19 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 \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 \n25 November 2015
\n \n \n \nThe 3D study, funded by the NIHR Health services and Delivery Research Programme, is aimed at improving the management of patients with multiple long-term health problems. The research has recruited more than 1380 patients in just six months in practices across Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow.
\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 \n11 November 2015
\n \n \n \nProfessor Christian Mallen, Professor Athula Sumathipala and Dr Toby Helliwell (NIHR SPCR GP Fellow) have been invited to the 2016 WONCA South Asia regional meeting to talk about conducting research in primary care, establishing research networks and developing academic careers.
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\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 \n9 October 2015
\n \n \n \nResearch published in JAMA from a study on patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease was successful in securing this year's Royal College of General Practitioners' Annual Research Paper of the Year award.
\n \n\n \n \n9 October 2015
\n \n \n \nDr Hazel Everitt, University of Southampton, is this year's recipient of the Royal College of General Practitioner's John Fry Award.
\n \n\n \n \n8 October 2015
\n \n \n \nGrace Moran, who recently submitted her PhD at Birmingham University, will soon be presenting the findings of her School funded research at two international conferences.
\n \n\n \n \n5 October 2015
\n \n \n \nA systematic review has found that capillary refill time of three seconds or longer is an important warning sign for serious illness and risk of death in children.
\n \n\n \n \n30 September 2015
\n \n \n \nA research paper on Cancer co-authored by members of the School for Primary Care Research has won 'Research Paper of the Year' award by the Royal College of General Practitioners.
\n \n\n \n \n25 September 2015
\n \n \n \nA new treatment approach for tackling urinary tract infection has been developed by researchers at the University of Southampton testing a treatment with a long established history in herbal practice.
\n \n\n \n \n17 August 2015
\n \n \n \nDespite antidepressant prescribing in primary care increasing since the financial crisis, a SPCR study shows that GPs have responded to the introduction of NICE guidelines and QOF measures that encourage more targeted use of antidepressants. Prescription of antidepressants in people with a first bout of depression has fallen by 12 percent between 2003 and 2013, from around 73% to 61%.
\n \n\n \n \n11 August 2015
\n \n \n \nOver the last three years researchers from seven departments within SPCR have developed, piloted and implemented a \u2018patient safety toolkit\u2019 for general practices.
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