Top 10 priorities for advanced heart failure research published
30 June 2020
Patients with advanced heart failure and their carers have collaborated with clinicians and researchers to identify a top 10 list of questions for advanced heart failure research. The project was led by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care. Details of the project and the priority questions have been published in the journal Open Heart today [30 June].
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Top 10 priorities for advanced heart failure research published
30 June 2020
Patients with advanced heart failure and their carers have collaborated with clinicians and researchers to identify a top 10 list of questions for advanced heart failure research. The project was led by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care. Details of the project and the priority questions have been published in the journal Open Heart today [30 June].
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University of Bristol wins ‘Deal of the Year’ award for creation of domestic abuse social enterprise
25 June 2020
The creation of a social enterprise company IRISi, which helps survivors of domestic violence and abuse get specialist help, has won a national award.
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REPROVIDE study awarded Urgent Public Health Research national priority status during COVID-19
3 June 2020
The REPROVIDE study, led by Professor Gene Feder at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care, is one of two studies to have been awarded Urgent Public Health Research national priority status by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) today [3 June].
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Study finds some reductions in community antibiotic resistant infections and dispensing
19 May 2020
A study by academics at the University of Bristol has found reductions in overall and individual antibiotic dispensing between 2013 and 2016 after evaluating, for the first time, national primary care prescribing policy on community antibiotic resistant infection.
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Roll-out of coronavirus behaviour change website will help public transition to ‘new normal’
11 May 2020
The rapid redeployment of the infection control website ‘Germ Defence’ in response to COVID-19 can play an important role in changing people’s behaviours and cutting infection, say researchers.
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COVID-19: Understanding which patients are at the greatest risk of harm
11 May 2020
A new study by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care will link hospital and GP practice data to identify patients who are most at risk of harm from coronavirus.
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Germs, homes and apps: can we do more to protect people at home when a family member has coronavirus?
6 May 2020
A paper published in the BMJ today argues that since most people with Covid-19 are cared for at home, it may be important to try to protect the people caring for them by limiting how much virus they come in contact with, the ‘viral load'.
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Training GPs to identify domestic violence leads to dramatic increase in finding victims
6 May 2020
A training programme that teaches GPs how to identify domestic violence and abuse (DVA) victims has led to a 30-fold increase in DVA referrals, according to a collaborative study of 205 general practices led by Queen Mary University of London, in partnership with the Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School.
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Investigating GP practices' response to the COVID-19 pandemic
5 May 2020
A new project led by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care will collect intelligence about the demands on GP practices, the challenges, and the creative solutions practices have developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This information will be used to support GP practices more effectively.
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New Better Care South West Partnership will join up data to improve and integrate care
29 April 2020
A new partnership led by the University of Bristol that will join up data and improve patient care in the South West has been announced by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) today [29 April]. The HDR UK Better Care South West Partnership is being awarded £1.2 million over three years to drive forward data-led research projects and join up the region’s considerable health data expertise.
