Stress Awareness Month is an opportunity to highlight the impact of stress on individuals and communities, and the role of research in improving prevention, identification, and support.
Stress affects both mental and physical health and is a leading cause of illness and absence from work. Primary care plays a key role in recognising stress-related conditions and supporting people to access appropriate care.
- RESEARCH: Primary Care Under Pressure: mapping the provision of staff wellbeing strategies and interventions for the primary care workforce in England (School for Primary Care Research Grant Reference Number: 702). This project aims to map the current workplace wellbeing support for all clinical and non-clinical staff working the primary care in England. This will allow us to develop a future NIHR project aimed at improving how workplaces support primary care staff mental ill-health and wellbeing.
- NEWS: New Research Partnership Tackles Healthcare Workforce Challenges. Oxford researchers have launched a new partnership to tackle UK healthcare workforce challenges, leveraging SPCR funding.
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PUBLICATION: The hidden work of general practitioners: An ethnography Sharon Spooner et al writes for Social Science & Medicine. This work was supported by The National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research Grant Reference Number: 573.
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PUBLICATION: Supporting your support staff during crises: recommendations for practice leaders to develop a relational workplace. NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) studentship grant (reference number 1189008) for Francesca Dakin.
Through continued collaboration with patients, employers, clinicians, and researchers, the SPCR remains committed to improving early support, strengthening prevention approaches, and ensuring that research addresses what matters most to those affected by stress.