Sharon Hodgson MP Minister for Public Health & Prevention, DH&SC, starts by paying contribute to Ella’s moving talk about growing up and living with allergy #AAW26 #NAS
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Ella Stoneham Lived experience Sharing her story of food allergy and asthma since 6 months of age Many things still an uphill battle.
Primary care-led allergy care in UK. Yes! But training and funding needed to support this when so many demands already on NHS #primarycare
#AAW26 Prof Adam Fox up next, talking about long-standing nature of the mismatch between allergy need and provision in the UK #NAS
(I won’t get a job as official photographer at future events like this on the basis of my efforts so far …)
Allergy UK chief executive Simone Miles representing the patient voice at launch of national allergy strategy #AAW26
Jodie Gosling MP introducing launch of national allergy strategy at Westminster #AAW26 (sorry for poor pic)
Made it to Westminster for launch of UK National allergy strategy Hoping for some better research & NHS provision after decades of neglect #AAW26
Excited to be attending the launch of the UK national allergy strategy this evening, at the start of Allergy awareness week #AAW26 @capcbristol.bsky.social @skinandallergy.bsky.social
Energy Stats Graph
Greener Nights/Mornings Score by Octopus Energy
Aimed to forecast how green the grid will over the coming nights
Could you delay your overnight usage until a greener time?
For more information about Greener Days visit: http://energy-stats.uk/octopus-greener-days/
@riddmj.bsky.social talking about the ATHENA trial at the NIHR South West Research Delivery Network Primary Care Research Symposium today.
ATHENA is investigating whether #amitriptyline tablets stop long term pain from shingles.
And in the final Parallel Session today at #sapcsw2026, 3 more presentations from CAPC colleagues:
Daniela Strelchuk on recording of PTSD diagnoses & symptoms in UK primary care
Andrew Turner on real-world use of topical treatments in paediatric eczema: the STRIPE study
[See thread for third!] ⬇️
Looking forward to the plenary talk this morning at #swsapc2026 by @drjessicawatson.bsky.social on 'Inclusive Digital Health? Making blood test results accessible for all'.
Jess is a GP and Consultant Senior Lecturer here at CAPC. You can find out more about her research here: tinyurl.com/yx5c9yhr
Registration is open for the 2026 BSACI Conference: A New Era in Allergy – The Future Is Here! Read more about the event on their webpage: bsaciconference.org/registration/
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@capcbristol.bsky.social part of new £50m consortium tackling one of UK’s biggest killers www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt...
Read about Anna Gilbertson's PhD about maternal dietary changes during breastfeeding for infant symptoms, in the context of increased reports of cow’s milk protein allergy.
caesar.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/02/26/q...
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Care for someone with neurodiversity and eczema? Tell us their experiences #eczema #neurodiversity us9.list-manage.com/survey?u=188...
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Living with neurodiversity and eczema? Tell us your experiences #eczema #neurodiversity us9.list-manage.com/survey?u=188...
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No.3 #BJGPTop10 Irritable bowel syndrome: Trying low-dose amitriptyline for IBS outweighed patients' concerns
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#ATLANTISTrial #IBS #DigestiveHealth #PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
The Top 10 UK research priorities for childhood food allergy have been published. Developed with children, families and health professionals, they will help shape future research into prevention, diagnosis, treatment and wellbeing: https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-research-priorities-identified-for-childhood-food-allergy #PrimaryCare #Research
The Top 10 UK research priorities for childhood food allergy have been published. Developed with children, families and health professionals, they will help shape future research into prevention, diagnosis, treatment and wellbeing: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-res...
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Researchers at CAESAR have used the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership process to identify the TOP 10 RESEARCH PRIORITIES food allergy in children.
Visit www.bristol.ac.uk/food-allergy-children to read more.
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Visit www.bristol.ac.uk/food-allergy-children to watch 'Once Upon a Plate', a video about the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership that has identified the Top 10 Research Priorities for Food Allergy in Children.
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🚨Just one week to go till our next webinar🚨on:
'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions'.
Details below. ⬇️
See you there! 😊
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Patients, carers and health professionals, led by the CAESAR team through a JLA Priority Setting Partnership, identified the Top 10 research priorities for childhood food allergy research.
www.bristol.ac.uk/food-allergy-children
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Read about how to run a study about childhood eczema and food allergy from TIGER trial manager Dominika Corejova.
tiger.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/blogs/
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Very best wishes of the season from everyone @capcbristol.bsky.social!🎄
Thanks to everyone who has supported & contributed to our research over the last year. 🙏
Our office will be closed from 24 Dec to 5 Jan & our social media elf will be taking a break. 🙂
See you in 2026!
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Read all about what it's like to work as a medical statistician in the field of food allergy in this blog post Q&A with Dr Raquel Granell from CAESAR
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Great workshop! Thank you for running it. People who didn’t make it missed out :-)
A reminder about our decision aid for to anyone with atopic #eczema #dermatitis to help you find the right moisturiser for you (just updated with minor tweaks) You can download it from www.bristol.ac.uk/eczema (+ other eczema resources) @skinandallergy.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
Does bathing daily worsen eczema? The 'Eczema Bathing study' run by the Rapid Eczema Trials team found that bathing daily or weekly has no impact on eczema symptoms. Read more here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/eczema-...
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