University of Cambridge to keep vet school open The university's general board agrees a new way forward for veterinary education.

Yay Cambridge Vet School stays open.

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NHS data reveal 'collapse' in GP jobs in England Availability of GP jobs has improved over the past year but remains far below the level seen in 2022/23, according to NHS data that shine new light on the extent of the jobs shortage in general…

NHS data reveal 'collapse' in GP jobs in England

Are you heading to @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social on 9 October?
Don’t miss @clarejtaylor.bsky.social, “HFpEF for primary care”, in GP Clinical Theatre 2.

👉 Register now to secure your place: www.bestpracticeshow.co.uk/25-pccs

Busiest summer ever for general practice as appointments hit record high General practice delivered more appointments this summer than ever before, NHS data reveal.

Busiest summer ever for general practice as appointments hit record high

UNSCRIPTED is upmarket fiction and would make a great book club pick. It’s a story of friendship, fame, and second chances with two love stories at its heart.

If any publishers out there are interested, please get in touch.

PCCS Podcast Podcast · Primary Care Cardiovascular Society · Welcome to PCCS Podcasts! The Primary Care Cardiovascular Society aims to support, educate and empower primary care healthcare practitioners to develop ...

Looking to boost your primary care cardiovascular knowledge and skills? We highly recommend tuning into @pccs.bsky.social Podcasts!

✅Evidence-based content
✅Practical takeaways for your daily practice
✅Evolving guidelines and innovations!

🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/752FN5Z...

SAPC ASM 2025, Cardiff

#SAPC2025
#SAPC_ASM

If you are at #HSRUK25 in Newcastle the best session of the conference is at 11.30 today 💡

We will be talking all about the interface of implementation science and health economics

Carlos Sillero Rejon Robert Heggie Magdalena Skyrbrant

website 🎉
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Building capacity in the academic general practice research workforce General practice provides most of primary care in the UK and is the cornerstone of the NHS, with well over a million GP consultations occurring each working day.1 Lord Darzi’s recent review of the NHS...

Our paper on building capacity in the academic general practice research workforce out @bjgp.bsky.social inc five recommendations to address clinical academic crisis highlighted in the MRC report 'Reversing the Decline'

bjgp.org/content/75/7...

@unibirmingham.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Anyway, here’s the book, and I am sorry to link to Am*zon, but in the UK it is very hard to get a self-published book into the systems of eg Waterstones and into indie bookshops, thanks to the way Gardners operates (a subject for another day). www.amazon.co.uk/Unscripted-C...

Treatment uptake in the era of quadruple pharmacotherapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: from prescriptions to patient adherence and persistence.

#HFA_ESC #HeartFailure2025

Watch now: Prof. Sir Aziz Sheikh's inaugural lecture recording is now online 📽️

Find out more about our Head of Department's experiences and insight in his lecture 'Catalysing the Data-enabled Transformation of Health - Globally'.

www.phc.ox.ac.uk/news/celebra...

🚨 PCCS 5th Spring Conference

Final Session: Expert Panel Discussion. Closing the conference, Prof. Ahmet Fuat & Prof. Clare Taylor lead a vital discussion on:
💡 Applying the Evidence into the Real World – bridging research with everyday clinical practice.

🧪Hello! are you a scientist who started your PhD in 2020 and are now wrapping up? I want to know how your life is and how you're feeling about your prospects in 2025 for a story in @nature.com. DM me or find me on Signal at aheidt.16. Tell yo friends!

(Also seeking international sources.)

This is a beautiful pic. Sometimes I can’t quite believe I was lucky enough to call the place in the photo my home for six years 💜 Always wonderful to go back. Enjoy.

Survey header with University of Bristol logo. Have your say to improve the care of people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK We are looking for research ideas to improve health and care for people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK. This is a survey for people with HIV aged over 50, their carers, and healthcare professionals involved in their care.

Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50?

What are the important issues for you & your patients?

We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...

👇GP colleagues - please can you take 5 minutes to help a PhD student by filling in a short questionnaire on pathways to the diagnosis of coeliac disease #TeamGP #Coeliac #HealthResearch

Our paper from @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social #BEATHF project published in @jaccjournals.bsky.social “Earlier Detection of Heart Failure at Community Heart Health Events Using the BEAT-HF tool” kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F... @carysbarton.bsky.social @clarejtaylor.bsky.social

Survey - Independent review of physician associates and anaesthesia associates: survey of healthcare professionals

#TeamGP The Leng review of physician and anaesthesia associates has launched a survey of healthcare professionals. This will be open until the 30th March. It is important that we have good representation from general practice: consultations.dhsc.gov.uk/67b88983cde4...
@rcgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

Heart failure may be of limited value in predicting stroke risk in people with atrial fibrillation whose overall prognosis is poor doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #GeneralPractice

The general trend is crazy. Here is Twitter vs Bluesky volumes for the last week. On some days they are equal in volume.

We're so close to reaching 6,000 members! Just 4 more to go. Can you help us hit this milestone by the end of the day?! Join the PCCS community now! 🌟 #PCCS pccsuk.org/join/

Majority of UK doctors are women - with GPs among specialties leading the way Female doctors now outnumber their male counterparts for the first time in UK history - with general practice among the top three specialties with the highest proportion of women, the GMC has revealed...

For the first time ever, the majority of UK doctors are women - and general practice is among specialties leading the way www.gponline.com/majority-uk-...

Get Fitter in Feb I am supporting Pumping Marvellous during Heart Month to help BEAT Heart Failure Every year 200,000 people are diagnosed with Heart Failure. I am taking on the 200,000 step challenge to support patien

February is Heart month and I’ve walked 200,000 steps for @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social to recognise the 200,000 people who will be diagnosed with heart failure this year. Any sponsorship would be fab to support this truly marvellous charity. Let’s BEAT HF together ❤️ pmf.enthuse.com/pf/clare-tay...

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Uncertainty of risk estimates from clinical prediction models: rationale, challenges, and approaches Clinical prediction models estimate an individual’s risk (probability) of a health related outcome to help guide patient counselling and clinical decision making. Most models provide a single point es...

**NEW BMJ PAPER**

"Uncertainty of risk estimates from clinical prediction models: rationale, challenges, and approaches"

- most models provide just a risk estimate
- we argue for presenting associated uncertainty too
- includes pros, cons, PPIE & methods

Hope helpful!
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Transitioning between clinical and academic practice from the perspectives of clinical academic trainees, academic training programme directors and academic supervisors: a mixed methods study - BMC Me... Background The career pathway of clinical academics in the UK is challenging. To pursue academic endeavors, trainees often undertake approved time ‘Out of Programme for Research’ (OOPR), a standalone ...

#MedicalEducation #PrimaryCare
Our paper
A disconnect between the clinical & academic world leaves clinical academic trainees stuck between the two, being pulled by each, feeling like they are not meeting the expectations of either. Tailored support for transitions & career progress is needed.

The PCCS is delighted to announce a new resource, available in both video and podcast!
Join Alison Warren, Bev Bostock & Prof Derek Connolly as they discuss Lipoprotein (a) and whether it could be the missing puzzle piece in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD). pccsuk.org/academy/6/li...

💕Need a good love story? 💕
I’ve got some recs on a list on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social

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