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Read moreSPCR trainees' event offers phenomenal breadth and quality of research
The SPCR trainees’ event at St Anne’s College, Oxford, was attended by a record number of delegates from across the School and NIHR on 24 & 25 September this year.
Read moreSPCR Research Showcase 2018
Read moreThe Elder Magazine interviews Professor Louise Robinson
Improving Dementia Care: Addressing Inequality in Post-Diagnostic Support
Read moreHelping GPs recognise the early stages of psychosis
Read moreThe School comes out on top at RCGP conference this year
An incredible two School funded studies won 2018 Research Paper of the Year awards in their categories at the annual RCGP conference in Glasgow on 4 October.
Read moreWelcome
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research is a partnership between nine leading academic centres for primary care research in England. Our main aims are to increase the evidence base for primary care practice through high quality research and strategic leadership, and to build capacity in primary care with a well established training programme.
Upcoming events
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International Perspectives on Evaluation of PPI in Research
Thursday, 15 November 2018 to Friday, 16 November 2018
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National GP ACF and Early Career Medical Researchers Conference
Thursday, 14 March 2019 to Friday, 15 March 2019
Funding
The School for Primary Care Research is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
News
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Pursuing excellence in dementia care
10 October 2018
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Helping GPs recognise the early stages of psychosis
10 October 2018
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The School comes out on top at RCGP conference this year
4 October 2018
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SPCR trainees' event offers phenomenal breadth and quality of research
28 September 2018
Blog posts
Established in 2006
420 projects to date
153 trainee awards made
Contact us
Georgina Fletcher, Manager
Kate Farrington, Communications
Karen Rhodes, Finance
Ellie Morgan-Jones, Events
Karen Morecroft, Projects
Latest publications
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Synthesizing Qualitative Data Sets to Improve the Design of Trials and Complex Health Interventions: A Worked Example
Journal article
Katrina M. Turner, John Percival, David Kessler, Jenny L. Donovan, (2018), Qualitative Health Research
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OPtimising Treatment for MIld Systolic hypertension in the Elderly (OPTiMISE): protocol for a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial
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James P Sheppard, Jenni Burt, Mark Lown, Eleanor Temple, John Benson, Gary A Ford, Carl Heneghan, F D Richard Hobbs, Sue Jowett, Paul Little, Jonathan Mant, Jill Mollison, Alecia Nickless, Emma Ogburn, Rupert Payne, Marney Williams, Ly-Mee Yu, Richard J McManus, (2018), Bmj general practice, 8
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Patient understanding of two commonly used patient reported outcome measures for primary care: a cognitive interview study
Journal article
Mairead Murphy, Sandra Hollinghurst and Chris Salisbury, (2018), BMC Family Practice, 19