A 2025 review in the Lancet (www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... shows that our current spending on new medicines skews overall health spend away from more effective interventions. But it looks like we are about to spend more on meds, thus depriving our population of more effective healthcare.

Childhood immunisations are one of the most powerful and effective public health interventions of all time. We used to take them from granted but not anymore. Conspiracy theory, wars, poverty and systems collapse put them at risk. We must keep shouting about their importance.

Midsummer 10k in Clevedon yesterday - conditions were great and not too hot. First ever sub 53mins! #marginalgains

What a final! They’re both champions and Sinner has won over one more fan. #RolandGarros2025

!New paper alert! Multidisciplinary General Practice team members highlighted challenges re. the measurement and management of postural hypotension and the need for education/training, and system-level support to improve detection and management for better patient outcomes tinyurl.com/2kjtejcv

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Tip of the iceberg. Steatotic liver disease needs greater recognition as another component of the spectrum of cardiometabolic conditions (that we can target via risk factor modification). #liversky #cardiometabolicrisk #earlydetection #prevention

Methotrexate proved as effective as prednisone for treating pulmonary sarcoidosis, with potentially fewer side effects. by Kahlmann V, Janssen Bonás M (...) Wijsenbeek MS et 20 al. in N Engl J Med #MedSky 👉 get more here 📖 read the article: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2501443

It’s #ClinicalTrialsDay which is at the apex of evidence-based medicine. There’s great momentum towards making clinical trials more representative of the people who have most to gain and it’s an exciting time for primary care in this space too #healthequity #clinicaltrials #HECT

Thank you, @willdalrymple.bsky.social. Even if it's not possible for this Labour government to feel shame, it's still good to see you articulating the collective revulsion of regular people up and down this country.

Chuffed with a PB time on the #greatrun Bristol 10k today! Pushed along by my other half who did her first 10k. Next month is Beer and Banger in Nailsea 🏃

Discussion at #EASLCongress regarding shrinking funds for viral #hepatitis... potentially devastating impact for diagnosis, prevention & treatment. Add your voice & experience via a short questionnaire: forms.gle/wyPgUiMsqPts... & please share! 🧪🌍 @easlnews.bsky.social #NoHep #LiverSky #HepSky #HBV

We are co-hosting a conference for FPH and NIHR Academy members to identify and explore current and future challenges in academic public health careers. Agenda, speaker biographies and registration instructions for this free event are available on our website. www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...

Today is #WorldLiverDay. The liver metabolises medications that we may rely on daily, it has a crucial role in making cholesterol and is an important component of our immune system amongst many other functions it performs. Look after your liver - britishlivertrust.org.uk/world-liver-... #LiverSky

BJGPLife: How long does general practice take? bjgplife.com/how-lon...

To all of you celebrating this special time #EidMubarak

Fantastic health inequalities in liver disease event in Birmingham, delighted to see Annie Archer discussing the experience in Bristol with Alright My Liver. Thanks to Ryan Buchanan and Kate Glyn-Owen for organising! Important (and difficult) discussions about how to move things forward.

Visit our blog to read about Dr. Rosie Vincent's research into how to reduce topical steroid use after a flare up, and her experience at a Caafi Health Sister's Event in February. caesar.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/03/26/r... @capcbristol.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social

“Alright my Liver?” @anniejarcher.bsky.social presenting at Overcoming inequalities in liver disease event in Birmingham on the great work conducted as part of this NHSE funded programme in delivering outreach clinics to detect early stage liver disease and support onward management. #liversky

Are you a GP/GP registrar in the UK? Would you like to develop your interest in population/public health as part of your GP training? CAPC colleague @mn-kashyap.bsky.social & Declan Dudley share their tips in this new @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social article. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #GPSky

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

'NHS England was created 12 years ago partly in an attempt to take the politics out of health in England. But today, politics took out NHS England' Excellent speedy work from @leonoramerry.bsky.social @markgdayan.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/th...

What does it take to succeed as a female academic? Head of CAPC, Prof @katrinaturner.bsky.social, reflects and shares insights & advice from her own personal journey in this special #InternationalWomensDay blog. bit.ly/4byvI0x #IWD #IWD2025 #PrimaryCare @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

Listen to this @bjgp.bsky.social interview with @peteredwards.bsky.social about his NIHR funded research on giving safety-netting advice in #PrimaryCare. How, when and why it is used? What is best practice?

It can take a lot of effort to live a healthy life. This animation by Dr Hamish Foster explores our how health is influenced by our daily choices, and how income, environment and mental wellbeing determine these choices and make healthy living so difficult. youtu.be/IzICSWXXaY0?...