The annual trainees\u2019 event was well supported this year with over 70 delegates attending a range of talks and poster presentations at the two day meeting on 19 and 20 September.
A new online resource has been launched to help patients with several long term conditions to not only self-manage their treatment approaches across multiple conditions but to help influence the tailored nature of treatment required by NICE in the new guidelines.
Professor Kath Checkland, from the University of Manchester's Institute of Population Health, met with a select committee in Parliament on 6 September to provide insight on the long-term sustainability of the NHS.
Doctoral researcher Benjamin Fletcher and researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have had their publication 'Self-monitoring blood pressure in patients with hypertension: an internet-based survey of UK GPs' featured in the August edition of BJGP. The research presents the findings of a survey (with 300 GPs) to assess current practice of using self-monitoring of blood pressure (SMBP) for the control of hypertension.
Case management that is initiated in hospital and led by specialist nurses may reduce unplanned hospital re-admissions and length of hospital stay for adults with heart failure, say research findings from School funded research recently selected as a NIHR Signal.
Dr Juliet Usher-Smith, Clinical Lecturer at the Primary Care Unit at the University of Cambridge has been awarded a Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Prevention Fellowship of almost \u00a3450k for her research entitled 'Developing a very brief intervention to promote behaviour change for cancer prevention in primary care.'
The University of Southampton's Professor Tony Kendrick and his research team have recently been awarded a NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research for their application: REviewing long-term anti-Depressant Use by\r\nCareful monitoring of Everyday practice (REDUCE).
Dr Matthew Ridd, a practising GP and Consultant Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol, has won the 2017 John Fry Award. Matthew's research explores continuity of care and person-centred care, with a foundation in dermatological issues in general practice and wider primary care.
Fleeting \u2018mini-strokes\u2019 suffered by 50,000 Britons a year may have a long-lasting impact, experts warn.\r\nMini-strokes, also called transient ischaemic attacks or TIAs, are usually considered a short-term issue and are often dismissed as exhaustion, a migraine or a \u2018funny turn\u2019. When they are taken seriously at all, it is usually because they can be a warning sign that a major stroke is on the way.
The School for Primary Care Research co-funded a study into type 2 diabetes which has produced the most detailed picture to date of the genetics underlying the condition.
Congratulations to Dr Sophie Park, GP and Senior Lecturer in Primary Care at UCL, who was awarded the prize for best educational research presentation 2016 at SAPC in Dublin.
The School is pleased to announce that \u00a32.5 million has been awarded to collaborative studies in the areas of infection, anti-microbial resistance, hypertension, polypharmacy and multimorbidity. The large cross-department projects will start within the next six months and complete by May 2019.
Researchers at the University of Oxford recently held a stakeholder workshop to inform future research priorities for the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group as part of the group's 20th anniversary. The stakeholder engagement forms part of a wider School funded study to gather evidence to inform smokers and healthcare providers of ways to prevent or stop smoking.
By exploring patients\u2019 perceptions and experiences researchers have identified a wide variety of factors perceived to impact on patient safety in primary care.
A great line up of SPCR research is scheduled at this year's SAPC ASM including results from over thirty SPCR funded studies. In addition to the plenary and poster presentations, and elevator pitches, School members will be chairing sessions, workshops and special interest groups.
The EULAR Annual European Congress of Rheumatology took place in London from 8 to 11 June this year aiming to improve interaction between patients, medical doctors, scientists, health professionals.
World leading research on ageing at Newcastle University's Institute for Ageing was recognised by the Queen as part of her 90th birthday celebrations. A new Regius Professorship was created, one of twelve in the country, which recognises exceptionally high quality research.
Professor Debbie Sharp, a member of the School since its inception ten years ago, has been awarded an OBE for services to primary care in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
SPCR fellow Zarnie Khadjesari (2011-2014), has been awarded a King\u2019s Improvement Science (KIS) senior fellowship to start in June 2016 for a period of three years.
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