7 July 2015
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Professor Carl Heneghan who was selected in the top 100 most influential clinical leaders (for innovation) for the second time by the Health Service Journal at a private reception last night. He initially secured a place on the list in 2013.
\n \n\n \n \n7 July 2015
\n \n \n \nThe highly esteemed Yvonne Carter award for Outstanding New Researcher has been won this year by Dr Clare Taylor while Dr Sophie Park received Highly Commended.
\n \n\n \n \n25 June 2015
\n \n \n \nThe UK Nicotine and Smoking Cessation conference (UKNSCC) is one of the leading conferences in smoking cessation, conveying the latest clinical, research and policy updates in the field. The conference took place in Manchester on 11 and 12 June and was attended by Doctoral student Sophie Orton from the University of Nottingham.
\n \n\n \n \n1 June 2015
\n \n \n \nIn a television interview on BBC South Today last week Professor George Lewith spoke about his research on prostate cancer which, with additional funding from Prostate Cancer UK and the Movember Foundation, will continue to look at ways to help patients cope with the stresses of living with the disease.
\n \n\n \n \n28 May 2015
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Nottingham have received support from the RCGP Spotlight Competition to develop a patient safety toolkit website.
\n \n\n \n \n26 May 2015
\n \n \n \nAssociate Professor Dan Lasserson, School training lead for Oxford, was presented with the award at the RCGP's Spring General Meeting last Friday evening for his research on stroke prevention and chronic kidney disease.
\n \n\n \n \n13 May 2015
\n \n \n \nResearch conducted at the University of Southampton has shown that rates of depression, among working aged men, have risen in the past five years.
\n \n\n \n \n30 April 2015
\n \n \n \nSmoking is associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. However, several population studies also show a higher risk in people 3\u20135 years after quitting smoking than in people who continue to smoke.
\n \n\n \n \n29 April 2015
\n \n \n \nDr Helen Atherton, Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, participated in a HSJ roundtable event in London on 22 April.
\n \n\n \n \n22 April 2015
\n \n \n \nThe SPCR funded Parent's Choices About Daycare (PiCARD) study explored the complex decision-making involved in whether to send sick children to Nursery.
\n \n\n \n \n7 April 2015
\n \n \n \nIn an editorial published in the BMJ on 31 March, SPCR members Professors Christian Mallen and Elaine Hay from Keele University comment on recent findings questioning the efficacy and safety of paracetamol in the treatment of spinal pain and osteoarthritis, findings that may prompt changes to clinical guidelines.
\n \n\n \n \n9 March 2015
\n \n \n \nSafety is not just a property of systems, say patients. It is personal and contingent, and is realized in the interaction between doctor and patient, according to researchers at the NIHR Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (GM PSTRC).
\n \n\n \n \n6 March 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.
\n \n\n \n \n6 March 2015
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Nottingham have developed an IT-based pharmacist-led intervention (PINCER) which has been shown to be effective in reducing prescribing errors in general practices (Lancet publication 2012).
\n \n\n \n \n25 February 2015
\n \n \n \nNew research published in the BMJ shows how patients with mental and physical multimorbidity can benefit from integrated models of collaborative care delivered by practice nurses and psychological well-being practitioners in primary care.
\n \n\n \n \n23 February 2015
\n \n \n \nFindings from the SPCR funded study published in the BMJ on 18 February indicate that some types of antidepressants may be associated with an increase in suicide and self-harm in people aged 20 to 64 suffering from depression.
\n \n\n \n \n10 February 2015
\n \n \n \nAfter the release of the much anticipated REF 2014 results in December, case studies illustrating impact and highlighting the key strengths of individual research projects were published in the Panel Overview Reports by the Higher Education Funding Council for England on 23 January.
\n \n\n \n \n10 February 2015
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Nottingham, responsible for developing and testing the PINCER intervention (an IT-based pharmacist-led intervention which has been shown to reduce prescribing errors in general practices), have secured further funding to improve prescribing safety in the East Midlands.
\n \n\n \n \n5 February 2015
\n \n \n \nThe annual South West Public Health Scientific Conference highlighted both service and university based public health research and evaluation from across the South West and drew from a large pool of public health academic and service professionals throughout the region.
\n \n\n \n \n28 January 2015
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Nottingham have confirmed excellent recruitment numbers for two SPCR funded studies aimed at testing and improving proposed interventions for familial breast cancer and patient experiences of safety in primary care.
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