A major three-year-project is to launch in Bristol to work with people of African and Caribbean heritage to increase HIV testing and awareness and reduce the stigma of the virus.
The event is online on Monday 18 October 2021, from 1-4pm. It's open to anyone interested in hearing about REACH or contributing to the future of urgent and emergency care research.
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.
Applications are open for The National Institute for Health and Care Research School for Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) post-doctoral fellowships to start in October 2024.
Researchers from the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol supported by the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre have demonstrated that it is possible to conduct a full-size randomised controlled trial of a trauma-specific mindfulness course for women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a history of domestic abuse (DA).
Applications are invited from individuals with a strong academic record who want to develop a career in primary care research and are able to start a PhD September 2024. Applicants should have a first degree relevant to primary care research.
Professor Chris Salisbury’s 2018 RCGP James Mackenzie Lecture
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.
New research has highlighted the experiences of those who were bereaved during the pandemic and found that two thirds (67%) experienced social isolation and loneliness, with bereaved partners and people bereaved due to Covid-19 at particular risk of social isolation and loneliness. Those bereaved due to Covid-19 were also less likely to be involved in care decisions and be well supported by healthcare professionals after the death of their loved one.
PACT - the Primary Care Academic Collaborative - is running its first national call for a grassroots research project this Autumn, culminating in a Dragon's Den at the 2021 Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) conference.
