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RCGP recognises achievements in general practice

21 May 2018

Professors Elaine Hay and Joanne Protheroe, from Keele University, and Peter Bower from the University of Manchester were presented with awards in recognition of their achievements in general practice at the RCGP's spring general meeting on 11 May.

NHS70 Excellence in primary care award - regional winners

21 May 2018

Professor Tony Avery and the research team at the University of Nottingham were chosen as the regional winners in the The Excellence in Primary Care Award category of the NHS70 Parliamentary Awards. They are part of the shortlist for the national award.

New £3m research investigates screening that could prevent one in ten strokes

16 May 2018

A new £3m research programme funded by an National Institute for Health Research Programme Grant for Applied Research (PGfAR) will investigate screening to detect undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, a heart condition responsible for one in ten strokes.

James Lind Alliance Advanced Heart Failure Priority Setting Partnership

15 May 2018

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Oxford, Cambridge and Lancaster are teaming up with health professionals, patients, carers and members of the public to identify the top ten research priorities for advanced heart failure.

Gout is not linked to increased risk of fractures

15 May 2018

New findings from School funded research on the fracture risk for gout patients contradicts earlier research about whether or not patients suffering from gout are more likely to experience fractures.

Review shows lack of evidence supporting use of antidepressants for insomnia

15 May 2018

Research led by the University of Southampton has found there is not enough evidence to support the current clinical practice of prescribing antidepressants for insomnia.

The Academy of Medical Sciences recognise leading biomedical and health scientists

10 May 2018

Professors Jonathan Mant, Susan Jebb and Simon Griffin are amongst the 48 elected to join the Fellowship of The Academy of Medical Sciences.

Research paper makes Pulse top five practice-changing papers of 2017

8 May 2018

A paper on the use of oral steroids for the treatment of acute lower respiratory tract infection by Professors Alastair Hay, Paul Little and Anthony Harnden, et.al., from research funded by the School, has been selected as one of Pulse magazine's top five practice-changing papers of 2017.

Britain's fat fight with Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall

8 May 2018

The University of Oxford's Professor Paul Aveyard and SPCR doctoral student Charlotte Albury were involved in the filming of the BBC's 'Britain's fat fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in November 2017.

NIHR’s I Am Research and NHS70 campaign kicks off

3 May 2018

The NIHR launched the annual I Am Research campaign on 1 May, which aims to encourage patients, carers and the public to get involved in research. The campaign is also seeking to raise awareness and involvement in research among health and care professionals.

Ten years on: PRIMER is Making a Difference

2 May 2018

New study aims to better understand the role of food allergy testing in childhood eczema

• Skin & Allergy

25 April 2018

GPs and researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Southampton and Nottingham have been funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research to undertake a study to explore the role of food allergy testing in children with eczema.

Children with asthma and neurological conditions to be targeted by flu preventing strategies say researchers

19 April 2018

School funded research recently published in Epidemiology and Infection, recommends that strategies for preventing flu and complications arising from flu in the community should be targeted at children with asthma and neurological conditions.

Targeted approaches for male and BAME patients to improve equity in uptake

19 April 2018

Patients are more likely to attend an NHS Health Check if they’re already at lower risk of stroke or heart attack, a SPCR funded University of Bristol evaluation has found. The patient groups most likely to respond to the standard invitation to attend a check are female, ‘white British’, older or from more affluent areas.

To treat or not to treat: Primary Mental Health Conference 2018

11 April 2018

The Primary Care and Population Sciences Department at the University of Southampton held the 2018 Primary Mental Health Conference on 11 April.

'Kidney age', not kidney disease

3 April 2018

There should be a rethink in how doctors talk to some patients with reduced kidney health, replacing the term ‘chronic kidney disease’ (CKD) with different bands of kidney age, according to a group of experts writing in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

New Primary Care Outcomes Questionnaire shown to be valuable for primary care research

28 March 2018

The Primary Care Outcomes Questionnaire (PCOQ) developed by researchers at the University of Bristol's Centre for Academic Primary Care has been tested and found to be valid and responsive as an instrument for measuring patient-reported outcomes. The questionnaire has the potential to improve researchers’ ability to measure effectiveness of interventions and may also be useful to GPs for assessing the effectiveness of individual patient care.

Safety of Antidepressants

28 March 2018

Childhood type 1 diabetes diagnosis time could be reduced

23 March 2018

The time it takes to diagnose type 1 diabetes could be reduced by two weeks in up to one third of children, suggests a study led by Oxford University researchers.

National Standards for Public Involvement

20 March 2018

The NIHR has partnered with colleagues from across the UK to develop a core set of standards and indicators for public involvement in research.