21 September 2016
\n \n \n \nA 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.
\n \n\n \n \n12 September 2016
\n \n \n \nProfessor 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.
\n \n\n \n \n29 June 2016
\n \n \n \nResearchers 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.
\n \n\n \n \n15 June 2016
\n \n \n \nWorld 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.
\n \n\n \n \n14 June 2016
\n \n \n \nProfessor 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.
\n \n\n \n \n9 June 2016
\n \n \n \nThe Patient Safety Toolkit, developed, piloted and implemented by researchers across seven School for Primary Care Research departments, has been shortlisted for the 2016 Patient Safety Awards, in the 'Improving Safety in Primary Care' category.
\n \n\n \n \n30 March 2016
\n \n \n \nResearchers have now completed recruitment to the Healthtalk module on multiple health conditions. In total, 39 people living across England and Wales were interviewed about their experiences. The interviews are now being analysed and the results will be disseminated via the Healthtalk web site.
\n \n\n \n \n18 March 2016
\n \n \n \nThe Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group (TAG) are surveying researchers, health professionals and the public to identify the unanswered questions about the prevention and treatment of tobacco addiction.
\n \n\n \n \n15 March 2016
\n \n \n \nIn a recent study, researchers at the University of Southampton have explored the effects of the economic recession, NICE guidelines, and the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) to find out how the management of depression has changed since 2006.
\n \n\n \n \n24 February 2016
\n \n \n \nThe VOICES study (ViOlence: Impact on Children Evidence Synthesis), hosted at the University of Bristol, is a NIHR School for Primary Care Research funded investigation to find out what the impact of exposure to domestic violence is on children and the implications for a primary care response.
\n \n\n \n \n26 January 2016
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol have created a unique dataset of 300 GP/patient consultations that will soon be made available for research and educational purposes.
\n \n\n \n \n13 January 2016
\n \n \n \nThe University of Cambridge Primary Care Unit is delighted to invite you to join Sir Iain Chalmers at a presentation he will give on the contributions made by the James Lind Initiative to the understanding of key concepts for assessing claims about the effects of treatments..
\n \n\n \n \n22 December 2015
\n \n \n \nNIHR trainees, including those appointed by the School, have the unique opportunity to attend the annual NIHR Trainee Meeting.
\n \n\n \n \n14 December 2015
\n \n \n \nWith part-funding from the NIHR and School for Primary Care Research, researchers in the internationally acclaimed E-Health Unit at University College London have developed a digital health intervention that is successfully increasing uptake and reducing costs to the NHS.
\n \n\n \n \n14 December 2015
\n \n \n \nThe NIHR Clinical Research Network facilitates the development, set-up and delivery of clinical research studies in the NHS, in close collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders. They include: researchers, research teams, NHS R&D offices and the sponsors and funders of research including the life-sciences industry.
\n \n\n \n \n23 November 2015
\n \n \n \nResearchers across four School departments have been involved in a project to explore the causes of the evidence to practice gap (2nd translational gap) for complex interventions in primary care and what strategies are effective for closing the gap. The project, led by Professor Elizabeth Murray (UCL) and Professor Bie Nio Ong (Keele), completed last year and the team were invited to present their findings to the NIHR Evaluations Trials and Studies (NETSCC).
\n \n\n \n \n9 November 2015
\n \n \n \nA film about the SPCR funded ATAFUTI project was broadcast by That's Solent TV on 6 November highlighting the main areas of concern within antimicrobial resistance and the treatment of urinary tract infections. Filming took place on the Abbeywell Surgery in Romsey where recruitment is taking place.
\n \n\n \n \n2 November 2015
\n \n \n \nDr Alison Gregory, SPCR research fellow at the University of Bristol, is joint recipient of the Corinna Seith Award, presented to her by the organisation: Woman Against Violence Europe (WAVE).
\n \n\n \n \n26 October 2015
\n \n \n \nThe North American Primary Care Research Group's (NAPCRG) 43rd annual meeting is currently taking place in Cancun, Mexico where primary care researchers and trainees are gathering to present SPCR funded studies.
\n \n\n \n \n14 October 2015
\n \n \n \nThank you to all the presenters, chairs and trainees who made the event engaging, informative and inspiring. The meeting, guest lectures and dinner with Dame Sally provided a good opportunity to network and meet members of the School Board and Training Leads.
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