Research and evidence seminars

Online, via Microsoft Teams
Tuesday 27 May – 12:30pm to 1:30pm

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• Dr Jessica Watson (University of Bristol) – Creating evidence-based testing panels for monitoring long-term conditions in primary care.
• Prof. Emma Clark (University of Bristol) – Vfrac: vertebral fracture clinical decision tool for older people with back pain.
• Dr Eszter Szilassy (University of Bristol) – Expanding the IRIS (Identification and Referral to Improve Safety) primary care domestic abuse programme to include men, children and young people. Introducing the IRIS+ Trial.

Online, via Microsoft Teams
Tuesday 24 April – 1 to 2pm

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Our speakers for this event are:

• Dr Rupert Payne – University of Exeter – Improving Medicines use in People with Polypharmacy in Primary Care
• Dr Alexandra Creavin – University of Bristol – Out of hours (OOH) primary care provision: challenges facing the GP out of hours system.
• Dr Zoe Anchors – University of West of England – Increasing engagement and improving patient experience of cervical screening in primary care: Implementing the left lateral test position. A realist evaluation and implementation study.

Online, via Microsoft Teams
Monday 25 March – 1 to 2pm

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Our speakers for this event are:

Dr Amanda Owen-Smith, University of Bristol – Healthy minds, healthy bodies: can community weight loss services support better mental health?

Dr Karen Coulman, University of Bristol – Evaluation of new NHS England models of care to deliver obesity medication in primary care.

Online, via Microsoft Teams
Monday 10 March – 1 to 2pm

Our speakers for this event are:

Dr Angeliki Papadaki (University of Bristol) – Connecting communities with an essential service: Introducing Meals on Wheels UK.

Dr Michael Loizou (University of Plymouth) – The BRIDGING project: Using VR to empower autistic employees.

Dr Jo Thorne (University of Bristol) – Measuring the use of informal care, social care and aids/adaptations for economic evaluation.

Where: Online, via Microsoft Teams
When: Thursday 12 September, 1pm to 2pm
Speaker: Adam Harangozó, NIHR Coordinating Centre

We are delighted to welcome Adam Harangozó to present a special seminar about his work as an NIHR Wikipedian-in-Residence, and how health and care information is shared on Wikipedia.

12noon to 1pm
Dr Julie Armoogum, University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol – Living with chronic pain after cancer treatment

We welcome you to a special seminar introducing our latest Launching Fellow, Dr Julie Armoogum, and the important research they are embarking on.

Julie is a Macmillan Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Wellbeing and a researcher within the Centre for Health and Clinical Research at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). Julie studies ways to support people living with chronic pain after cancer treatment.

Find out about our ICB Research ‘Launching Fellowship’ scheme

3 to 4pm

We are pleased to present a special seminar with a theme around ‘Inclusive Research’ – research in under-served communities. Please join us for this opportunity to hear about the research we are supporting.

Our speakers:
Dr Jenny Scott, University of Bristol

Exploring a novel approach to reducing health inequalities in people who use drugs: Understanding the acceptability of, practicalities around, and barriers to the introduction of a community pharmacy based health check for people who use drugs.

Ghislaine Swinburn, The Wellspring Surgery

Nutritional assessment of the homeless population.

Dr Sahdia Parveen, University of Bradford

Implementation and evaluation of the ADAPT toolkit to improve the dementia care pathway for South Asian Families (ADAPTi).

Dr Ilhem Berrou, University of the West of England, Bristol

How do community-based health interventions, delivered by Caafi Health, mitigate the impact of digital exclusion on the health of people from minority ethnic groups? What works, for whom, to what extent, and in what contexts?

12noon to 1pm

We are pleased to present a special seminar with a theme around Optimising Care Services.

Our speakers:
Dr Leila Rooshenas, University of Bristol

A mixed-methods investigation of the delivery, impact and acceptability of a national de-adoption programme across Clinical Commissioning Groups in the English National Health Service.

Prof Athene Lane, University of Bristol

TReating Urinary symptoms in Men in Primary Healthcare (TRIUMPH) using non-pharmaceutical and non-surgical interventions.

Dr Helen Nicholson, UWE Bristol

OPTionS – Older adult Pre-hospital frailty Tool for conveyance decisION Support.

Dr Lindsay Smith, UWE Bristol

Follow-up care for hip and knee replacements.

Dr Praveen Kumar, UWE Bristol

Could rehabilitation exercise videos be given as part of standard care by health care professionals (HCPs) to people with stroke (PwS) prior to discharge from the hospital?

1 to 2pm

We are pleased to present a special seminar with a theme around Health and Care Workforce.

Our speakers:
Dr Sabi Redwood, University of Bristol

Building capacity and resilience of the homecare workforce: a mixed-methods study evaluating the impact of different homecare service delivery models on workforce sustainability

Prof Nicki Walsh, UWE Bristol

First Contact Physiotherapy in primary care (FRONTIER): A realist evaluation of effectiveness and costs.

Prof Sarah Voss, UWE Bristol

A realist evaluation of paramedics working in General Practice (READY Paramedics).

Dr Zoe Anchors, UWE Bristol

Work-related stress in ambulance staff.

1 to 1.30pm

We are pleased to present this special bitesize online seminar.

This seminar is an introduction to how health economists measure the outcomes of health and care interventions for use in value-for-money decision-making. It will provide an overview of the most commonly used outcome measures and give examples of how these measures have been used in practice.

With Louise Proud, PhD Student, Health Economics Bristol, University of Bristol.

1 to 2pm

We welcome you to a special seminar explaining our Launching Fellowship scheme.

Please join us for the opportunity to hear from two previous Launching Fellows about their important research, and how the scheme has benefitted them.

Our speakers:
Dr Anna Pease: Research Fellow, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol

The Baby Sleep Project: developing and testing interventions to reduce the risks for sudden and unexpected infant deaths.

Dr Alice Berry: Senior Research Fellow, School of Health and Social Wellbeing, UWE Bristol

Reducing Inequities in Musculoskeletal Health.

The Launching Fellowship scheme is open to applications, closing 31 July 2023. Guidance and application information for the Launching Fellowship scheme.

11am to 12noon

We welcome you to a special seminar introducing our latest Launching Fellowship awardees.

Please join us for the opportunity to hear from our Launching Fellows, and the important research they are embarking on.

Our speakers:
Dr Anna Bibby: Consultant Respiratory Physician & Honorary Senior Research Fellow, North Bristol NHS Trust and University of Bristol

Optimising the effectiveness of lung cancer screening in the Targeted Lung Health Checks.

Dr Charlotte Archer: Senior Research Associate in Primary Care Mental Health, University of Bristol

Investigating the use of beta-blockers for the treatment of anxiety disorders in primary care.

11am to 12noon

We are pleased to present a special seminar with a theme around Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity. Please join us for this opportunity to hear about the research we are supporting.

Our speakers:
Dr Narinder Bansal, University of Bristol

Understanding ethnic inequities in pathways to mental health services.

Debbie Johnson, University of Bristol

Which communities are underserved by perinatal mental health services in the BNSSG area, what are the barriers to access and what interventions are needed to address these?

Dr Tom Allport, University of Bristol

Improving maternal wellbeing and early child development in refugee families – towards evidence-development for a multi-faceted peer support intervention.

Dr Natalia Lewis, University of Bristol

TAPCARE: Evidence synthesis on trauma-informed health care.

12noon to 1pm

Please join us for a special seminar focusing on The south Asian Dementia diAgnosis PaThway (ADAPT) study, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), hosted by Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB, and led by Professor Rik Cheston from UWE Bristol and Dr. Sahdia Parveen from the University of Bradford. This seminar will be chaired by Paul Roy, Research Manager at Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB.

People living with dementia from South Asian communities, along with their families, are often disadvantaged when seeking suitable support. There are many different reasons for this, but relatively few resources available for awareness raising, assessment and post-diagnostic interventions that are validated and culturally appropriate.

All too often where resources do exist, then health care workers are unable to identify them. Moreover, good care often requires partnership working between large organisations, such as NHS Trusts, and smaller community-based organisations. However, tensions can arise in partnership working.

To meet these challenges, the ADAPT project has created a website that brings together a toolkit of culturally appropriate resources focused on the dementia care pathway, from awareness of the condition to its medical assessment as well as post-diagnostic support. It also offers advice and recommendations to healthcare staff providing relevant services.

The ADAPT toolkit

11am to 12noon

Our speakers for this event are:

Prof Peter Blair, University of Bristol

A clinical effectiveness investigation of a multi-faceted intervention to improve management of antibiotics for CHIldren presenting to primary care with acute COugh and respiratory tract infection (CHICO).

Rik Lander, UWE Bristol

Is ROMI, a conversational artificial intelligence, an effective way to deliver support and structured education to people with type 2 diabetes who do not engage with usual care services?

Dr Jessica Watson, University of Bristol

Why Test: Using the PACT collaborative to explore reasons for primary care testing.

Dr Rebecca Kandiyali, University of Warwick

Implementation of flash glucose monitoring in four paediatric diabetes clinics.

Prof Jeremy Horwood, University of Bristol

The RAPCI Project: Rapid COVID-19 Intelligence to improve general practice response.