Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) 13cm (5.1in). This spectacular Kingfisher is also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher & is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. Fantastic photo taken by Sanjeev Kapadia in India See more at: www.facebook.com/share/p/17Yv...

In September 2025, CAPC colleague @jscottuob.bsky.social travelled to Jordan for a two-day workshop on the role of pharmacies & pharmacists in substance use disorders in Jordan. In this @cbrl.bsky.social podcast, Jenny & Shatha Mubaideen reflect on key learning. Info & link in thread. ⬇️ #pharmsky

The British Association for Psychopharmacology @bapsych.bsky.social has released updated guidelines for treating substance dependence. Developed by an international panel of experts, including CAPC colleague @jscottuob.bsky.social, they cover a wide range of substances. 👉 tinyurl.com/4wb9y8d3

Allergy season reminder: Allegra (fexofenadine) only exists because its predecessor, terfenadine, caused fatal heart arrhythmias via QT prolongation. Turns out terfenadine was just a prodrug - fexofenadine was doing all the work. A safer drug was hiding inside a dangerous one. #DrugDiscovery

Experimenting with Substack. Where will this go? There Must Be Thousands of Us: A cycling blog for ordinary riders who love the road but have no interest in keeping up - thejoyofridingbikes.substack.com/p/there-must...

New Episode Alert! 🎙️📣 Learning from the Levant – Episode 9: Mayyada Wazaify and Jenny Scott In this episode, Shatha Mubaideen is joined by Dr Jenny Scott and Prof Mayyada Wazaify to reflect on a two-day workshop.

Many congratulations to Prof @lucyselman.bsky.social (centre) on a wonderful Inaugural Lecture at @bristoluni.bsky.social yesterday. 🎉 Lucy's inspirational talk took us through 20 years of her fascinating and wide-ranging careeer focused on palliative & end-of-life care and bereavement research.

Why should any political donations other than a standard annual party membership fee (say £25) be permitted? All other options allow wealthy people disproportionate political influence.

Just 2️⃣ more days to register for our next webinar: 'Tackling polypharmacy in primary care: Reflecting on learning from the IMPPP clinical trial'. 💊💊 25 March 2026, 1-2pm ⬇️

Registration is now open for the 16th Annual Conference of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy 2026, taking place on 2nd and 3rd October 2026 at Warwick University. 🔔 Super Earlybird rate ends 2nd April. Secure your place ASAP. 👉 Register here: outsourcedevents.swoogo.com/cmhp2026/

I don't know what's wrong with the youth of today. My 16yo just messaged me asking for a photo of our new decking so he can show his friend.

For #WorldPoetryDay a timely prescription from @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social The poet hails from 14th century Persia.

Common Lizard at Newton St Loe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK. I spotted this one basking on a tree root in a hedgerow by the side of a lane. I know the lane well, but never saw one there before. #Nature #Wildlife #Lizard #Reptile #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

🚨Just one week to go 🚨 till our next webinar, which is on: 'Tackling polypharmacy in primary care': reflecting on learning from the IMPPP clinical trial' Contributors: @jscottuob.bsky.social Deborah McCahon & Rupert Payne. Register for free at: tinyurl.com/2s4e4y3w

Bathed a chicken today.

"A decade ago, 12 hour waits in A&E were a freak incident. Now, they’re the norm... this is unacceptable and cannot continue" Our response to NHS England's latest ED performance data, covering February 2026, can be found here: rcem.ac.uk/press-rel...

Those who keep complaining that wind turbines do not work when the winds are not blowing, just realized that oil does not work when the Hormuz Strait is not open.

📢News: Online consultation tools should not be a mandatory first step to access primary mental healthcare. New @nihrspcr.bsky.social research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in BMC Primary Care. 👉 Read the news: tinyurl.com/mw4br6ew #GPSky #MentalHealth #PrimaryCare

We are doing a webinar with Collective Voice on our research about co-use of benzos and opioids and how we could reduce risks: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/96b550...

10 key insights to better support families through UK care proceedings have been published in a new NIHR-funded report led by CAPC & @arc-west.bsky.social researchers. 👉Read the news: tinyurl.com/3t9c6ju4 @nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social @nihrsscr.bsky.social

⚠️ We have launched 2 new drug checking services in London - in @hackneycouncil.bsky.social & @camdencouncil.bsky.social. Read our statement below & check out our website for more info: wearetheloop.org/media-centre...

A bity of a show at Thurso golf club just as the moon was rising.

Bristol part of new £50M NIHR-funded research consortium to tackle inequalities in cardiovascular disease. 📢 CAPC's Dr Rachel Johnson will lead the Bristol group with University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust & @bnssgresearch.bsky.social colleagues. 👉 News: tinyurl.com/5bk8y2ef

A rather handsome Cormorant perched on a tree by the lake at Newton Park (Bath Spa University campus), at Newton St Loe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK. Plenty of fish in that lake, which is the main diet of these birds. #Nature #Wildlife #Bird #Birds #UKWildlife #Birdwatching #UKBirding

📰News!📰NDARC awarded $4.2 million to explore rapidly shifting drug use patterns. The project led by Prof Rebecca McKetin, said it will bring together leading world experts including our HPRU in drug use & data modelling to transform the way we understand illicit drug use. More ▶️ tinyurl.com/4nuubjrs

OpenSAFELY is open from today! Huge thanks to all who supported this vast collaboration: whole population GP data; in a productive platform; innovative privacy protections; unprecedented support from professions, privacy campaigners; &c Now it's over to users! www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/02...

📢#PhD opportunity: 📢 Applications are open for a @nihrspcr.bsky.social funded PhD Studentship in #PrimaryCare here in Bristol, working on a co-design study to improve the system within which families access child & adolescent vaccination programmes. Closes: 4pm, 2 March 2026. tinyurl.com/9cww353

📢Summer Internships! 📢 Applications open for @nihrspcr.bsky.social funded undergraduate summer internships 2026. We have 2 exciting internship opportunities here in Bristol for UK undergraduates (any discipline) who are interested in primary care research. 👉 Find out more: tinyurl.com/4fpxjunb

📢New blog!📢Helping people to live and survive co-use of benzodiazepines/z-drugs and opioids: the importance of asking how and why people co-use. By @drnscot.bsky.social, Dr Gabriele Vojt, @jokesten.bsky.social, @hannah-family.bsky.social, @jscottuob.bsky.social Read more▶️ tinyurl.com/2wp9fhwc

📰News!📰Community pharmacies are a promising site for expanding access to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), according to a recent study. This is a highly effective medication can be used to reduce the risk of getting HIV. More ▶️ tinyurl.com/ysn6kkkh @arc-west.bsky.social @jhorwood.bsky.social

Great to see Teresa sharing more about here internship experience including the work she completed with the network. #PharmacyResearch

Our pilot study shows community pharmacies are an acceptable setting for #PrEP awareness and referral. Pharmacists successfully initiating PrEP conversations & linking people to remote prescribing. A practical way to expand #HIV prevention access #STI #STISky 🛟 @nat.org.uk @bhiva.bsky.social

⭐New blog:⭐ Research as a core pillar of #pharmacy - my experience on an NIHR internship Teresa Chan - a hospital #pharmacist - recently completed a NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Internship in Bristol. Read about the extensive development opportunities this offered. 👉 tinyurl.com/mtv2kfv8

How and why do people use #benzodiazepines/z-drugs & #opioids together? Gabriele Vojt @jscottuob.bsky.social @jokesten.bsky.social & Hannah Family highlight key findings from recent research in this @drnscot.bsky.social blog. 👉 drns.ac.uk/benzo-blog/ #SubstanceMisuse #PublicHealth #HarmReduction

Delighted to be part of the team evaluating BBV testing in EDs. Our new study published this week in the Emergency Medicine Journal found strong overall support for opt-out BBV testing among ED staff with training playing a crucial role in improving understanding of the purpose and processes.

RADAR alert: Rising harms linked to Scotland’s drug supply. 🧪 New sedative medetomidine found in drugs sold as heroin & benzos 💊 New & re emerging street benzos, incl. clonazolam, are increasing risks There’s no safe way to take drugs. For more info: publichealthscotland.scot/population-h...

☑️ Are you a healthcare professional (doctor, nurse, pharmacist, healthcare assistant) in general practice /HIV clinic? ☑️ Do you work in #Brighton #Bristol or #Sheffield? ☑️ Can you spare 1-1.5hrs in your day for an online focus group discussion? #HIVResearch #ResearchSky #AcademicSky #GPSky #HIVSky

Applications are now open for @nihrspcr.bsky.social funded primary care research post-doctoral fellowships to start in October 2026. The 24-month fellowships can be taken up at any of the 9 NIHR School for Primary Care Research institutions, including here at Bristol. Details: tinyurl.com/3nc9abzs

👀 Looking for a postdoctoral #fellowship? 👇

News story - The ACMD has advised the government ketamine should remain a class B controlled substance, but that police forces and health care professionals must receive greater support to better identify, prevent and respond to ketamine‑related harms - www.gov.uk/government/n...

📚 CBRL Graduate Network – Lecture 8 Join our online lecture, Digital Tools for Early Academic Research. with Dr Duaa Al Maani, exploring reference management, academic writing tools, and the role of AI in research workflows. 🔸 3 February 2026 🔸 6 PM (Amman) - 3 PM (UK-GMT) 🔸 Online (Zoom)

Alan Milburn is saying- anxiety in young people is normal & they just need to get on with it. No. Young people have so much loss & grief; their teachers & parents burnt out; their future one of debt & collapsing ecosystem. Young people are the canaries in the coal mine & we need to listen to them.

Are you an international care worker in the Bristol, North Somerset, or South Gloucestershire area? Can you share this advert with someone who is? Chloe would like to speak with international care workers about their experiences. Interpreters available.

*Everything you need to know about PrEP provision in community pharmacy* Provision of #PrEP is increasing, but why has there been so little progress on the expansion to provide the drugs via community pharmacy? #communitypharmacy #ukhealthcare #HIV

Have your say to improve the healthcare experiences of older people living with #HIV! Looking for Who: Clincians (drs/ nurses/ HCAs/ pharmacists) Where: HIV clinics/ general practice in #Bristol #Brighton #Sheffield How: online focus groups 1.5hrs When: February/March Everyone is reimbursed! 1/2

Are you a healthcare professional working in #HIV clinic /general practice in #Bristol, #Brighton, or #Sheffield? Do you want to improve healthcare for older people living with HIV? Can spare 1-1.5hrs for online focus group? More info: forms.office.com/e/hY7bLrPgkQ £Participants are reimbursed£

Indexicality lesson for students and others who submit attachments. You need to label your file with your OWN NAME, not "Chapter 6" or "Paris conference presentation". The Paris conference will receive 400 files, 395 of which will have identical/similar names. Recipe for chaos. #academicsky #PhDchat

The CBRL Graduate Network Seminar Series continues! 🎓 Lecture 7: "Processing and Analysing Data 4: Ethnography and Participatory Research" Speaker: Dr. Hala Ghanem 🔹 06 Jan 2026 🔹 6 PM (Amman) | 3 PM (UK) 🔹 Online (Zoom) Book your spot now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...