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. #menstrualhealth #primarycare @nihrspcr.bsky.social @katieread.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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. #menstrualhealth #primarycare @nihrspcr.bsky.social @katieread.bsky.social
I came to the UK from Aus (to do my PhD) and I was excited to work as a GP in the NHS.
The most common thing people say to me?
You went to the wrong way. Go back to Australia.
I hope #primarycare can be revitalised in the UK, it’s heartbreaking to watch its decline as a new GP fellow. #medsky
The most common thing people say to me?
You went to the wrong way. Go back to Australia.
I hope #primarycare can be revitalised in the UK, it’s heartbreaking to watch its decline as a new GP fellow. #medsky
Can’t get an appt with a GP?
Yet there are 1000s of GPs out of work or struggling to find work
NHS England have cut the equivalent of 2 full-time GPs in funding from an average practice, whilst funding ‘additional’ roles via ARRS
£2bn cut in real term
Not additional then🤷🏻♂️ youtu.be/tI69wqP1_3g?...
Yet there are 1000s of GPs out of work or struggling to find work
NHS England have cut the equivalent of 2 full-time GPs in funding from an average practice, whilst funding ‘additional’ roles via ARRS
£2bn cut in real term
Not additional then🤷🏻♂️ youtu.be/tI69wqP1_3g?...
Over 80% of locum GPs in England are struggling to find work
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
youtu.be
November 17, 2024 at 8:21 AM
I came to the UK from Aus (to do my PhD) and I was excited to work as a GP in the NHS.
The most common thing people say to me?
You went to the wrong way. Go back to Australia.
I hope #primarycare can be revitalised in the UK, it’s heartbreaking to watch its decline as a new GP fellow. #medsky
The most common thing people say to me?
You went to the wrong way. Go back to Australia.
I hope #primarycare can be revitalised in the UK, it’s heartbreaking to watch its decline as a new GP fellow. #medsky
How is it that 99% of Dutch citizens have access to #PrimaryCare from birth until death? How can doctors in The Netherlands be responsible for so many patients and still offer excellent care? Tara Kiran explores these questions on the Primary Focus podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/4Clg... (part 1)
In the Netherlands: a day in a GP practice (Part 1)
Primary Focus with Dr. Tara Kiran · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
How is it that 99% of Dutch citizens have access to #PrimaryCare from birth until death? How can doctors in The Netherlands be responsible for so many patients and still offer excellent care? Tara Kiran explores these questions on the Primary Focus podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/4Clg... (part 1)
“I can be a GP in the style that I enjoy.”
Professional values, autonomy, and fairness are experienced as influencing GPs' decisions to move or stay in #Rural #Scotland doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @louiselocock.bsky.social #PrimaryCare
Professional values, autonomy, and fairness are experienced as influencing GPs' decisions to move or stay in #Rural #Scotland doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @louiselocock.bsky.social #PrimaryCare
February 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
“I can be a GP in the style that I enjoy.”
Professional values, autonomy, and fairness are experienced as influencing GPs' decisions to move or stay in #Rural #Scotland doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @louiselocock.bsky.social #PrimaryCare
Professional values, autonomy, and fairness are experienced as influencing GPs' decisions to move or stay in #Rural #Scotland doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @louiselocock.bsky.social #PrimaryCare
@bjgp.bsky.social how to reduce your carbon footprint in GP #primarycare #climatecrisis bjgp.org/content/75/7... @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @bromleybybow.bsky.social @drselvarajah.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
@bjgp.bsky.social how to reduce your carbon footprint in GP #primarycare #climatecrisis bjgp.org/content/75/7... @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @bromleybybow.bsky.social @drselvarajah.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social
🌟From Twitter chaos to innovation calm—hello, old & future friends!👋
💡I'm into:
1. #HealthTech #DigitalHealth #SharedIT
2. #Frailty #Dementia #AgeingWell #ProactiveCare
3. #PrimaryCare #GP #PCNs
4. Commissioning smarter #IntegratedNeighbourhoodTeams with 1-3.
Let’s connect, create & disrupt! 🚀
November 24, 2024 at 7:27 PM
🌟From Twitter chaos to innovation calm—hello, old & future friends!👋
💡I'm into:
1. #HealthTech #DigitalHealth #SharedIT
2. #Frailty #Dementia #AgeingWell #ProactiveCare
3. #PrimaryCare #GP #PCNs
4. Commissioning smarter #IntegratedNeighbourhoodTeams with 1-3.
Let’s connect, create & disrupt! 🚀
📢 New PATH-GP approach aims to boost HIV testing and access to free PrEP through NHS GP practices. Funded by @nihrspcr.bsky.social and developed by researchers at @arc-west.bsky.social, @capcbristol.bsky.social & @NIHRHPRU: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-gp-...
#SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research
#SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📢 New PATH-GP approach aims to boost HIV testing and access to free PrEP through NHS GP practices. Funded by @nihrspcr.bsky.social and developed by researchers at @arc-west.bsky.social, @capcbristol.bsky.social & @NIHRHPRU: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-gp-...
#SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research
#SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research
BJGPLife: Living Streets Walking Summit: a GP perspective
bjgplife.com/living-...
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
bjgplife.com/living-...
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
August 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
BJGPLife: Living Streets Walking Summit: a GP perspective
bjgplife.com/living-...
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
bjgplife.com/living-...
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
New blog: How to get the most out of conferences & meetings: reflections from an early career GP Academic.
Academic Clinical Fellow @mn-kashyap.bsky.social shares his tips on making the most of the learning, development & networking opportunities.
bit.ly/3RS5Aox
#GPSky #MedSky #PrimaryCare
Academic Clinical Fellow @mn-kashyap.bsky.social shares his tips on making the most of the learning, development & networking opportunities.
bit.ly/3RS5Aox
#GPSky #MedSky #PrimaryCare
May 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
New blog: How to get the most out of conferences & meetings: reflections from an early career GP Academic.
Academic Clinical Fellow @mn-kashyap.bsky.social shares his tips on making the most of the learning, development & networking opportunities.
bit.ly/3RS5Aox
#GPSky #MedSky #PrimaryCare
Academic Clinical Fellow @mn-kashyap.bsky.social shares his tips on making the most of the learning, development & networking opportunities.
bit.ly/3RS5Aox
#GPSky #MedSky #PrimaryCare
Sick days happen in GP land—we’re all human. But the system often treats us like machines.
Does anyone have proactive processes or reactive strategies to manage when someone is off sick? Asking for ideas! 🤔
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare
Does anyone have proactive processes or reactive strategies to manage when someone is off sick? Asking for ideas! 🤔
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare
November 18, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Sick days happen in GP land—we’re all human. But the system often treats us like machines.
Does anyone have proactive processes or reactive strategies to manage when someone is off sick? Asking for ideas! 🤔
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare
Does anyone have proactive processes or reactive strategies to manage when someone is off sick? Asking for ideas! 🤔
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare
Small improvements in personal GP continuity, achievable in most practices, resulted in reductions in hospital admissions and emergency department visits doi.org/10.3399/bjgp... @liu.se.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #Continuity #GeneralPractice
Personal GP continuity improves healthcare outcomes in primary care populations: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice
doi.org
July 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Small improvements in personal GP continuity, achievable in most practices, resulted in reductions in hospital admissions and emergency department visits doi.org/10.3399/bjgp... @liu.se.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #Continuity #GeneralPractice
Listen to the audio interview with @steph-stockwell.bsky.social on the evolution of the GP receptionist role bjgplife.com/214 @h-atherton.bsky.social @randeurope.org @uos-primarycare.bsky.social #GPreceptionists #receptionists #PrimaryCare #GP
Receptionists reimagined: How online services are transforming the GP front desk - BJGP Interviews
www.bjgplife.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Listen to the audio interview with @steph-stockwell.bsky.social on the evolution of the GP receptionist role bjgplife.com/214 @h-atherton.bsky.social @randeurope.org @uos-primarycare.bsky.social #GPreceptionists #receptionists #PrimaryCare #GP
A day in the life of a Dutch general practitioner. Dutch GPs are called “huisarts” -- house doctors -- because of a tradition of home visits. Tara Kiran visits Nijmegen clinic for the Primary Focus podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/2uQb... (part 2) #PrimaryCare
In the Netherlands: a day in a GP practice (Part 2)
Primary Focus with Dr. Tara Kiran · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A day in the life of a Dutch general practitioner. Dutch GPs are called “huisarts” -- house doctors -- because of a tradition of home visits. Tara Kiran visits Nijmegen clinic for the Primary Focus podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/2uQb... (part 2) #PrimaryCare
@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @nhsconfed.org @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social @bjgp.bsky.social @onecaregpfed.bsky.social
#PrimaryCare #PrimaryCareResearch #GeneralPractice #FamilyMedicine #GP
#PrimaryCare #PrimaryCareResearch #GeneralPractice #FamilyMedicine #GP
⭐New Bristol Continuity of Care Calculator ⭐ helps GPs measure continuity of care - a key step towards improvement.
🔹The tool, developed by @chris-salisbury.bsky.social & colleagues, launched today.
🔹It's free, easy-to-use & works with UK GP practice systems.
👉 tinyurl.com/mvrrr34u
#GPSky
🔹The tool, developed by @chris-salisbury.bsky.social & colleagues, launched today.
🔹It's free, easy-to-use & works with UK GP practice systems.
👉 tinyurl.com/mvrrr34u
#GPSky
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Academic GP in Bristol
Focus: Inclusion Health in #PrimaryCare
*Improving access to general practice for and with people with SMD doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
*Trauma-informed co-production doi.org/10.1111/hex....
*Access to healthcare for street sex workers in the UK doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Focus: Inclusion Health in #PrimaryCare
*Improving access to general practice for and with people with SMD doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
*Trauma-informed co-production doi.org/10.1111/hex....
*Access to healthcare for street sex workers in the UK doi.org/10.1186/s129...
January 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Academic GP in Bristol
Focus: Inclusion Health in #PrimaryCare
*Improving access to general practice for and with people with SMD doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
*Trauma-informed co-production doi.org/10.1111/hex....
*Access to healthcare for street sex workers in the UK doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Focus: Inclusion Health in #PrimaryCare
*Improving access to general practice for and with people with SMD doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
*Trauma-informed co-production doi.org/10.1111/hex....
*Access to healthcare for street sex workers in the UK doi.org/10.1186/s129...
BJGPLife: Creativity, sustainability, and the future of GP wellbeing
bjgplife.com/creativ...
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
bjgplife.com/creativ...
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
September 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
BJGPLife: Creativity, sustainability, and the future of GP wellbeing
bjgplife.com/creativ...
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
bjgplife.com/creativ...
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
Compared with a patient's regular GP, practice GPs without continuity show similar increases in GP and A&E workload to locums for acute consultations doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
Continuity and locum use for acute consultations: observational study of subsequent workload | British Journal of General Practice
doi.org
January 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Compared with a patient's regular GP, practice GPs without continuity show similar increases in GP and A&E workload to locums for acute consultations doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
This is a really important research project to capture #GP experiences who are working in #Ireland or who have been trained here and and gone abroad. #Academicsky #primarycare
We are recruiting GPs in Ireland and Irish trained GPs abroad to take part in an ongoing research project on GP Retention. More information available at doctorretention.eu #GPRetention
February 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is a really important research project to capture #GP experiences who are working in #Ireland or who have been trained here and and gone abroad. #Academicsky #primarycare
Early start tomorrow for train to Cardiff. #sapc #academic #primarycare #gp SAPC annual scientific conference
July 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Early start tomorrow for train to Cardiff. #sapc #academic #primarycare #gp SAPC annual scientific conference
@capcbristol.bsky.social - Great to see this guide! 👍
As a General Practice Nurse (GPN) I started running clinics this way in 2005 and the GP surgery continues to apply 'whole person' reviews today. 😊 #QualityImprovement #PrimaryCare #NurseSky
@rcn.org.uk @theqicn.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social
As a General Practice Nurse (GPN) I started running clinics this way in 2005 and the GP surgery continues to apply 'whole person' reviews today. 😊 #QualityImprovement #PrimaryCare #NurseSky
@rcn.org.uk @theqicn.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
@capcbristol.bsky.social - Great to see this guide! 👍
As a General Practice Nurse (GPN) I started running clinics this way in 2005 and the GP surgery continues to apply 'whole person' reviews today. 😊 #QualityImprovement #PrimaryCare #NurseSky
@rcn.org.uk @theqicn.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social
As a General Practice Nurse (GPN) I started running clinics this way in 2005 and the GP surgery continues to apply 'whole person' reviews today. 😊 #QualityImprovement #PrimaryCare #NurseSky
@rcn.org.uk @theqicn.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social
YT: youtu.be/rRpDWAAN598
GP receptionists: read how online services are evolving the #GPreceptionist role doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @steph-stockwell.bsky.social @h-atherton.bsky.social @randeurope.org @uos-primarycare.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #GP
GP receptionists: read how online services are evolving the #GPreceptionist role doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @steph-stockwell.bsky.social @h-atherton.bsky.social @randeurope.org @uos-primarycare.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #GP
Evolution of the GP receptionist role
Read the research: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0677 In this 1-minute video Dr Stephanie Stockwell explains: TRANSCRIPT During these observations, I not...
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
YT: youtu.be/rRpDWAAN598
GP receptionists: read how online services are evolving the #GPreceptionist role doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @steph-stockwell.bsky.social @h-atherton.bsky.social @randeurope.org @uos-primarycare.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #GP
GP receptionists: read how online services are evolving the #GPreceptionist role doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @steph-stockwell.bsky.social @h-atherton.bsky.social @randeurope.org @uos-primarycare.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #GP
Congratulations to @drjessicawatson.bsky.social who has been appointed Consultant Senior Lecturer @capcbristol.bsky.social. 🎉
Jess is a GP and has a research focus on blood testing in #PrimaryCare and how test results are shared with patients.
You can find out more about Jess here: bit.ly/4jphAdK
Jess is a GP and has a research focus on blood testing in #PrimaryCare and how test results are shared with patients.
You can find out more about Jess here: bit.ly/4jphAdK
Dr Jessica Watson
I am a GP and researcher. I study the way doctors use blood tests in primary care and how they share test results with patients.
www.bristol.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Congratulations to @drjessicawatson.bsky.social who has been appointed Consultant Senior Lecturer @capcbristol.bsky.social. 🎉
Jess is a GP and has a research focus on blood testing in #PrimaryCare and how test results are shared with patients.
You can find out more about Jess here: bit.ly/4jphAdK
Jess is a GP and has a research focus on blood testing in #PrimaryCare and how test results are shared with patients.
You can find out more about Jess here: bit.ly/4jphAdK
This work featured in The Lancet and led by Josie Reynolds GP Research fellow with and by communities , reframes our world view of #Dementia and #ageing- so proud to be in this team #PrimaryCare
December 21, 2024 at 3:03 PM
This work featured in The Lancet and led by Josie Reynolds GP Research fellow with and by communities , reframes our world view of #Dementia and #ageing- so proud to be in this team #PrimaryCare