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Automated system to capture patients’ views on their involvement in decisions about their surgery is acceptable to patients and surgeons
8 July 2025
Patients and surgeons have reported that a new, automated system to monitor patients’ views on how much they have felt involved in decision-making about their surgery is acceptable. The study, led by researchers from NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and the Centre for Academic Primary Care, is published in BMJ Open.
- Automated system to capture patients’ views on their involvement in decisions about their surgery is acceptable to patients and surgeons 8 July 2025 Patients and surgeons have reported that a new, automated system to monitor patients’ views on how much they have felt involved in decision-making about their surgery is acceptable. The study, led by researchers from NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and the Centre for Academic Primary Care, is published in BMJ Open.
- Life in a Coastal Town: New exhibition explores mental health and community through art 2 July 2025 How does it feel to live in Weston-super-Mare when you are struggling with your mental health? What resources exist in the local community – and what barriers are there to accessing them? A new free exhibition coming to Weston Museum from Tuesday 8 to Thursday 17 July explores these questions through the creative storytelling of people who often feel excluded.
- Breakthrough technology that saves lives by detecting dangerous synthetic drugs in real time wins chemistry award 25 June 2025 A revolutionary handheld device that helps to save lives by detecting dangerous synthetic drugs almost instantly has won its creators - including researchers from the University of Bristol - a prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize.
- Understanding health services use among Chinese residents in Bristol / 了解布里斯托尔的华人居民如何使用医疗保健服务 / 了解布里斯托爾的華人居民如何使用醫療保健服務 16 June 2025 Our study aims to understand UK Chinese residents’ views and experiences of accessing and using health services, with a focus on healthcare in relation to cancer screening and vaccinations, mental health and sexually transmitted infections, where there are known health inequities within the Chinese population. / 本研究计划了解在英华人在获取和使用医疗服务方面的看法与经历。研究将重点关注癌症筛查和疫苗接种、心理健康以及性传播感染等方面的医疗服务，华人群体在这些健康服务方面已面临不平等的情况。/ 本研究計劃了解在英華人在獲取和使用醫療服務方面的看法與經歷。研究將重點關注癌症篩查與疫苗接種、心理健康以及性傳播感染等方面的醫療服務；華人群體在這些健康服務方面已面臨不平等的情況。
- New Friends and Family Handbook gives advice on how to support someone experiencing domestic abuse 3 June 2025 A new Friends and Family Handbook, written by Dr Alison Gregory, an Independent Academic and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, has been launched by Women’s Aid Federation of England. The handbook provides practical support and information for anyone worried about someone who is or may be experiencing domestic abuse.
- First ‘core outcome set’ for ear infection studies in primary and community care 7 May 2025 Researchers have produced a standard set of outcomes that should be measured and reported in future studies involving common acute ear infections. This ‘core outcome set’ will allow future ear infection studies to be more consistent with each other, so evidence can be accumulated over time.
- Breaking the cycle: supporting young boys in violent homes could prevent relationship violence, study suggests 1 May 2025 Young men growing up around parents who are physically violent to each other are 43% more likely to carry out violence or abuse in their own relationships, new University of Bristol research has found.
- NIHR SPCR General Practice Commercial Research Fellows opportunity 30 April 2025 The National Institute for Health and Care Research School for Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) is offering up to 11 General Practice Commercial Research Fellowships, with positions available at various universities across the UK, including Bristol.
- Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT) Impact Report published 29 April 2025 The Primary Care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT) has published its Summary & Impact Report 2019–2024, highlighting five years of collaborative research achievements supported by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR).
- New UK Centre hopes to change public attitudes towards grief 24 April 2025 Grief affects everyone but is still very much a taboo subject in the UK. A new Centre - the first of its kind in the UK - hopes to shift public attitudes towards grief and create communities that are compassionate and connected in their support of people who are bereaved. The Centre for Grief Research and Community Engagement (Grief Centre) at the University of Bristol is launched today [24 April].