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\n \n\n \n30 April 2015
\n \n \n \nSmoking is associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. However, several population studies also show a higher risk in people 3\u20135 years after quitting smoking than in people who continue to smoke.
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\n \n\n \n29 April 2015
\n \n \n \nDr Helen Atherton, Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, participated in a HSJ roundtable event in London on 22 April.
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\n \n\n \n24 April 2015
\n \n \n \nThis is the research question being asked in a brand new online international survey launched by Keele University. Cliona McRobert, a musculoskeletal physiotherapist and NIHR SPCR Doctoral Fellow, is leading this study with Prof Danielle van der Windt at the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University.
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\n \n\n \n22 April 2015
\n \n \n \nThe SPCR funded Parent's Choices About Daycare (PiCARD) study explored the complex decision-making involved in whether to send sick children to Nursery.
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\n \n\n \n22 April 2015
\n \n \n \nKate Button from the University of Bristol\u2019s Centre for Academic Primary Care gave a talk on the key issues with the current model of research methods at the symposium on the reproducibility and reliability of biomedical research hosted by the Academy of Medical Sciences, Wellcome Trust, MRC and BBSRC on 1-2 April 2015 in London.
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\n \n\n \n22 April 2015
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\n \n\n \n7 April 2015
\n \n \n \nIn an editorial published in the BMJ on 31 March, SPCR members Professors Christian Mallen and Elaine Hay from Keele University comment on recent findings questioning the efficacy and safety of paracetamol in the treatment of spinal pain and osteoarthritis, findings that may prompt changes to clinical guidelines.
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\n \n\n \n18 March 2015
\n \n \n \nThere was a packed programme, in the picturesque setting of the National College for Teaching and Leadership at the University of Nottingham, for the SAPC Trent Regional Conference on 17 March.
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\n \n\n \n9 March 2015
\n \n \n \nSafety is not just a property of systems, say patients. It is personal and contingent, and is realized in the interaction between doctor and patient, according to researchers at the NIHR Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (GM PSTRC).
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\n \n\n \n6 March 2015
\n \n \n \nOver the last three years researchers from seven departments within SPCR have developed, piloted and implemented a \u2018patient safety toolkit\u2019 for general practices.
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\n \n\n \n6 March 2015
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Nottingham have developed an IT-based pharmacist-led intervention (PINCER) which has been shown to be effective in reducing prescribing errors in general practices (Lancet publication 2012).
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\n \n\n \n4 March 2015
\n \n \n \nProfessor Dame Sally Davies, the 16th doctor and first woman to hold the position of chief medical officer, talked to a full audience on the ticking time bomb of antibiotic resistance in the Oxford Martin School public lecture on 2 March.
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\n \n\n \n25 February 2015
\n \n \n \nThe Treatment Options without Antibiotics for Sore Throat (TOAST) project, a collaborative study organised through Oxford, Southampton and Bristol Universities, has reached its initial recruitment target of 566 randomized patients across 40 practices on time.
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\n \n\n \n25 February 2015
\n \n \n \nNew research published in the BMJ shows how patients with mental and physical multimorbidity can benefit from integrated models of collaborative care delivered by practice nurses and psychological well-being practitioners in primary care.
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\n \n\n \n23 February 2015
\n \n \n \nFindings from the SPCR funded study published in the BMJ on 18 February indicate that some types of antidepressants may be associated with an increase in suicide and self-harm in people aged 20 to 64 suffering from depression.
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\n \n\n \n10 February 2015
\n \n \n \nAfter the release of the much anticipated REF 2014 results in December, case studies illustrating impact and highlighting the key strengths of individual research projects were published in the Panel Overview Reports by the Higher Education Funding Council for England on 23 January.
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\n \n\n \n10 February 2015
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Nottingham, responsible for developing and testing the PINCER intervention (an IT-based pharmacist-led intervention which has been shown to reduce prescribing errors in general practices), have secured further funding to improve prescribing safety in the East Midlands.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2015
\n \n \n \nThe annual South West Public Health Scientific Conference highlighted both service and university based public health research and evaluation from across the South West and drew from a large pool of public health academic and service professionals throughout the region.
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\n \n\n \n29 January 2015
\n \n \n \nThe Division of Primary Care at the University of Nottingham would like to invite SPCR colleagues interested in discussing collaborative projects in the area of \u2018Organisation and Delivery of Care\u2019 to a meeting on Friday 13th March 2015 from 10am to 3pm. Lunch will be provided.
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