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Study highlights the need for more awareness of Sexual Assault Referral Centres
22 October 2024
More must be done to raise awareness of Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) according to a Coventry University-led study, conducted in collaboration with the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, Hertfordshire and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
- Study highlights the need for more awareness of Sexual Assault Referral Centres 22 October 2024 More must be done to raise awareness of Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) according to a Coventry University-led study, conducted in collaboration with the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, Hertfordshire and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
- Psychosis risk prediction tool could help GPs detect risk of condition early 15 October 2024 GPs could potentially use a psychosis risk prediction tool (P-risk) developed by researchers to detect whether their patients are at risk of experiencing psychosis. The University of Bristol team developed P-risk to help GPs identify at-risk patients as early as possible.
- Community-led HIV programme Common Ambition Bristol wins national award 11 October 2024 Pioneering local HIV programme Common Ambition Bristol has won the Commissioning for Patient Experience award at the 2024 Patient Experience Network National Awards.
- Live wake to pop up in suburban home for seaside town's grief festival 10 October 2024 Members of the public are invited to be part of a live Irish-style wake this week [Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 October] to explore how new digital technologies can influence the way we memorialise and remember loved ones.
- RCGP Research Paper of the Year Award for IBS study 3 October 2024 A trial that showed a cheap and widely available prescription drug can improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in patients seen in GP surgeries has been awarded Research Paper of the Year by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).
- Exploring co-production to tackle health inequalities through primary care services 30 September 2024 The Centre for Academic Primary Care/NIHR ARC West Bridging Gaps project and Liverpool’s Tackling Racial Inequalities in Health project are case studies in a new British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) paper. The analysis explores how people with lived experience can be centred and empowered in co-designing trauma-informed primary care services that address health inequalities.
- Applications open for the NIHR School for Primary Care Research Primary Care Clinicians PhD programme 18 September 2024 Applications for the 2025 NIHR School for Primary Care Research funded doctoral programme for primary care clinicians are now open.
- Good Grief Weston: a Festival of Love and Loss returns this October 9 September 2024 Following the success of last year’s inaugural Good Grief Weston, the festival returns to Weston-super-Mare in October for its second edition. This year’s event, taking place from 10 to 13 October, will also see the festival extending to communities in North Somerset in a varied, creative programme that aims to open up conversations around death and bereavement, with honesty, compassion, joy and sometimes with humour.
- Study reveals differences in victims’ and perpetrators’ experiences of domestic abuse during COVID-19 5 August 2024 A new study by researchers at the University of Bristol has revealed differences in victims’ and perpetrators’ experiences of domestic abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conducted as part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded REPROVIDE trial, which is evaluating a group-based programme for domestic abuse perpetrators, the research involved interviews with male perpetrators and female survivors.
- Professor Alastair Hay elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 1 August 2024 Alastair Hay, a GP and Professor of Primary Care at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, has been elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).