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People in Health West of England launches trailblazing involvement platform
People in Health West of England (PHWE) has launched Discourse, an online platform to enable public involvement in health research in a more modern and inclusive way. PHWE is the West of England’s regional public involvement network, supporting NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre and others in the region…
Bristol researchers to collaborate on national study to understand long COVID
What is long COVID and how can diagnosis be improved? Using data from electronic health records at a national scale alongside information from thousands of participants in the UK’s population-based cohort studies, these and other questions will be tackled following an announcement on 18 February of a nationwide long COVID…
GPs need training to spot patients at risk of psychosis
GPs are in a good position to identify patients who are at risk of developing psychosis. However, it is not always easy for them to do so. In a recent study of the possible barriers, researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care and Centre…
How coronavirus made 2020 the year of the electric bike
By Professor Ashley Cooper, Professor Angie Page and Jessica Bourne at the University of Bristol and the NIHR Bristol BRC. Their article was originally published in The Conversation, 29 December 2020. Walking and cycling gained a higher profile than ever in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. Governments…
Study highlights stark inequality in survival after cardiac surgery between paying and NHS patients
A new study has revealed paying patients are 20 per cent less likely to die or develop major complications, such as reintervention or stroke, after cardiac surgery than NHS patients – findings researchers say cannot be explained by socioeconomic factors alone. The study, led by academics at the University of…
Analysis finds four repurposed antiviral drugs have little or no effect on patients hospitalised for COVID-19
Repurposed antiviral drugs – remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir and interferon – to treat COVID-19 appear to have little or no effect on patients hospitalised for the disease, in terms of overall mortality, initiation of ventilation and duration of hospital stay. The interim findings from the WHO Solidarity trial, published in the…
Making sense of consensus meetings
Dr Christin Hoffmann is a Senior Research Associate in Health Services Research at the University of Bristol and a member of the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre’s Surgical Innovation theme. Consensus meetings bring together different people, such as healthcare professionals, academics and patients, to discuss and agree on a topic…
Researchers contribute to international guidelines on exercise for people with cardiovascular disease
Work by two members of the NIHR Bristol BRC’s Cardiovascular Disease theme has been recognised in new international guidelines and recommendations on exercise and sports, published by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Dr Guido Pieles and Dr Graham Stuart contributed to two impactful new ESC publications released this year:…
Using MRI heart scans to improve care for hospitalised COVID-19 patients
Researchers at the University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust are taking part in a national study which aims to uncover why some COVID-19 patients in hospital have heart muscle damage, and how this can be diagnosed more easily. Blood tests show signs of heart…