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Professor Alastair Hay chosen for Senior Investigator role by National Institute for Health and Care Research
20 March 2025
Three University of Bristol academics have been awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), including Alastair Hay, Professor of Primary Care at the Centre for Academic Primary Care .
- Professor Alastair Hay chosen for Senior Investigator role by National Institute for Health and Care Research 20 March 2025 Three University of Bristol academics have been awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), including Alastair Hay, Professor of Primary Care at the Centre for Academic Primary Care .
- Applications open for NIHR School for Primary Care Research-funded summer internships 2025 12 March 2025 We have two exciting summer internship opportunities for UK undergraduates, irrespective of degree discipline, who are interested in primary care research. These are a fantastic opportunity to get hands-on experience conducting primary care research with experts in the field.
- Paramedics in GP surgeries may ease workload but not NHS costs, study finds 28 February 2025 Paramedics working in GP surgeries help reduce GP workload but do not contribute to cost savings to the NHS, according to the first major study of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedic compared with GP consultations.
- Greater openness about the use of complementary and alternative medicines in UK dairy farming could bring benefits 26 February 2025 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 antibiotic use and improve herd health management, new research has found. The study led by the University of Bristol is published today [26 February] in Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
- Clinicians should be wary of a ‘one size fits all’ approach to communicating blood test results in primary care 25 February 2025 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, according to University of Bristol led research published in the British Journal of General Practice today [25 February].
- Adverse childhood experiences in firstborns associated with poor mental health of siblings 3 February 2025 Children are nearly three-quarters (71%) more likely to develop mental health problems between the ages of five and 18, if the firstborn child in their family experienced adversity during their first 1,000 days, finds a new UCL-led study involving Bristol researchers.
- Signposting children to weight management services could happen when parents attend an adult programme 21 January 2025 Parents attending an adult weight management programme, who were worried about their child’s weight, would accept support and signposting to services for their child if it was offered, new research has found. The study is published today [21 January] in BMJ Paediatrics Open.
- Patients’ understanding of shingles is poor with some blaming themselves for its onset, study finds 14 January 2025 A study by researchers at the University of Bristol exploring patients’ understanding and experience of shingles has found that many had a limited understanding of the illness before diagnosis and were unprepared for the symptoms they experienced. Health care professionals highlighted stress as a trigger for shingles which led some people to blame themselves for its onset.
- Patients to help set the agenda for food allergy research 3 December 2024 Food allergies affect one in five children in the UK. To help set the priorities for future research, University of Bristol researchers are asking children and young people with food allergies, their parents, and health care professionals who care for them for their views.
- Time to talk about death and loss – Good Grief Weston film launched 29 November 2024 As Kim Leadbeater’s Bill on Assisted Dying enters debate in the Commons, it’s a timely moment to reflect on our attitudes to death and bereavement. 59% of adults in the UK believe society still doesn’t talk enough about death and dying (Ref 1), and many of us are unsure how to support someone who’s been bereaved (Ref 2).