25 July 2016
\n \n \n \nDr 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.
\n \n\n \n \n12 July 2016
\n \n \n \nThe 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.
\n \n\n \n \n27 June 2016
\n \n \n \nBy exploring patients\u2019 perceptions and experiences researchers have identified a wide variety of factors perceived to impact on patient safety in primary care.
\n \n\n \n \n24 June 2016
\n \n \n \nA 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.
\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 \n25 May 2016
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Professor Elaine Hay who is one of eight awarded the Distinguished Member Award by the British Society for Rheumatology this year.
\n \n\n \n \n28 April 2016
\n \n \n \nDr Kamal Mahtani is this year's winner of the RCGP Yvonne Carter Award for Outstanding New Researcher.
\n \n\n \n \n19 April 2016
\n \n \n \nThree NACRG Pearls have been awarded this year, for School funded work, by the Community Clinician Advisory Group (CCAG). They were selected amongst others as the top research studies presented at the NAPCRG Annual Meeting (2015) that will impact clinical practice.
\n \n\n \n \n18 April 2016
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the Universities of Bristol, Keele and University College London have fed back early research findings to help shape the development of a NHS England commissioned service for GPs with mental health problems.
\n \n\n \n \n4 April 2016
\n \n \n \nDevolving health and social care decisions to local politicians and professionals adds further complexity to an already complex system.
\n \n\n \n \n4 April 2016
\n \n \n \nAn analysis of the workload in primary care from 2007 to 2014, conducted by researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Bristol, found that increases in average consultation rates rose by 13.5% over the seven year period.
\n \n\n \n \n1 April 2016
\n \n \n \nIt seems apt that the School is well represented in the NIHR's ninth round of Senior Investigator appointments this year, ten years after the establishment of the NIHR and the School in 2006.
\n \n\n \n \n23 March 2016
\n \n \n \nSchool funded research, led by Professor Carol Coupland at the University of Nottingham and recently published in the BMJ, suggests that commonly used antidepressants, known as \u2018selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors\u2019 (SSRIs), are not associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular conditions, such as heart attacks and strokes in people aged below 65.
\n \n\n \n \n16 March 2016
\n \n \n \nAntibiotic resistance in children with urinary infections is high and could render some antibiotics ineffective as first-line treatments, warns a study published by The BMJ today.
\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 \n9 February 2016
\n \n \n \nFollowing seedcorn funding from the School in 2015, Dr Luke Munford has successfully won a post-doctoral award from the MRC to research health and well-being in later life through measurement, predictions, and interventions.
\n \n\n \n \n5 February 2016
\n \n \n \nCANcer, Diagnosis Decision rules (CANDID) was the first collaborative project within the School to involve all partner universities. The five year study, led by Paul Little from the University of Southampton, aims to use clinical information from 20,000 patients across England and Wales who visit their GP with possible symptoms of early lung or colon cancer.
\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.
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