I'm on my phone and can't work out how to reply as personal messages! Apologies ans also for jumping on this thread!
I'm presuming you're all Bristol based and with youngish children? If so, can I ask if you'd be interested in helping shape the future of some health care research we are hoping to do at the University of Bristol? This isn't to take part in research but to make sure the research is done into the most relevant aspects!
Would you like to come to a meeting at the University of Bristol in Clifton onn 8 Augustst 10.30-12ish,* to talk to primary care researchers? We can offer you a £25 Love2Shop voucher and travel expenses for taking part.
The meeting will be at at Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PSS_ (next to Clifton Down shopping Centre).
The meeting will be with Prof Alastair Hay, whose research focuses on the management of childhood infections. We invite members of the public to get involved to help shape what research takes place, how it is done and the questions that researchers are asking.
I realise that it is peak holiday season and short notice but I would be grateful if you could let me know if you are interested in coming along.
A bit more about our research into infectious diseases*
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Infectious diseases are particularly common in the young children and older people. The Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) infection team at the University of Bristol is working on research projects to improve how coughs, colds, chest and other common infections are managed, and help the NHS ensure that children who need it receive appropriate treatment. We also want to give better information and skills to parents, supported by good science, to help them manage these infections with confidence.
We are exploring the best ways to treat common infections including coughs and colds, ear infections, urinary tract infections, as well as improving the information GPs and nurses give parents of children with coughs, colds and ear infections. We are also developing improved decision-making tools for clinicians, so they can give you the best advice. For example, it can take up to 15 days for 90 per cent of children with a common cold to recover (double this for chest infections), which can seem a very long time to a worried parent. We hope that this research will help parents to look after themselves and their children with more confidence when they are ill, reduce the number of GP visits and reduce antibiotics use.
If you would like to take part in our meeting on 8th Augustt_ I can send you more information.
We look forward to hearing from you.