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Pills of different shapes, sizes and colours are laid out on a blue surface

From the laboratory to the street: Doing multidisciplinary research to understand the rising numbers of deaths involving opioids and benzodiazepines

Surgeons with patient in operating theatre

Improving shared decision making in surgery

  • 28 Aug 2024
Some of the people behind Common Ambition Bristol - a still from the film HIV: Talk. Test. Protect

Common Ambition Bristol shortlisted for two national awards

  • 25 Aug 2024
Community conversations at Autism Independence

New funding awarded to address inequalities in mental health research

Surgeons with patient in operating theatre

Helping the NHS more quickly identify potentially ‘low value’ surgical procedures

Screenshot of the low value surgery paper
Paper:

Identifying potentially low value surgical care: A national ecological study in England

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A GP talks to a patient

£1.4m award to develop test for antibiotic resistant urinary tract infections

  • 30 Jul 2024
A woman is getting blood taken for a routine test

Study shows how patient safety could be enhanced through blood test management

Screenshot of paper titled: Patient safety in actioning and communicating blood test results in primary care: a UK wide audit using the Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT)
Paper:

Patient safety in actioning and communicating blood test results in primary care: a UK wide audit using the Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT)

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Rapid realist review + virtual wards + people with frailty = ?

Virtual wards for frailty rapid realist review screenshot
Paper:

Virtual wards for people with frailty: what works, for whom, how and why—a rapid realist review

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A screenshot from the school discipline animation showing a young person being crowded by phrases like 'stop looking behind you' and 'no talking'

From research idea to interpreting findings: How young people have shaped the Behaviour in Schools Study

Screenshot from the school discipline animation with a pupil sitting at a desk in front of the words 'detention, isolation' exclusion'

New animations explore the impact of school discipline on pupils’ mental health and wellbeing

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