26 January 2015
\n \n \n \nProf Chris Salisbury, NIHR SPCR research lead and head of the University of Bristol\u2019s Centre for Academic Primary Care, was a member of the inquiry panel that recently published a report on patient-centred care, commissioned by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).
\n \n\n \n \n23 January 2015
\n \n \n \nFunded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research, researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Oxford, Nottingham and Southampton, have completed the recruitment of patients onto the Oral Steroids for Acute Cough (OSAC) trial.
\n \n\n \n \n15 January 2015
\n \n \n \nIn a systematic review to determine the factors affecting recruitment into depression trials, researchers at the University of Manchester have found that the decision involves a judgement between risk and reward.
\n \n\n \n \n15 January 2015
\n \n \n \nFollowing SPCR funded research to develop and test a psycho-educational group and internet support intervention for prostate cancer sufferers, researchers at the University of Southampton have secured further funding from Prostate Cancer UK to evaluate PROACTIVE.
\n \n\n \n \n22 December 2014
\n \n \n \nSPCR research published in the BMJ Open reveals that a large proportion of people prescribed antipsychotics have no record of psychotic or bipolar disorder. In a press release, issued by the BMJ on 19 December, researchers at UCL assert that elderly people are twice as likely as middle aged to be given antipsychotic drugs to treat schizophrenia, delusional disorders and bipolar disorder despite greater risk of side effects.
\n \n\n \n \n18 December 2014
\n \n \n \nThe results from the UK-wide assessment of all university research, the Research Excellence Framework (REF), demonstrates outstanding research from members across the School at the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Keele, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Southampton and UCL.
\n \n\n \n \n17 December 2014
\n \n \n \nA recent Cochrane Review has found evidence that electronic cigarettes may help as an aid to smokers who wish to stop or reduce smoking.
\n \n\n \n \n11 December 2014
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n20 November 2014
\n \n \n \nThe National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) has announced the new membership for its School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) with funding of over \u00a330 million, over the next five years, to support the next phase of the NIHR SPCR research and capacity programme.
\n \n\n \n \n18 November 2014
\n \n \n \nA School funded study has been pivotal in leveraging further funding for research into COPD and co-morbidities at the University of Southampton.
\n \n\n \n \n14 November 2014
\n \n \n \nResearchers and trainees will be representing the SPCR at the NAPCRG annual meeting in New York and those whose publications were chosen as NAPCRG 'PEARLS' earlier this year will be presented with their awards at the prestigious international event.
\n \n\n \n \n14 November 2014
\n \n \n \nThe SPCR would like to congratulate members of the School, based in the Nuffield Department for Primary Care Health Sciences, following the 2014 Recognition of Distinction Awards and the Medical Sciences Division gathered field award at the University of Oxford.
\n \n\n \n \n23 October 2014
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Oxford have developed a search filter in MEDLINE (OvidSP) to assist healthcare professionals to promptly identify research studies relevant to particular areas in primary care. The findings have recently been published in Family Practice.
\n \n\n \n \n23 October 2014
\n \n \n \nRecent SPCR funded research published by the PRO Research Group, University of Birmingham, highlights a worrying lack of consistency in the design of trials that include PROs and potential research waste.
\n \n\n \n \n22 October 2014
\n \n \n \nWe know that friends and relatives have the potential to play a really valuable role in the lives of domestic violence survivors; research has shown that positive informal support can buffer against negative impacts on survivors' health, well-being and quality of life and can even be protective against future abuse.
\n \n\n \n \n20 October 2014
\n \n \n \nHeart attacks and strokes occur more commonly in the morning hours. The reason for this is unknown but some researchers have suggested that the increased risk of heart attack and stroke may be caused by a much greater than normal rise in blood pressure just after waking \u2013 \u2018An exaggerated morning blood pressure surge\u2019.
\n \n\n \n \n16 October 2014
\n \n \n \nSince the publication of the PINCER trial in The Lancet, researchers at the University of Nottingham in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Manchester, have secured further external funding to refine aspects of the PINCER intervention and increase the feasibility of large-scale rollout.
\n \n\n \n \n9 October 2014
\n \n \n \nThe Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research Paper of the Year in the Primary Care, Public Health, Service Delivery and Musculoskeletal category, was awarded to researchers from the Universities of Manchester, Keele and Southampton this year. Their paper 'Implementation of self management support for long term conditions in routine primary care settings: cluster randomised controlled trial' was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) earlier this year and the award presented to Anne Kennedy at the RCGP Annual Conference on 2 October.
\n \n\n \n \n30 September 2014
\n \n \n \nProfessor Trisha Greenhalgh's keynote address on the 'pathways to impact' and the importance of making evidence readily available to support change inspired a packed lecture theatre in Oxford on 26 September at the National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) showcase. The event focussed on 'Promoting excellence and impact' and presentations drew on the work of researchers and trainees from the eight member departments, highlighting the wide range of primary care topics and disciplines embodied by the School.
\n \n\n \n \n23 June 2014
\n \n \n \nThe challenges, opportunities and best practice for Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) assessment were discussed by SPCR principle investigator Professor Melanie Calvert during her talk to the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences in Oxford last week.
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