Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that online consultation tools shouldn’t be mandatory as the first step to access GP care, according to an NIHR SPCR-funded study (grant 598): https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/online-consultation-tools-should-not-be-a-mandatory-first-step-to-access-primary-mental-healthcare #SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research @capcbristol.bsky.social

Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that online consultation tools shouldn’t be mandatory as the first step to access GP care, according to an NIHR SPCR-funded study (grant 598): www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/online-...

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Doors are open at the Bradford & West Yorks CRDC Industry Day! 🚀
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The team is ready and waiting. Stop by our @arc-yharc.bsky.social stall to see our latest impact and chat about how we’re improving care across the region.
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And day 2- Keswick to Ambleside- great- they’ll have gone over the Kirkstone pass! Oh- no, they haven’t.

The 2014 Grand Depart in Yorkshire had two great stages- these don’t look anywhere near as good 😟

Grand Départ Grande-Bretagne 2027 Tour de France - Official website

#TourdeFrance #GrandDepart2027. What a disappointment. Of all the routes in #Scotland they could have picked, they basically went for the fastest route to leave the country. Could have had a finish up the Royal Mile in #Edinburgh. Finish is in Carlisle instead

www.letour.fr/en/the-race/...

They should be.

It took the US 30 years to forget the lessons of Vietnam. That the US public really don’t like a steady stream of dead and maimed soldiers coming back from forever wars in other continents.

Seems like it’s only been 20 years this time.

Venezuela latest: Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela until 'safe transition can take place' - watch live The president says the US launched an

How is he going to run it? Without people in #Venezuela to actually do the administration? Who would be targets for #Maduro loyalists. So will need US troops to protect them. Who will be targets, and need more US troops. Afghanistan 2.0. MAGA didn’t vote for this.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...

New Year’s Day- wild seas at Sandsend
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Happy New Year! From a chilly North Yorkshire coast!

The Jean Corsan Prize celebrates ECRs driving progress in dementia research

Open to PhD/MD students with an excellent neurodegeneration paper (including pre-prints). Winner gets £2,500 & presents at #ARUKConf26

Nominate yourself or a colleague by 15 Dec www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...

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Big data isn’t just numbers, it’s a game-changer for dementia research.

Read Our latest blog, “Big Data, Big Opportunity" by Chloe Tulip

#DementiaResearch #BigData #DataScience #HealthInnovation #ResearchImpact

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BIG Research Moments of 2025 - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER Join Alzheimer's Research UK for an online session reflecting on this years dementia news and the part the public play in moving clinical research forward.

Join Alzheimer's Research UK @alzheimersresearchuk.org for an online session reflecting on this years dementia news and the part the public play in moving clinical research forward. 16th December - 1pm

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/big-re...

Oh dear. I had high hopes for Evoke. I was involved with the ELAD trial of liraglutide, which was negative overall but with some tantalising suggestions there could be some benefit on the secondary outcomes. This result is a bit of a blow.

😧

Another post from yesterday’s walk at Scarhouse reservoir in Nidderdale in #NorthYorkshire. Rained the whole way round so plenty of water still to make its way into the reservoir. Very reassuring after it was only 1/3 full at the end of summer!

#yorkshire

Scarhouse reservoir full at last!

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#Winterwalking in Scotland- Lochan na h-Earba
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Abstract submissions for #AAIC26 are open! Share your landmark findings and shape the future of Alzheimer's disease and dementia research by presenting at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2026. Submit by Jan. 12, 2026: alz.org/AAIC

We’re at the ARUK Networking Meeting in Cardiff!
🧠 AI-driven neuroimaging talk by @lewishotchkiss.bsky.social
📊 Posters on Polygenic Risk Scores by Alieyeh Sarabandi & Aynthetic Data by Kafayat Adeoye
Come say hi and learn how DPUK drives dementia research!
#DementiaResearch #AIinHealthcare #DPUK

#Winterwalking in Scotland- stand of Scots pines in front of Creag Meagaidh
#Scotland
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#Winterwalking in Scotland- Gulvain south top on a sunny November day. Bigger day than expected- only 987m but lots of ups and downs along the way, 1300m ascent in total, finished in the dark

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Meet Isabella👋 A PhD student at our Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in dementia at Leeds Beckett University. Her PhD focuses on how marginalised communities experience memory assessment and support for mild cognitive impairment (MCI). #DementiaResearch

Find out more shorturl.at/tQ6l4

Congratulations to Dishaa Sinha, one of the many outstanding women working with @dementiasplatform.bsky.social for her award at #WINAwards2025. She has done great work on our #FAST study and #GreatMinds register. #dementiaresearch #cognition #bloodbiomarkers #ageing #aging 👏👩‍🔬

Welcome the 6 early career researchers beginning their PhD projects in the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in dementia!

This Centre focuses on ways to provide better care and services for people living with dementia!

Find out more: sl1nk.com/JCEfC

Indeed, and I was being a bit melodramatic. Plenty of other possible causes.

Still, only 15 in the study, and one SAE (participant outcome - death)- I’d be monitoring the safety profile in any phase 2 study *very* carefully…

It was very atmospheric in the Pinewoods in #Harrogate the other day- autumn colours muted by the mist…
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#nature
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#stunday

“One participant died months after the infusion” 😬

Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Alzheimer's Research & Therapy launched a new Collection “Advances in Lewy Body Dementia Research”, edited by Kristian Steen Frederiksen and Paul C. Donaghy, that focuses on biomarker discovery, imaging techniques, and treatment strategies in Lewy body dementia.
bit.ly/4qZGaWu

#MedSky

Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission The 2024 update of the Lancet Commission on dementia provides new hopeful evidence about dementia prevention, intervention, and care. As people live longer, the number of people who live with dementia...

We did. High LDL cholesterol is the biggest modifiable risk factor for dementia.

Don’t take my word for it:

#Lancetcommisiondementia

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Thanks Trisha!

Pinewoods, Harrogate, again- nature’s fireworks…
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