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Will you be joining us in Southampton📍on 5–6 March 2026 🗓️ for the South West SAPC regional meeting? Early bird registration is now open 🐦 ✅ Find details and register via the SW SAPC 2026 website 🌐
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📢 Just one week left! Have you submitted your abstract for South West SAPC 2026 yet? ⏳ 📝 The deadline was extended, but submissions will close for good at 9am next Monday - don’t miss out! 📤 🔗 Submit yours here:
tinyurl.com/SWSAPC26
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📢 Deadline Extended! 🗓️ We know many colleagues have recently been away on annual leave, so we’ve extended the deadline⏳ 📝 Abstract submissions for South West SAPC are extended until 9am on Monday 17th November! 🔗 Submit yours here:
tinyurl.com/SWSAPC26
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⏳ Have you got your abstract submitted for South West SAPC 2026? No? Hurry! 📝 Submissions close at 9am on Monday morning. 📤 🔗 Submit yours here:
tinyurl.com/SWSAPC26
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⏳ Only 1 week left to submit your abstracts for South West SAPC 2026! This year’s theme - Inclusion, Innovation and Connection: Shaping Academic Primary Care Together - invites us to reflect, collaborate and inspire. 💡 📤 Submit via the SW SAPC 2026 website 🌐
tinyurl.com/SWSAPC26
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⏳Less than 2 weeks left to submit your abstracts for South West SAPC 2026 📤 Submit via the SW SAPC 2026 website 🌐
tinyurl.com/SWSAPC26
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📢 Introducing our South West SAPC 2026 Friday Keynote Speaker! Dr Jessica Watson's research explores when and how doctors should use blood tests, interpret results and share information with patients. Find more details and register via the SW SAPC 2026 website 🌐
tinyurl.com/SWSAPC26
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📢 Introducing our South West SAPC 2026 Thursday Keynote Speaker! Dr Manbinder Sidhu's research includes evaluating primary care policy and the development of new integrated care models. Find out more details and register via the SW SAPC 2026 website 🌐
tinyurl.com/SWSAPC26
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⏳1 month left to submit your abstracts for South West SAPC 2026 📤 Submit via the SW SAPC 2026 website 🌐
tinyurl.com/SWSAPC26
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Will you be joining us in Southampton📍on 5–6 March 2026 🗓️ for the South West SAPC regional meeting? Early bird registration is now open 🐦 ✅ Find details and register via the SW SAPC 2026 website 🌐
tinyurl.com/SWSAPC26
#sapcsw2026
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Will you be joining us in Southampton📍on 5–6 March 2026 🗓️ for the South West SAPC regional meeting? Registration is now open ✅ Find details and sign up via the SW SAPC 2026 website 🌐
tinyurl.com/SWSAPC26
#sapcsw2026
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We are excited to announce that abstract submission for the South West SAPC conference 2026 is now live! The deadline for submissions is 9:00 GMT on Monday 3rd November 2025. You can submit your abstract here:
southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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We’re thrilled to be hosting the
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South West Conference right here in Southampton on 5–6 March 2026! Looking forward to inspiring conversations and connecting with colleagues from across the region. 🌱✨ Save the date - we can’t wait to welcome you! More details to follow soon.
3 months ago
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Summer activity! Share what eczema means to you.
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
🎓 Congratulations,
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🎓 Today, we celebrate the achievements, resilience & incredible journey our
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Medicine graduates have taken to reach this milestone. We are so proud of each & every one of you! 🌟🍾
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Graduation | University of Southampton
University of Southampton Graduation Website
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University of Southampton
4 months ago
Graduation officially kicks off today, and we're so proud to be celebrating with you! 🎓 🫶🏻 This moment marks the end of one incredible chapter and the start of an exciting new journey. Here's to the Class of 2025!
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5 months ago
What is it like on a GP placement at
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? Hear from our students as they reflect on real-world experience, patient contact & learning from inspiring GP teams. Watch:
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Rebecca Hammerton (Becky) is a member of our dedicated team of Core Public Contributors. She helps to oversee many aspects of our work through our Public Participation and Engagement in Research (PPIE) Steering Group and is an active member of our PPIE Forum in the Primary Care Research Centre.
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Alessandro Patel joined our team of Core Public Contributors earlier this year. Here's more about Alessandro...
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Another key Core Public Contributor is John McGavin. He also helps advise on many important aspects of our work.
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We have a fabulous, dedicated team of Core Public Contributors who help to oversee many aspects of our work. Here we introduce Jean Hughes...
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What do patients want from access to UK general practice? Listen to
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share more about a recent systematic review on this
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podcast
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What do patients really want? Rethinking general practice access
Quickly and easily listen to BJGP Interviews for free!
https://www.bjgplife.com/209
5 months ago
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Why are antibiotics frequently prescribed for
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? PhD student Nour Odeh shares more about the PAUSE study (Appropriate Antimicrobial Use for Asthma Exacerbation)
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Why are antibiotics frequently prescribed for asthma?
Why are antibiotics frequently prescribed for asthma?
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/medicine/news/2025/05/why-are-antibiotics-frequently-prescribed-for-asthma-.page
5 months ago
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Have you sought support from your GP or someone at your GP surgery about problem periods? If so, you may be able to take part in this study.
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New Publication! 👀👉Digital applications to support self-management of multimorbidity: A scoping review
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40424867/
5 months ago
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It was very energizing to spend time with so many fabulous colleagues at our Staff Away Day today. Thanks to everyone who helped to organise it and welcome us to the Zoo.
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We had a fabulous staff Away Day at Marwell Zoo today. Thanks everyone who came to give some really interesting and helpful presentations, as well as spend some quality time together.
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New Publication! 👀👉New Publication! A qualitative process evaluation of a nasal spray intervention to prevent respiratory tract infections
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A qualitative process evaluation of a nasal spray intervention to prevent respiratory tract infections
Nasal sprays could be used to prevent and manage respiratory tract infections (RTIs). As part of a randomized controlled trial (ISRCTN17936080), participants received one of two nasal sprays (gel-base...
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0321314&?utm_id=plos111&utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author
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We were so pleased to welcome four out of five of our Core Public Contributors to our Research Away Day yesterday, we took a brief moment outside to celebrate being together as a Public Participation and Engagement (PPIE) team.
6 months ago
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It was great to welcome so many colleagues and attend such interesting presentations at our School Research Away Day yesterday. Thanks everyone for a very inspiring day with of new ideas and conversations...
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👀👉🩺Exciting opportunity to join us! Find out more about the role by clicking the link below 👇https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/primary-care/working-with-us Closing date 16 May 2025
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👀👉🩺Exciting opportunity to join us! Find out more about the role by clicking the link below 👇https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/primary-care/working-with-us Closing date 16 May 2025
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🔊New Publication🔊 'Low-dose amitriptyline for irritable bowel syndrome: a qualitative study of patients’ and GPs’ views and experiences' Read more:
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Low-dose amitriptyline for irritable bowel syndrome: a qualitative study of patients’ and GPs’ views and experiences
Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can cause troublesome symptoms, which impact patients’ quality of life and incur considerable health service resource use. Guidelines suggest low-dose amitrip...
https://bjgp.org/content/early/2025/03/11/BJGP.2024.0303
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Now open for applications! The 2025 George Lewith prize. Open to any UK medical undergraduates. 🏆 Find out how to apply & win a place at the
@sapc.ac.uk
ASM. 🔗 Learn more:
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8 months ago
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A huge congratulations to
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who was awarded 'Best Oral Presentation' at
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SW conference this week.
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Patients’ perceptions of primary care consultations: is empathy under threat? A nested qualitative study presented by Rachel Dewar-Haggart Speaker profile:
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Presentations:
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus self-management among people of black African ethnic background in high-income countries: A systematic review of qualitative studies Presented by Immaculate Okello Ajok At: 11.50 - 13.00 on 1 April 2025 Speaker:
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Experience of treatment choices for childhood acute upper respiratory tract infections: A qualitative study in China and UK Presented by Zhang Xiaowmen 1 April 2025 Presentations:
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8 months ago
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Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of interventions to improve adherence to acne treatments Presented by Taeko Becque at 11.50 - 13.00 on 1 April 2025 Presentations:
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Improving Antibiotic Stewardship in Primary Care in low-and-middle income countries: Feedback from community engagement in China, India, Nigeria and Uganda Presented by Merlin Willcox Presentations:
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Creative conversations in PPI: Lessons learned from co-designing a game with underserved groups about the challenges of living with health conditions Presented by Sian Holt Speaker:
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Using fractional exhaled nitric oxide to guide clinical decision-making during routine asthma reviews: A qualitative interview study Presented by Kay Wang on Tuesday 1st April 2025 Speaker profile:
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Patient and primary care practitioner’s perspectives of primary care consultations relating to menstrual problems: A metaethnography Presenter: Katie Read at 16.35-17.45, Monday 31 March 2025 Speaker:
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Exploring the prevalence and impact of coexisting conditions in people with asthma in primary care: cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the DEFINE trial Presented by Tom Diffey at 16.35-17.45, Monday 31st March 2025
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8 months ago
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Talking in Primary Care (TIP): A cluster randomised controlled trial in UK primary care to assess clinical and cost effectiveness of communication skills e-learning for practitioners on patients’ musculoskeletal pain and enablement Presented by Hazel Everitt
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8 months ago
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Primary care practitioners’ views and experiences of completing and implementing EMPathicO training in everyday practice: A qualitative study Presented by Emma Teasdale at 14.35 - 15.15, Monday 31st March 2025
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Speaker profile: ttps://lnkd.in/evq9wchv Conference biogs:
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8 months ago
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Now open for applications! The 2025 George Lewith prize. Open to any UK medical undergraduates. 🏆 Find out how to apply & win a place at the
@sapc.ac.uk
ASM. 🔗 Learn more:
www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
🗓️ Deadline: 12 noon, Friday 25th April 2025
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8 months ago
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Southampton Clinical Trials Unit
8 months ago
Are you a research fellow with experience of
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? We're looking for someone to join the INDIGO
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team, and help make a meaningful impact on end-of-life care. Find out more -
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Congratulations to all of our colleagues! Including
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and Tracey Sach from the Primary Care Research Centre,@unisouthampton.bsky.social 👏 👏👏
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University of Southampton
8 months ago
Our researchers have found that nearly one in ten people in England think they could have Long Covid but aren’t sure. Almost 5% of people said they do have the condition, with socially disadvantaged groups most affected. Read more 👉
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Nearly one in ten unsure if they have Long Covid
Nearly one in ten unsure if they have Long Covid
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Publication Alert 🔊 Almost 1 in 10 of the population believe they have Long Covid. A new study led by
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published today. Read more 👇
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Exploring Long Covid Prevalence and Patient Uncertainty by Sociodemographic Characteristics Using GP Patient Survey Data
Background The high global burden of Long Covid (LC) has significant implications for population well-being, health care, social care and national economies. Aim To explore associations between pa...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hex.70202
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