The FAST MRI DYAMOND breast cancer screening study โ How did we get here? | North Bristol NHS Trust
A new study is investigating whether FAST MRI, a new type of scan, can help detectย small but aggressive breast cancers earlier.ย Now open to patients, the
โI was so excited to read #FASTMRI found #breastcancers smaller and earlier than mammograms. I wanted to bring it to
Bristolโ
9 years on Lyn Jones, the DYAMOND study lead, shares what it has taken to open the trial to patients.
๐ bit.ly/3KkSO1s
02.10.2025 09:48 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE).
Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by PPIE experts.
๐Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
30.09.2025 08:59 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 18 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Our new study shows HIV infections look set to significantly increase in sub-Saharan Africa, as a result of funding for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) being halted under the US Presidentโs Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Published in Lancet #HIV
hpruebs.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
02.10.2025 10:04 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
New paper from colleagues @bristoluni.bsky.social @hpruebs.bsky.social estimating the increase in #HIV infections across sub-Sahahran #Africa as a result of #PEPFAR cuts - showing key populations hardest hit
#LancetHIV #PrEP
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
02.10.2025 08:35 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Motivations underlying co-use of benzodiazepines and opioids in the UK: a qualitative study - Harm Reduction Journal
Background Drug-related deaths have substantially increased over the past decade in the UK, particularly in Scotland. Co-use of opioids and benzodiazepines (prescribed and/or illicit) is contributing to rising mortality. This study identified motivations in peopleโs co-use with the aim of informing prescribing and harm reduction interventions to address drug-related deaths. Methods We interviewed 48 people who co-use opioids and benzodiazepines and/or z-drugs (zopiclone and zolpidem) in Glasgow (nโ=โ28), Teesside (nโ=โ10) and Bristol (nโ=โ10). Most participants self-identified as male (nโ=โ37, 77%), white (nโ=โ45, 94%) and had a mean age of 43 years (range: 25โ61 years). The majority reported at least one overdose experience, and poor mental health including trauma. Interviews were semi-structured, conducted by an academic and/or peer researcher, and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Results Participantsโ motivations for co-using mapped onto two interlinked meta-themes: (1) Functional motivations included co-using to augment drug effects, self-medicate or help to generate income. (2) Experiential motivations described participantsโ desires to achieve a โbuzzโ (feeling energised), โglowโ (feeling comforted), โoblivionโ (escaping trauma and adversity), and โgouchingโ (physical and mental sensations of ebbing in and out of glow and oblivion). Functional and experiential motivations were dynamic, interrelated and often co-occurred. Conclusions The importance of assessing motivations to co-use should be routinely recognised as part of harm reduction and medication assisted treatments to reduce mortality risk.
New paper just published in Harm Reduction Journal: Motivations underlying co-use of benzodiazepines and opioids in the UK: a qualitative study
harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Read the team's blog about this work:
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/news/underst...
#HarmReduction
30.09.2025 11:44 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Beat the Snot: Woman blowing her nose
๐ขEvent!๐ขWe're excited to be part of Saturday's free Discovery Day 2025 @wethecurious.bsky.social. We aim to inspire a future generation of #PublicHealth researchers to stop future infectious disease outbreaks with our 'Can you beat the snot' game. Tickets โก๏ธ bit.ly/46PPbJt @engagebristol.bsky.social
23.09.2025 09:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
2025: Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
๐ง Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works.
New research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
๐ฐRead the news: tinyurl.com/y5kmv6jj
#MentalHealth #CBT #Depression #HealthLiteracy
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
18.09.2025 06:08 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
pharmacy counter
๐ฐNews!๐ฐLocal pharmacies have a key role to play in stopping the spread of #HIV. A new briefing from @policybristol.bsky.social says they should help raise awareness & offer access to PrEPโa daily pill that protects against HIV. Moreโก๏ธ bit.ly/4pvrhdI @jhorwood.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social
18.09.2025 09:36 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Shaping a migrant health research agenda through public involvement meeting
๐ขNew blog๐ขShaping a migrant health research agenda through public involvement.
Long-term infections like Hep B, C, HIV & TB are more common among migrants than in those UK born. Tackling these infections is vital to address unfair differences. Moreโก๏ธ bit.ly/3Isktg9 @carmel93.bsky.social
16.09.2025 10:48 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐Today on the BBC: Barbers and hairdressers in Bristol are encouraging people to talk about sexually transmitted diseases.
Keep up the great work Common Ambition Bristol๐๐ฟ
#Sexualhealthweek #SHW25
nihrarcs.bsky.social
shipsexhealth.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
16.09.2025 09:09 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Emergency department opt-out #HIV, #hepatitis B & C testing learn & share event. NIHR HPRU EBS researchers presenting their results.
๐Event news! ๐Last week our fab team presented results from three workstreams of the Emergency department opt-out #HIV, #hepatitis B & C testing learn & share event. This is a fantastic project with the aim to end new cases of #BBV in England by 2030. โก๏ธ bit.ly/464InYe @siobhanallison.bsky.social
16.09.2025 09:16 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Building ideas: Using creative and inclusive techniques in research
Join us for a webinar exploring how creative methods can be used in research, with practical examples and reflections from researchers.
๐จJoin our webinar 'Building ideas: Using creative and inclusive techniques in research' on 6 Nov
๐๏ธDiscover how creative methods, from LEGO to drawing, can transform research.
๐คResearchers will share practical examples, insights and ethical reflections
www.eventbrite.com/e/1691048394...
15.09.2025 14:05 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
React toolkit: Omproving Vein Care & Minimising Pain:
https://express-licences.bristol.ac.uk/product/react-reducing-bacterial-infections-materials
๐Our REACT toolkit has been added to the #OHID Wound Aware resource! Dr Joanna Kesten said: "We hope the toolkit will help support conversations & equip people who inject drugs with knowledge about safer injecting & provide resources to support them"
โถ๏ธ bit.ly/42hOENL
09.09.2025 11:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Miltary equipment on display at an international arms fair. Text overlay: 'Harms industry'. Caption: The BMJ Series on the arms industry and health. bmj.com/collections/arms-industry-health.
Experts urge the medical profession to confront the global arms industry.
In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments.
tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb
02.09.2025 14:13 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2
YouTube video by HPRU EBS Bristol
MAVIS Study (Maternal Vaccination in the NHS)
๐ฝ๏ธMAVIS Study๐ฝ๏ธ(Maternal Vaccination in the NHS) explored inequality in vaccination of pregnant woman against whooping cough across England. This 4-year project gained funding for enhanced community involvement. Watch it here๐ฝ youtu.be/m1b4mZKh7lc @emma-anderson.bsky.social
28.08.2025 10:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Two men lying on a bed together
๐ขBlog!๐ขIncreasing #HIV testing & improving access to PrEP using a Dragonโs Den style collaboration.
The project had two objectives; develop & refine training for healthcare professionals & to create public information to aid HIV testing, prevention & reduce stigma. โถ๏ธ tinyurl.com/bdepr666
19.08.2025 10:26 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Three men stood around a laptop attending an online group discussion about what boys and men know about their reproductive health.
๐ขBlog!๐ขWhat do boys & men know about their reproductive health? @bristoluni.bsky.social PhD Student Ewan Walker attended the HPRU EBS Dragons Den initiative exploring menโs knowledge of testicular health & fertility aiming to improve their awareness & when they sought help. Moreโก๏ธ bit.ly/4fqIy2Q
07.08.2025 08:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Illustration of a character in a study investigating the risks of combining opioids with sedatives like benzos and z-drugs.
๐ฐNews!๐ฐWe are celebrating the launch of a new booklet sharing findings, stories & recommendations from a study investigating the risks of combining opioids with sedatives like benzos and z-drugs. @hannah-family.bsky.social @jokesten.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social
Read more โก๏ธ bit.ly/453HUF9
06.08.2025 08:45 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
A whole year of impact summarised in 90 seconds? โ
Thank you to everyone in our partnership and beyond who has helped us to achieve all this (and much more!) in 2024-25.
For even more about the impact we're making to health and care locally, go to bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/impact
29.07.2025 10:12 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2
Pregnant woman
๐ฐNews!๐ฐ New research shows worldwide scale of HCV among babies & children.
โGiven the availability of effective medicine & further progress in this field, itโs vital that testing & diagnosis rates improve so more people can be treated & cured.โ
โก๏ธ bit.ly/4oh4zFI #WorldHepatitisDay @nihr.bsky.social
29.07.2025 09:18 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Prof Richard Amlot
๐ฐNews!๐Prof @richardamlot.bsky.social has been made a Fellow by Distinction by the @fphuk.bsky.social๐The Faculty recognises those making significant contributions to the following areas: the science, literature or practice of public health, raising the profile of public health or the work of FPH.
24.07.2025 11:36 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
A smiling brown woman is sat in what could be an interview setting, reaching her hand across the table to shake hands with another person, who we can only see partly from the back. White text on a purple background to the side reads "New job vacancies: Senior Research Evaluator (quantitative) and Senior Research Evaluator (mixed-methods). Closing date: Monday 14 July 2025."
๐ข We have two new job vacancies in our Evaluation and Insights team for Senior Research Evaluators - one quantitative & one mixed-methods - to help us assess the potential impact of healthcare innovations.
The closing date for both vacancies is Monday 14 July: www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-...
04.07.2025 08:13 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Portrait by Jake Hurle.
Exhibition flyer
1/3 Coming up: Life in a Coastal Town - a new free exhibition exploring #MentalHealth and community, Weston Museum, Weston-super-Mare, 8-17 July 2025.
The exhibition shares original artwork by local people exploring their experiences during some of life's toughest times.
More info: bit.ly/4ltc4H8
02.07.2025 11:47 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
๐ฐIn the news!๐ฐ
๐ขContinuing to #vaccinate for #mpox through a routine targeted programme for #gay & #bisexual men delivered by sexual health services will greatly reduce the number of cases & save the #NHS millions, new research has found.
Moreโก๏ธ bit.ly/402nw4m @bristoluni.bsky.social
03.07.2025 08:10 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
๐ขNew event!๐ข
Get your ticket now for the:
๐ซCARRii workshop: Understanding and reducing respiratory infection risk and infections @carriiuk.bsky.social
2 Sep 11-3pm
๐ @unisouthampton.bsky.social
More infoโถ๏ธ bit.ly/3HXNvDQ
Register โถ๏ธ bit.ly/3IesZPi
26.06.2025 10:36 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Jitsuvax banner
๐ขDo you work in the field of #vaccinations?
Get your ticket now for:
๐ซ #JITSUVAX presents the Empathetic Refutational Interview (ERI) โ a new approach to vaccine conversations
18 Sep 9:30-5
๐Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science & the Arts, Brussels
โถ๏ธ bit.ly/40obJxg @lewan.bsky.social
25.06.2025 10:39 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Virologist & epidemiologist based at the University of Bristol ๐งฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐
Innovation has the potential to revolutionise healthcare, enabling smarter and more sustainable care. Our Exeter HRC is helping bring this future to life alongside โช(@exeter.ac.ukโฌ) and Royal Devon NHS.
Learn more: https://hrc-sustainable.nihr.ac.uk/
Non-profit consultancy researching and promoting social equality. Our vision is a fairer higher education system and labour market where outcomes are determined by competence and hard work, and not by socio-economic background. WWW.THEBRIDGEGROUP.ORG.UK
The Centre for Applied Respiratory Research, Innovation, and Implementation (CARRii) is dedicated to revolutionising respiratory healthcare across the UK.
University of Oxford
University of Edinburgh
Queen Mary University London
The official account of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
This account is monitored from 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday.
Patient/Caregiver-led non-profit 501c3 focused on #MECFS and #LongCovid โข https://Renegade-Research.org ๐ Runs project @remissionbiome.bsky.social โข Donate now โถ๏ธ https://tinyurl.com/44azdsxm
The Same Day and Urgent Care Workforce Research Partnership (SURGE) is a collaboration investigating key workforce challenges within ambulance services, primary care, emergency departments, urgent treatment centres and urgent community response services.
We are part of the NIHR and hosted by Newcastle Hospitals in partnership with Newcastle University.
EU Horizon 2020 funded project on combatting misinformation around vaccination.
Visit https://sks.to/jitsuvax for more information about the project.
Epidemiologist @ukhsa.bsky.social & DPhil Student @modmedmicro.bsky.social
๐ฉบ NIHR ACF | GP with PH @Keele
๐ Space Medicine Researcher | OWF
๐ฆ Decade of NHS Experience in AIM,
#Intensivecare & Anaesthesia
๐ SGAC SMLS Co-Founder
๐ Medical Educator
๐ MBChB, MPH Merit, BSc Hons,
ARaES, AFPH, FHEA (Views own)
The UK's professional membership body for #publichealth. We work with our members to protect and improve health for all. www.fph.org.uk
Hepatology Registrar and PhD Student
Interested in health inequalities and earlier diagnosis of liver disease
Freelance Qualitative & Health Services Research Consultant based in Scotland (former academic Medical Sociologist). Health experiences and evaluating health/ social care interventions & services| Website: https://rosaleenobrienresearch.com
Academic GP working in the nexus of primary care and public health.
Interested in liver disease, cardiometabolic medicine & passionate about health equity.
NIHR Advanced Research Fellow at University of Bristol Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group. My research focuses on alcohol harm reduction and digital behaviour change interventions.
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A Liverpool-based, global-facing collaboration founded by seven local partners, preparing the world for emerging infections and pandemics. Visit our website for more information on funding calls and partnerships.
https://www.thepandemicinstitute.org/
The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health, based at UCL and King's, funded to provide evidence to inform policy. Views not those of the DH or NIHR. @nihr.bsky.social
Website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/research/mental-health-policy-research-uni