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Applications open for the NIHR School for Primary Care Research Primary Care Clinicians PhD programme
18 September 2024
Applications for the 2025 NIHR School for Primary Care Research funded doctoral programme for primary care clinicians are now open.
- Applications open for the NIHR School for Primary Care Research Primary Care Clinicians PhD programme 18 September 2024 Applications for the 2025 NIHR School for Primary Care Research funded doctoral programme for primary care clinicians are now open.
- Good Grief Weston: a Festival of Love and Loss returns this October 9 September 2024 Following the success of last year’s inaugural Good Grief Weston, the festival returns to Weston-super-Mare in October for its second edition. This year’s event, taking place from 10 to 13 October, will also see the festival extending to communities in North Somerset in a varied, creative programme that aims to open up conversations around death and bereavement, with honesty, compassion, joy and sometimes with humour.
- Study reveals differences in victims’ and perpetrators’ experiences of domestic abuse during COVID-19 5 August 2024 A new study by researchers at the University of Bristol has revealed differences in victims’ and perpetrators’ experiences of domestic abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conducted as part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded REPROVIDE trial, which is evaluating a group-based programme for domestic abuse perpetrators, the research involved interviews with male perpetrators and female survivors.
- Professor Alastair Hay elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 1 August 2024 Alastair Hay, a GP and Professor of Primary Care at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, has been elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).
- £1.4m award to develop test for antibiotic resistant urinary tract infections 30 July 2024 A team led by the University of Bristol has been awarded more than £1.4m to develop a point of care test for antibiotic resistant urinary tract infections from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
- Study shows how patient safety could be enhanced through blood test management 30 July 2024 Researchers from the University of Bristol and the Primary Care Academic Collaborative (PACT) reviewed how GPs action and communicate blood test results and found significant differences and gaps in how blood test results are managed in primary care across the UK. A new study published in BMJ Open Quality asked GPs from PACT to review the results of 2,572 patients who had had blood tests in April 2021.
- Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 – Welcome to Bristol! 1 July 2024 From 3-5 July, we will be welcoming over 400 delegates from the UK and internationally to Bristol for this year’s Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) Annual Scientific Meeting. SAPC is the leading organisation championing academic primary care in the UK.
- Festchrift for Professor Chris Salisbury 6 June 2024 This week we celebrated the distinguished career of our esteemed colleague, Chris Salisbury, Professor of Primary Health Care at the Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator, who will be retiring at the end of the month.
- Professor Gene Feder elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship 22 May 2024 Professor Gene Feder OBE, Professor of Primary Care at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, has been elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences’ respected and influential Fellowship. He joins 58 biomedical and health scientists selected for their exceptional contributions to the advancement of medical science.
- Cash incentives drive weight loss in men 15 May 2024 The Game of Stones research study offered men £400 for losing weight.