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UK incidence of the serious skin cancer melanoma is rising rapidly and action in primary care settings has potential to substantially improve early diagnosis and drive better outcomes for patients. Research from the Primary Care Unit in Cambridge is shaping diagnosis procedures in primary care which could deliver measurable reductions in mortality and morbidity amongst patients with melanoma.
Packing an emotional punch: Using theatre to raise awareness of doctors’ mental health
Impact Research
13 August 2019
Dr Ruth Riley's SPCR funded qualitative study to explore the barriers and facilitators to help-seeking by General Practitioners with mental health problems was added to the NIHR website as a case study earlier this month.
Let’s Talk About Weight
Engagement Impact Research Trainees
20 October 2017
SPCR doctoral student Charlotte Albury is a contributing author on the Public Health England's step-by-step guide to conversations about weight management with children and families for health and care professionals.
Identifying the GP practices prescribing “low priority” treatments
Impact Research
2 October 2017
A new tool by Oxford University researchers launched on OpenPrescribing.net identifies which individual GP practices are prescribing a range of ineffective and wasteful treatments that NHS England are spotlighting.
RCGP Research Paper of the Year Awards
Impact Publication Research
22 September 2017
The Royal College of General Practitioners 2016 Research Paper of the Year Awards took place on Tuesday 19th September 2017. Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Keele were authors on three papers which went on to win their category.
£1.8 million funding for ambitious programme of systematic reviews
Impact Research
18 September 2017
A collaboration of nine member departments of the NIHR School of Primary Care Research has been awarded £1.8 million to undertake, develop the methods, and build capacity in systematic reviews covering priority areas in primary care.
Newcastle receives £1.7m from Alzheimer's Society
Impact Research
23 June 2017
Alzheimer’s Society has committed almost £1.7m to Newcastle University, as part of its biggest single investment in dementia care research.
Lack of evidence for steroids in treating symptoms of sore throat in primary care
Impact Publication Research
18 April 2017
There is not enough evidence to recommend steroids as a treatment for symptoms of sore throat in patients seeing their GP according to researchers at the Universities of Oxford, Southampton and Bristol. In a trial funded by the National Institute of Health Research School for Primary Care Research.
Let's get digital
Engagement Impact Research Trainees
10 April 2017
The NIHR encourages you to “get digital” with the launch of the Let’s Get Digital Competition on 6 April 2017. The competition is designed to recognise those people involved in NIHR research using video, photography, websites, infographics and online communities to promote research.
Roads to Recovery
Impact Research Trainees
4 April 2017
The NIHR Dissemination Centre launched the 'Roads to Recovery: Organisation and Quality of Stroke Services' themed review in Manchester on 4 April.
GP Tutor's conference
Engagement Impact Research
21 March 2017
Ruth Riley (Bristol) and Marta Buszewicz (UCL) presented the results of a School funded study at a workshop for GP tutors who teach UCL Medical School undergraduates on 17 March.
Chichester GP surgery contributing to cancer research
Engagement Impact Research
14 March 2017
The SPCR funded CANDID (Cancer Diagnosis Decision Rules) study is seeing positive results around the country. The School's collaborative study investigates which of the symptoms and examination results received by clinicians are the most effective in predicting lung or colon cancer.
New strategies needed to increase identification of gambling problems
Impact Publication Research
14 March 2017
Participation in gambling is increasing in the UK, with surveys indicating that around 59% of British adults reported gambling activities in 2010, up 7% from three years earlier.
Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health
Impact Research
10 March 2017
Professor Christian Mallen, Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences at Keele University, has been awarded Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health through distinction, in recognition of his clinical and academic contribution to public health.
#BeBoldForChange on International Women's Day 2017
Impact Research Trainees
7 March 2017
This year International Women's Day is being celebrated under the banner of 'Be bold for change'. Universities around the country are taking part in celebrations to promote the delivery of equality for women and to forge a better working world with gender inclusivity.
Seven percent rise in prescriptions for antidepressants in England
Engagement Impact Publication Research
13 February 2017
The University of Southampton's Professor Tony Kendrick spoke to BBC Five about his six year study on the long term use of antidepressants.
One million participants in primary care research
Engagement Impact
9 February 2017
One million patients have now taken part in research through their local GP practice in England, through the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN). The CRN are celebrating this achievement by thanking all the participants across the 56% of local GP practices involved in research.
SPCR doctoral student presents AMR outcomes to DH Chief Scientific Adviser
Engagement Impact Publication Research Trainees
6 February 2017
Ashley Bryce communicated her research on anti-microbial resistance in children with urinary tract infections to Professor Chris Whitty, the Department of Health's Chief Scientific Adviser, at the University of Bristol, on 23 January.
Who cares for the clinicians?
Engagement Impact Publication Research
17 January 2017
Following the publication of an editorial in the BMJ in June 2016, researcher Dr Joanna Spiers highlights her experiences of the School funded research in a blog. She emphasises that GPs are not invulnerable but human and feel the pressures and strains of their demanding work life.