News: COVID

Hand washing

Germ Defence rolled out across England via GP practices to help reduce household COVID-19 infections

Students sitting on chairs in school

Study finds families and staff support school COVID-19 measures and testing, but action is needed to avoid widening inequalities

Paper:

Reducing COVID-19 risk in schools: a qualitative examination of secondary school staff and family views and concerns in the South West of England

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Shoppers in Bristol wearing face masks

Bristol researchers to collaborate on national study to understand long COVID

  • 18 Feb 2021
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How GPs coped with the rapid shift to remote consultations to reduce the risk of COVID-19

RAPCI consultations paper screenshot
Paper:

The implementation of remote consulting in UK primary care following the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods longitudinal study

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Reasons to be cheerful: vaccines, the new ARC West Manager and scrubs are giving John Macleod hope

  • 21 Jan 2021

Does ‘routine’ social care data even exist? What we learned at the routine data for applied social care research event

  • 17 Dec 2020
A pharmacy in Bristol

Treatment for drug addiction: how do patients in rural areas cope in lockdown?

Spread Germ Defence, not the virus!

An NHS worker in a face mask

RAPCI study final report reveals how general practice has coped with COVID-19

Students sitting on chairs in school

Rapid COVID-19 research: Meeting the challenge of engaging schools over the holidays

Children eating their lunch in a school dining room

Back to School final report reveals views of young people, families and school staff

Paper:

Download the final Back to School rapid report

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Keeping pupils and staff safe at school during COVID-19

Intensive Care Unit

Analysis of seven trials finds that corticosteroids reduce risk of death by 20 per cent in critically ill COVID-19 patients

  • 02 Sep 2020
A young woman wearing a face mask and using a mobile phone on a train

Are digital contact tracing technologies effective during infectious disease outbreaks?

Paper:

Digital contact tracing technologies in epidemics: a rapid review

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A Bristol house with a sign protesting the lack of PPE during the coronavirus pandemic

The UK COVID-19 lockdown prompted greater community spirit and involvement in neighbourhood life

Paper:

Apart but not Alone? A cross-sectional study of neighbour support in a major UK urban area during the COVID-19 lockdown

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A face mask, candles and syringe

The challenges of researching the experiences of people who inject drugs during a pandemic

Zoe Trinder-Widdess, ARC West Communications Manager

Creating a coronavirus app: not as easy as you’d think

A mobile phone with the Coronavirus Support App welcome screen

Bristol team launches coronavirus support app for the UK

A protester at the Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol, 7 June 2020

ARC West rapid review explores disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

The Young People’s Advisory Group – lockdown version

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