Bridging Hearts: Addressing inequalities in cardiovascular health and care report BHF’s Health Insights and Policy and Public Affairs teams have published a report which considers how level of deprivation, sex and ethnicity can impact a person’s cardiovascular health.

#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare
This report highlights social determinants of inequalities in cardiovascular outcomes . #DeepEnd populations experience- ‘poorer provision of preventative healthcare services- GP practices in deprived areas, for example, have fewer GPs, despite having larger caseloads’

Available to students of medicine and allied disciplines @bristoluni.bsky.social

Wonderful @capcbristol.bsky.social team doing what they do best -working to make the world a better place🌳

Congratulations to the READY Paramedics team and project leads Prof Sarah Voss and Dr Matthew Booker for releasing these new findings. 👏👏👏
A huge amount of complex data to process and understand - I'm delighted to have supported the team through their journey.
#paramedics #GP #PrimaryCare #Workforce

Communicating blood test results in primary care: a mixed-methods systematic review | British Journal of General Practice

Patients mostly accept online test result access but want to know ‘what happens next’.

Reliance on the NHS App for test communication is insufficient. Patient-centred communication methods are important for patient safety & clarity in delivering test results, & GP workload doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

Paramedics in GP surgeries ‘do not save money’ – study Researchers wanted to examine the impact of paramedic work in a GP surgery setting.

Coverage of new research led by CAPC's Dr Matthew Booker & Prof Sarah Voss @chcr-uwe.bsky.social in today's @the-independent.com:

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Such important work providing more evidence regarding the future for #generalpractice on the day a new #contract is agreed @capcbristol.bsky.social

Employment and deployment of additional roles - Understanding the complexities of different models of ARRS staff is invaluable for creating a sustainable and effective GP practice workforce.
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#GPworkforce #GPSky #PrimaryCareSky #ARRSstaff

Communicating blood test results in primary care: a mixed-methods systematic review Background Online records access, including test results, was rolled out as part of changes to the GP contract in England in 2023. Blood test result communication is important for patient-centred 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 types of test result, the mixed-methods systematic review found.

Full paper: bjgp.org/content/earl...

Masthead of research article showing title and authors: What do complementary and alternative medicines mean to UK dairy farmers and how do they use them? Kayleigh M. Crouch, Helen Cramer, Gwen M. Rees, Debbie Sharp, David C. Barrett, Christie Cabral. Published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 26 February 2025.

The study by Kayleigh Crouch & colleagues explored the use of CAM products & practices on 20 farms (15 organic; 9 conventional), to understand what underpins CAM use in dairy herd health management & how that might influence antibiotic use.

Paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/vet...

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Greater openness about the use of complementary and alternative medicines in UK dairy farming could bring benefits Greater openness about complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) use has the potential to strengthen farmer-vet relationships, which may prevent potential unintended harm to animals, reduce antibi...

Greater openness about complementary & alternative medicines (CAM) use in UK dairy farming could strengthen farmer-vet relationships, which may prevent potential unintended harm to animals, reduce antibiotic use & improve herd health management, new study finds.

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Significant variation persists for #prostatecancer #detection through asymptomatic #PSA testing in #primarycare in #England

Worringly #prostatecancer #inequalities persist, with lower #detection amongst men from #deprived areas

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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?

Hideous. Impact on the whole planet.Climate change is real #USA

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What is best practice for giving 'safety netting' advice to parents of acutely unwell children in general practice & what role might AI play? Mavin Kashyap, Damian Roland & Peter Edwards consider the evidence in this recent @bjgp.bsky.social editorial.

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#GPsky #PrimaryCare

YouTube video by CAPC Bristol How should we tackle antimicrobial resistance in primary care? Lessons from infections research

In case you missed it, the recording of our webinar 'How should we tackle antimicrobial resistance in primary care? Lessons from infections research' is now available on our YouTube channel. 🔽

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Great to have @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app writing for The Pharmacist about why GP/PCN pharmacists should consider hosting a trainee, what foundation trainee pharmacists can do, and how to get employers & local partners on board.

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Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration…

The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...

BJGP Top 10 Research 2024

No. 4 #BJGPTop10 – Beta-blockers & anxiety: Why GPs prescribe beta-blockers for anxiety: patient, service, and guideline factors influence decision-making

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@charlotte-archer.bsky.social @katrinaturner.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

Thanks for the pre-meeting @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social and a very thought provoking lecture Hope the campervan trip back was good! @capcbristol.bsky.social

You and Hank. Amazing. #HappyDoggo

How the AMA Undermines Primary Care Federal regulators, under Democrats and Republicans alike, help them do it.

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BJGP Research & Publishing Conference 2025

Join us at the Lowry Hotel, Manchester on Friday 21 March for a day filled with presentations, keynote speakers: Kath Checkland and Rageshri Dhairyawan, and plenty of networking.

Book your ticket:
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@shekukm.bsky.social and Isata Kanneh Mason thanks for fantastic concert last night. It was very special.

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Well this feels like the beginning of the end for your local GP practice 🤦🏻‍♀️ #teamGP #generalpractice

By popular demand… the Guardian is officially on BlueSky

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Join @capcbristol.bsky.social free webinar on 4th Dec via Zoom to hear about all the fantastic research that is happening in Bristol to help meet the government’s 2030 #HIV elimination goal.
🛟 #PublicHealth #PrimaryCare #SexualHealth #PrEP #HIVsky #GUMsky #IDsky

I’ll ask her if she wants to join

Emily Henderson?