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About the School for Primary Care Research

Our mission is to increase the evidence base for primary care practice, and to increase research capacity in primary care.

Established in 2006, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research is a partnership between nine leading academic centres for primary care research in England. 

The School brings together academics and practitioners from across the country to collaborate on cutting edge, topical primary care studies that have an impact both at policy level and in general practices around the country. In addition to conducting high profile research, we attract the best new researchers into our capacity programme and offer trainees support and networking opportunities through an extensive training and events programme. 

The SPCR is funded by the NIHR.

Phase IV funding

Details of the NIHR funding period for the SPCR, which runs from 2021–2026.

SPCR 2021–2026

Members

Learn more about the nine universities in the SPCR partnership.

Member universities

Our teams

Meet our board, our directorate team, training leads, students and more.

People

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Key contacts

Jess Nye
Senior Programme Manager

jess.nye@ucl.ac.uk

Esther van Vliet
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Manager
e.van.vliet@keele.ac.uk

Claire Ashmore
Community Engagement Manager - Three Schools' Mental Health Research Programme
c.ashmore@keele.ac.uk

Tina Patel
PA / Research Administrator - Three Schools' Mental Health Research Programme
tina.patel@nottingham.ac.uk

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