Congratulations to Danielle Nimmons & colleagues on a great new paper published in the BMJ 🎉 The authors propose rebuilding clinical academia for the next generation to secure a sustainable and equitable clinical academic workforce 🏗️ Please see the paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1136/bmj-...

Are you an early to mid-career researcher or postgraduate student interested in learning more about implementation research❓ Join our new 3-day face-to-face course: 📆 Wed 30th Sep to Fri 2nd Oct Further details in poster attached 👇 If you wish to register, please contact: [email protected]

Well done on this new paper by a team of researchers in our Division of Primary Care! 🎉 They compared combined email and paper vs. email-only feedback in promoting safer asthma prescribing at practices. Read here 👉https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/13/1/e003601

Very happy to see our first very efficient CLEAR-AIR RCT in our evolving @wy-icb-research.bsky.social Learning Health System published 👇 #LearningHealthSystem #ImpSci #ImplementationScience #AuditandFeedback #greeneroractice bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/13/1...

**** Reminder to register **** Early Bird rates end Friday 8th May — don’t miss your chance to secure your place at a reduced rate. Book here : sapc.ac.uk/conference/s... SAPC ASM 24th - 26th 2026, University of St Andrews.

NEW PAPER: Our decision-modelling study showed specialist palliative care in England (home and hospital) saved £817M, freed 1.5M hospital bed days, helped 20,000+ people die outside hospital and improved quality of life. #palliativecare #palliativemedicine

Very happy to be in Zurich discussing new developments in implementation science. I will be sharing our ongoing work on the Impact of an Intervention on Inequalities in Overprescribing - the 3i-o study tomorrow. #IMPACT2026 #ImpSci @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social @wy-icb-research.bsky.social

📢 The protocol for APPROACH RCT is available now! Read it here ➡ www.researchprotocols.org/2026/1/e77096 APPROACH trial aims to evaluate a mobile app for promoting physical activity in patients with breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer. Congrats @drfionarkennedy.bsky.social & APPROACH team! ⭐

NEW PAPER People from minority ethnic groups face inequities in palliative and end-of-life care, yet research methods often fail to capture them. We worked with patients, carers, clinicians, and researchers to develop 13 principles for better research on ethnicity in palliative care. #palliativecare

Happy New Year A reminder that submissions are open until 23rd January. To submit, please click here: sapc.ac.uk/conference/s... We look forward to receiving your abstract and seeing you St. Andrews University

New paper alert! 🚨 Yorkshire Cancer Research Bowel Cancer Improvement Programme (YCRBCIP) conducted a rigorous consensus process with clinicians and patients to develop quality indicators to support opioid stewardship for patients undergoing bowel cancer surgery 👇 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...

Our toolkit 🧰 contains resources for hospitals, healthcare professionals and patients to support implementation and is available to all - please share! ycrbcip.leeds.ac.uk/ycrbcip-reso... @hannahrossington.bsky.social @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social

Our new study in The British Journal of Cancer shows ethnic inequalities in opioid prescribing for cancer pain at the end of life. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great to see our study featured in @the-independent.com Our study shows ethnic inequalities in opioid prescribing for cancer pain at the end of life. Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

… [2/2] 🧑‍⚕️However, we found that primary care prescribers also need systematized creatinine clearance calculation in electronic health records for easy coding to further improve patient safety & reduce harms from medicines in older age 🩺 @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social @wy-icb-research.bsky.social

📣 New paper published❗️ 🫘We know kidney function declines with age, increasing risk of harm of many medicines 💊 📉 We showed that providing feedback to primary care on prescribing in reduced kidney function is both feasible and acceptable 😀… [1/2] 📖 Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/famp...

Congrats to @robbiefoy.bsky.social, @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social, @bethancopsey.bsky.social and Paul and Stella from @wy-icb-research.bsky.social on their new commentary in BMJ Open Quality: 'What should a learning health system look like?' 🤔 Read here 👇 bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/14/3...

A great research snapshot by Dr Qandeel Shah on how she obtained rich and informative data using rapid ethnography in her PhD within a limited timeframe 👇 #ImpSci #ResearchMethods youtu.be/RczeobLmntE?...

📢Can't wait till our next issue? Stay connected with The Lancet Primary Care’s Update Alerts! Receive curated content, exclusive features, and more delivered straight to your inbox in between issues. Sign up today! hubs.li/Q03BhmQt0 #medsky #familymedicinesky #internalmedicinesky

Congratulations to Noah Ivers and Robbie Foy on their new publication 📣 Everything you always wanted to know about audit and feedback but were afraid to ask… now published: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Fern Harvey’s fab poster presentation of her systematic review on process evaluations for complex intervention trials. Better reporting of context, mechanisms of action and fidelity would enable greater learning about successful interventions #ImpSci #EIE2025 @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social

Excellent article! 👏 @kellylloyd.bsky.social @imp-sci-saraha.bsky.social Although UK centric, this 👉"Lack of knowledge among healthcare professionals on Lynch syndrome is a barrier to patients accessing preventive care," is an issue in most healthcare systems? #HereditaryGICancer

New editorial alert! 🚨 Primary care: the ‘linchpin’ in Lynch syndrome Why and how to identify the small number of patients in a practice that can lead to big reductions in cancer risk 👍 By @kellylloyd.bsky.social & me. @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social bjgp.org/content/75/7...

🎉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...

New research to support a thriving health and care workforce has been launched. The NIHR-funded Same Day and Urgent Care (SURGE) Workforce Research Partnership is led by @chcr-uwe.bsky.social & a collaboration with CAPC + 7 other UK academic institutions/2 NHS Trusts. Find out more: bit.ly/4lmmKIf

Hot off the press 📣 New paper from Gemma Ashwell, researcher and GP in LIHS, and colleagues on caring for patients experiencing homeless in the BMJ: www.bmj.com/content/388/...

It's with great pleasure that we congratulate Helen Edwards on winning the ASME/SAPC Education Prize 2024. 🌟🏆 Your passion for education shines through, and this award is a testament to you and your teams hard work. Congratulations, Helen! @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social

Event that may be of interest 🌟👇 Navigating the Future of Assisted Dying Legislation in the UK 🗓️Wednesday 9 April ⏰13:00 – 14:30 🗨️Dr Nataly Papadopoulou & Professor Nancy Preston More info 👇 pcrs.org.uk/events/pcrs-... This webinar is FREE for PCRS members

🎉Fantastic to see our update to the Cochrane review on Audit and Feedback in healthcare published! So much work went into this huge project by a worldwide team, expertly led by Noah Ivers 👏 A must read for anyone wanting to improve the quality of healthcare 👇 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

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

We have created a starter pack for anyone joining us on Bluesky. This contains useful contacts to help you get started with this platform and make contacts in the area of primary care research, for those at the University of Leeds and beyond go.bsky.app/3tEzSgx

Social prescribing helps people connect with their communities for better health and wellbeing 🤝 Our Oxford Social Prescribing Research Network brings together 250 members from across the world to share innovations and research findings💡 On #SocialPrescribingDay, find out more about their work 👇

We have created a starter pack for anyone joining us on BlueSky. This contains useful contacts to help you get started with this platform and make contacts which will be useful in your academic research go.bsky.app/VhbLjKz

Well, my research home has just taken the plunge and joined bluesky! Welcome Leeds Primary Care👋 @au-primarycareuol.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

As #generalpractice takes an increasingly 'digital first' approach, it's important to know how practices are facilitating access to these services - I talk to Helen Atherton here on the @bjgp.bsky.social podcast about the impact on practices and patients bjgplife.com/episode-198-...

Still time to register for this next @nihrspcr.bsky.social Bitesized Impact Showcase webinar (12 March 2025, 11.30am-1pm) on patient and #PublicInvolvement, featuring, among others, CAPC researchers Michelle Farr & @drjessicawatson.bsky.social ⬇️

Why does taking #benzodiazepines & #opioids together lead to so many deaths? New research by Hannah Family @jokesten.bsky.social & colleagues sheds light on the risks & provides evidence to develop appropriate ways to reduce the harm of co-use. Blog: capcbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/03/06/u...

Today marks 3 years of the #SharedCommitment to Public Involvement! As recent signatories, we’ve written a blog reflecting on our achievements, progress, & future goals for #PPIE within the SPCR and health & care research! Read it here: bit.ly/4kAIEqS @hralatest.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

Welcome to the new account for the Academic Unit of Primary Care at the University of Leeds 👋 🔵 Check out our Palliative Care account here: @au-palliativecare.bsky.social And find us on our joint LinkedIn here: www.linkedin.com/company/prim...