Lucy Potter
Academic GP in Bristol- Inclusion Health/ Deep End GP. Improving access to General Practice for AND WITH people with severe and multiple disadvantage. She/ her. orcid.org/0000-0001-5380-5361
- Reposted by Lucy Potter🚨Just one week to go till our next webinar🚨on: 'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions'. Details below. ⬇️ See you there! 😊 @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @bristolhealthp.bsky.social @onecaregpfed.bsky.social
- 📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series: 📢 'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions' 📆Monday 26 Jan 2026 🕛1-2pm 🌐Online Contributors: Prof Nicola Wiles, @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & Dr Daniela Strelchuk 👉Register: tinyurl.com/3myjjyb2
- Reposted by Lucy Potter🩺Today is the FIRST #NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day (10 December).🩺 👩⚕️This important initiative acknowledges the high rates of DA among healthcare professionals & the support they need. Research by Sandi Dheensa & colleagues has informed the campaign. 👉 tinyurl.com/2nwu758s #NHSDAAD #16Days
- Training on grief and bereavement in #primarycare #CPD
- 📢 New course alert! Designed with GPs, 'Grief & Bereavement in Primary Care' features world-leading experts, practical tips & evidence-based resources. Learn how to support bereaved patients effectively & compassionately. Early-bird discount ends 6 Jan Sign up today goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...
- FREE resource for workplaces to become safe spaces for those experience #domesticviolence and #sexualviolence. Great videos!
- "One question, examining the human cost, should guide us: does a collaboration risk complicity in genocide or crimes against humanity?" www.bmj.com/content/391/... Medicine’s reckoning with genocide and crimes against humanity
- Reposted by Lucy Potter❓ What has ARC West achieved since it formed 6 years ago? 👉 Follow #6YearsOfARCWest to find out… In the last 6 years, we have: 👨⚕️ Carried out 202 projects 📓 Published 596 papers 👉 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of... #ARCimpacts
- Such a supportive group and event, thank you @nihrspcr.bsky.social!
- ✨ What a wonderful and inspiring two days at the #SPCRTrainees Event 2025. Thank you to everyone who joined us, shared ideas, and made it such a memorable event. Wishing all our trainees and speakers a safe journey home🚆💼
- How can this not be our business? The impact of the arms trade on health
- Experts urge the medical profession to confront the global arms industry. In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments. tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb
- Reposted by Lucy PotterExperts urge the medical profession to confront the global arms industry. In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments. tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb
- "Team Harm Reduction is a great example of what can happen when science, lived experience, and compassion come together."- inspiring stuff!
- New on the CAPC blog: How team science is helping to detect dangerous #drugs and save lives - @jscottuob.bsky.social relates how a conversation with Prof Chris Pudney @uniofbath.bsky.social sparked an idea that is now saving lives. tinyurl.com/ys83k9yx #HarmReduction
- The part we can (should) play in General Practice in responding to violence against women and girls- a useful summary of what we know and can do ⬇️
- 1/3 - General practice has a vital role to play in the societal response to violence against women & girls, says Prof Gene Feder & colleagues in a new @bjgp.bsky.social editorial. bjgp.org/content/75/7... #GPSky #MedSky #VAWG #PrimaryCare @nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social
- Reposted by Lucy PotterAre 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-...
- Reposted by Lucy Potter📣 Calling all UK undergraduate medical students! Win a funded place at the @sapc.ac.uk Annual Scientific Meeting by entering the @nihrspcr.bsky.social George Lewith competition! 🎓 🔗 Find out more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel... 🗓️ Deadline: 12noon, 25 April 2025 #medicalstudents #PrimaryCare
- Reposted by Lucy PotterPeople experiencing homelessness have high mortality and morbidity from preventable or treatable conditions. This article explores the health impacts of homelessness and practical considerations for clinicians providing care. Includes an infographic www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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- Reposted by Lucy PotterGreat plenary from @drlucypotter.bsky.social at #swsapc2025oxford Really eye opening on the barriers faced by people with severe and multiple disadvantages, and more importantly, what changes can improve access.
- “Improve opportunities for prevention by improving access to primary care for people in inclusion health groups”- great to connect with others at @pathwayuk.bsky.social also striving for this #InclusionHealth2025
- Helping or Harming? Published today, the Barometer Report 2025 from @pathwayuk.bsky.social @crisis-uk.bsky.social, supported by @specsaversuk.bsky.social, lays bare the crisis that pushes people into vicious cycles of homelessness, poor health and destitution 🧵 tinyurl.com/ykv8nn2r
- Reposted by Lucy PotterBrilliant session on assessing and commissioning for varying needs, with insights from around the nations, including @deeoconnell.bsky.social @lisamareebyrne.bsky.social. The common thread? The need for compassionate and genuine coproduction of services. #HealthInclusion2025
- An exciting couple of days ahead @pathwayuk.bsky.social! Great looking programme, excited to get stuck in and re-connect 😁
- Supportive, inspirational leadership. Thank you @katrinaturner.bsky.social!
- What does it take to succeed as a female academic? Head of CAPC, Prof @katrinaturner.bsky.social, reflects and shares insights & advice from her own personal journey in this special #InternationalWomensDay blog. bit.ly/4byvI0x #IWD #IWD2025 #PrimaryCare @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
- Reposted by Lucy PotterNovel insights from our first paper published sharing our qualitative #PrimaryCare research undertaken with Community Research Link Workers- 2 of whom were bilingual. Their involvement was transformative- they led recruitment, facilitation of focus groups and co-analysed the results.
- Why is naloxone training not part of Basic Life Support? Historical? Prejudice? Or am i missing something? #harmreduction #naloxonesaveslives
- Reposted by Lucy PotterCongratulations to @charlotte-archer.bsky.social whose paper on why GPs prescribe beta-blockers for anxiety is #4 in the @bjgp.bsky.social top 10 papers of 2024! 🎉 Read the paper ⬇️ #PrimaryCare #GPSky @bristolbrc.bsky.social
