 2025: The power of small wins to help your liver For World liver day, dietitian Bally Parekh shares how combining small wins can help you to look after your liver.

Today is #WorldLiverDay. The liver metabolises medications that we may rely on daily, it has a crucial role in making cholesterol and is an important component of our immune system amongst many other functions it performs.
Look after your liver - britishlivertrust.org.uk/world-liver-...

#LiverSky

BJGPLife: How long does general practice take?
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a crescent moon made of gold stars with the words eid mubarak ALT: a crescent moon made of gold stars with the words eid mubarak

To all of you celebrating this special time #EidMubarak

Fantastic health inequalities in liver disease event in Birmingham, delighted to see Annie Archer discussing the experience in Bristol with Alright My Liver. Thanks to Ryan Buchanan and Kate Glyn-Owen for organising! Important (and difficult) discussions about how to move things forward.

Visit our blog to read about Dr. Rosie Vincent's research into how to reduce topical steroid use after a flare up, and her experience at a Caafi Health Sister's Event in February.

caesar.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/03/26/r...

@capcbristol.bsky.social
@nihrspcr.bsky.social

“Alright my Liver?” @anniejarcher.bsky.social presenting at Overcoming inequalities in liver disease event in Birmingham on the great work conducted as part of this NHSE funded programme in delivering outreach clinics to detect early stage liver disease and support onward management. #liversky

Population/public health as a GP/GP registrar - Mavin N. Kashyap, Declan Dudley, 2025

Are you a GP/GP registrar in the UK? Would you like to develop your interest in population/public health as part of your GP training? CAPC colleague @mn-kashyap.bsky.social & Declan Dudley share their tips in this new @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social article.

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#GPSky

New guidance to help clinicians improve care for people with multiple long-term conditions New guidance for primary care clinicians on how to conduct personalised annual reviews for patients with multiple long-term conditions has been developed by researchers from the Centre for Academic Pr...

New guide to conducting personalised annual reviews for people with multiple long-term conditions published.

The approach, developed by CAPC & @arc-west.bsky.social researchers, involves conducting a ‘whole-person’ review instead of individual disease-specific reviews.

bit.ly/3FDiKTo

#PrimaryCare

The reasons for NHS England's rise and fall are not going away With the news today that NHS England will be abolished, Mark Dayan and Leonora Merry look at how far things have changed since NHSE was created 12 years ago.

'NHS England was created 12 years ago partly in an attempt to take the politics out of health in England. But today, politics took out NHS England'

Excellent speedy work from @leonoramerry.bsky.social @markgdayan.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social

www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/th...

Professor Katrina Turner

What does it take to succeed as a female academic? Head of CAPC, Prof @katrinaturner.bsky.social, reflects and shares insights & advice from her own personal journey in this special #InternationalWomensDay blog.

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#IWD #IWD2025 #PrimaryCare

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

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?

YouTube video by School of Health and Wellbeing How is our health influenced by our daily choices?

It can take a lot of effort to live a healthy life.

This animation by Dr Hamish Foster explores our how health is influenced by our daily choices, and how income, environment and mental wellbeing determine these choices and make healthy living so difficult.

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