The way GPs record anxiety in patient records could be leading to a reduction in formal anxiety diagnoses, new research from the University of Bristol has found. Anxiety disorders are common in the UK, with the level of anxiety symptoms being recorded by GPs increasing between 1998 and 2008. However, studies have shown that the recording of anxiety disorders decreased in the same period.
We are proud to be hosting the South West Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) regional meeting in 2020. The call for abstracts is now open.
The Centre for Academic Primary Care has joined with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) to deliver a conference on the challenges GPs face in providing care to patients with multiple long-term conditions.
A large randomised controlled clinical trial of a complex intervention aimed at reducing antibiotic prescribing for children with respiratory tract infections in primary care found that the intervention, liked by GPs, neither reduced overall antibiotic prescribing nor increased hospital admissions.
Doctors and nurses often prescribe antibiotics for children with cough and respiratory infection to avoid return visits, symptoms getting worse or hospitalisation. In a study published in the British Journal of General Practice today [Tuesday 11 September], researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Southampton, Oxford and Kings College London found little evidence that antibiotics reduce the risk of children with cough ending up in hospital, suggesting that this is an area in which unnecessary antibiotic prescribing could be reduced.
One of the most common antidepressants, sertraline, leads to an early reduction in anxiety symptoms, commonly found in depression, several weeks before any improvement in depressive symptoms, a clinical trial involving researchers from the Centre for Academic Primary Care and Centre for Academic Mental Health at the University of Bristol has found.
Funded with a £7 million UKPRP grant, the five-year data analysis project aims to reduce harms caused by violence.
Researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care are leading a study to inform the development of a UK-specific trauma-informed model of care that will help GPs and community mental health professionals care more sensitively for patients.
Researchers from the University of Bristol, in partnership with Bristol Young Men’s Network, are inviting professionals working with boys and young men to contribute to a conference around masculinity, violence and mental health.
The Hepatitis C Assessment Through to Treatment Trial (HepCATT) investigated a multi-part intervention to increase the identification and treatment of patients with hepatitis C in primary care. We are sharing the learning from this trial to support the implementation of the NHS England Hepatitis C Virus Elimination Initiative in Primary Care.
