We have been so impressed with medical student, Alejandra Bonwick, who has thrown herself into her 2nd year student choice project & delivered a wonderful blog & podcast series on her interviews with @gppact.bsky.social academic GPs! 👏

🔗Blog: tinyurl.com/3w334uhm
🎙️Podcast: gppact.org/pact-podcasts

This study found that the evidence base for most type 2 #Diabetes mellitus monitoring tests is weak or absent.

Clinicians should avoid non-evidence-based tests unless there are additional clinical indications for testing doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @drjessicawatson.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

Dr Bradford is collaborating with @drjessicawatson.bsky.social, Dr Cynthia Ochieng & colleagues on The Accessible Results Study, which is developing tools & guidance to help patients access & understand their online blood test results.

accessibleresults.bristol.ac.uk

🧪 Thinking of buying a health self-test online? This new @bmj.com editorial by @drjessicawatson.bsky.social urges caution - to truly help, tests must be part of a trusted, evidence-based care pathway.

tinyurl.com/3yvkhhr9

#GPSky

@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social

The PACT Summary & Impact Report 2019–2024 is now out! 🎉 Over 1,200 clinicians have contributed to five years of collaborative research improving patient care, supported by the NIHR SPCR. Read more here: bit.ly/3S8gVAT

#PrimaryCare #ResearchImpact

Are you a healthcare professional involved in the care of patients with coeliac disease? Help us understand how the condition is diagnosed and managed across the UK by completing this quick survey.

🎉Excited to announce the launch of the PACT Impact report. Huge thanks to all the PACT members who have contributed @gppact.bsky.social @dipeshgopal.bsky.social
www.gppact.org/news/pact-im...

👇GP colleagues - please can you take 5 minutes to help a PhD student by filling in a short questionnaire on pathways to the diagnosis of coeliac disease #TeamGP #Coeliac #HealthResearch

CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH

Complete a survey to help understand the pathways used for coeliac disease diagnosis and follow-up...

LINK BELOW
www.wisegp.co.uk/primary-care...

@katiecharlwood.bsky.social

🩺 A new study funded by the School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) explores the most effective ways to communicate blood test results to patients in primary care Read more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/communi...

#Healthcare #PrimaryCare
@capcbristol.bsky.social
@drjessicawatson.bsky.social

New guide to conducting personalised annual reviews for people with multiple long-term conditions published.

The approach, developed by CAPC & @arc-west.bsky.social researchers, involves conducting a ‘whole-person’ review instead of individual disease-specific reviews.

bit.ly/3FDiKTo

#PrimaryCare

Such a brilliant day! So proud to be part of this team planting 500 trees! 🌳😀😍🎉 @capcbristol.bsky.social

Patients mostly accept online test result access but want to know ‘what happens next’.

Reliance on the NHS App for test communication is insufficient. Patient-centred communication methods are important for patient safety & clarity in delivering test results, & GP workload doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

Anaemia prevalence was higher in people aged >65, Black & Asian ethnicities, & areas of social deprivation.

Tests indicating anaemia weren’t always followed up in #PrimaryCare. Interventions to improve anaemia investigation & treatment are needed, notably in at-risk groups doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

Clinicians should be wary of a ‘one size fits all’ approach to communicating blood test results in primary care suggests new @nihrspcr.bsky.social funded research by @drjessicawatson.bsky.social & colleagues published today in @bjgp.bsky.social.

Read the news: www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt...

Are you a clinician working in UK general practice? If so, please sign up to The Hidden Workload Study which is being conducted by @gppact.bsky.social. Over 350 practices have already joined. The team is especially keen to recruit more practice nurses. See 🔽

@rcn.org.uk @nursingstandard.bsky.social

Wow, just arrived here from "X". It feels very refreshing! Looking forward to finding old friends and meeting new ones 😀

We're so excited for our new course, When Grief Is Complicated, starting on 1st February! Joined by a host of brilliant people, we'll explore why we can feel ‘stuck’ in grief & strategies to help.
Find out more (& grab your place) here: www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...