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Using safety netting advice to avoid missed diagnoses in general practice
19 November 2019
Safety netting advice is used in almost two-thirds of consultations but GPs vary in how they use it and documentation rates are poor, according to a study by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care.
- Women who spend their childhoods in deprived neighbourhoods face an increased risk of intimate partner violence 21 November 2019 Women who spend longer periods of their early lives in less affluent neighbourhoods are at greater risk of experiencing violence during their early adulthoods at the hands of their intimate partners, finds a new study published in Epidemiology.
- Using safety netting advice to avoid missed diagnoses in general practice 19 November 2019 Safety netting advice is used in almost two-thirds of consultations but GPs vary in how they use it and documentation rates are poor, according to a study by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care.
- New study to evaluate patients’ electronic access to medical test results 8 November 2019 A new study by researchers at the Centre for Academic Primary Care and the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions at the University of Bristol will review and evaluate the electronic test results services currently offered to patients in general practice across England, in order to understand what works well, for whom, in what circumstances and why.
- National GP Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) and Early Career Researchers Conference 6 November 2019 This two-day annual conference will be held in Bristol on 4-5 March 2020.
- Improving patient care through a UK-wide network of primary care health professionals 1 November 2019 PACT stands for the Primary Care Academic CollaboraTive – a UK-wide network of enthusiastic primary care health professionals that collectively design and take part in well thought out research that seeks to improve patient care. Researchers at the University of Bristol are in the early stages of setting up PACT and hope to launch the first project in January 2020.
- Registration open for South West Society for Academic Primary Care Conference 2020 31 October 2019 Registration now open. Abstract deadline: 8 November 2019.
- CAPC research informs NHS England toolkit for implementing online GP consultations 31 October 2019 Toolkit aims to share good practice underpinned by evidence
- Multiple awards for CAPC at the RCGP Annual Conference 2019 30 October 2019 Researchers from the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) have scooped awards at this year’s Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Annual Conference.
- RCGP Research Paper of the Year award for the BATHE study 29 October 2019 Research showing that one of the most widely used treatments for childhood eczema is not helpful has been awarded the 2019 Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research Paper of the Year award.
- Applications for GP Academic Clinical Fellow posts now open 23 October 2019 The Centre for Academic Primary Care has a very successful GP Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) training programme. Two or three posts are funded by both National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Severn Postgraduate Medical Education (Severn PGME) each year. Applications are now open for ACF posts commencing in August 2020.