14 March 2017
\n \n \n \nThe SPCR funded CANDID (Cancer Diagnosis Decision Rules) study is seeing positive results around the country. The School's collaborative study investigates which of the symptoms and examination results received by clinicians are the most effective in predicting lung or colon cancer.
\n \n\n \n \n14 March 2017
\n \n \n \nParticipation in gambling is increasing in the UK, with surveys indicating that around 59% of British adults reported gambling activities in 2010, up 7% from three years earlier.
\n \n\n \n \n10 March 2017
\n \n \n \nProfessor Christian Mallen, Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences at Keele University, has been awarded Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health through distinction, in recognition of his clinical and academic contribution to public health.
\n \n\n \n \n9 March 2017
\n \n \n \nDr Toby Helliwell, recipient of a two year SPCR GP Career Progression Award in 2013, has been awarded a Royal College of General Practitioners fellowship.
\n \n\n \n \n8 March 2017
\n \n \n \nThe NIHR Dissemination Centre published a new themed review in February which focusses on women's health before, during and after pregnancy.
\n \n\n \n \n7 March 2017
\n \n \n \nThis year International Women's Day is being celebrated under the banner of 'Be bold for change'. Universities around the country are taking part in celebrations to promote the delivery of equality for women and to forge a better working world with gender inclusivity.
\n \n\n \n \n23 February 2017
\n \n \n \nRachael Frost, Research Assistant at UCL's Primary Care and Population Health Unit, has received a Beacon Bursary after an extremely competitive round of applications.
\n \n\n \n \n23 February 2017
\n \n \n \nDoctoral students from around the SPCR organised the first of an ongoing series of PhD training days on 21 February.
\n \n\n \n \n13 February 2017
\n \n \n \nThe University of Southampton's Professor Tony Kendrick spoke to BBC Five about his six year study on the long term use of antidepressants.
\n \n\n \n \n6 February 2017
\n \n \n \nAshley Bryce communicated her research on anti-microbial resistance in children with urinary tract infections to Professor Chris Whitty, the Department of Health's Chief Scientific Adviser, at the University of Bristol, on 23 January.
\n \n\n \n \n3 February 2017
\n \n \n \nSchool funded research to develop and test a tailored interactive voice response (IVR) has had some positive results.
\n \n\n \n \n30 January 2017
\n \n \n \nNew research, funded by the SPCR and conducted at the University of Oxford, has shown survival rates for patients with heart failure have not improved since 1998.
\n \n\n \n \n27 January 2017
\n \n \n \nFunded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research, the study concluded that fewer doctors are training in acute hospital specialty areas since hearing of the decision to implement the Junior Doctors' Contract
\n \n\n \n \n18 January 2017
\n \n \n \nResearch recently published in the BMJ suggests that the 'screen and treat' method to treat diabetes is ineffective.
\n \n\n \n \n17 January 2017
\n \n \n \nFollowing the publication of an editorial in the BMJ in June 2016, researcher Dr Joanna Spiers highlights her experiences of the School funded research in a blog. She emphasises that GPs are not invulnerable but human and feel the pressures and strains of their demanding work life.
\n \n\n \n \n4 January 2017
\n \n \n \nDPhil student Charlotte Albury received a competitive ESRC bursary to attend an advanced training workshop in applied Conversation Analysis at Loughborough University from 2-3 February 2017.
\n \n\n \n \n3 January 2017
\n \n \n \nProfessor Gene Feder has been awarded an OBE in the Queen\u2019s New Year Honours List for services to healthcare and victims of domestic abuse.
\n \n\n \n \n9 December 2016
\n \n \n \nCurrent approaches to dealing with burnouts in doctors on an individual case-by-case basis are not effective. According to recent research at the Universities of Manchester and Southampton, the issue should instead be tackled with organisation-wide initiatives.
\n \n\n \n \n8 December 2016
\n \n \n \nThe NIHR Trainees Co-ordinating Centre held it's 10th Annual NIHR Trainee Meeting 'Research leaders of the future' on 6-7 December, where SPCR GPCP trainee Dr Shoba Poduval won Best Poster Prize.
\n \n\n \n \n30 November 2016
\n \n \n \nThe School celebrated ten years of primary care research at the Wellcome Collection on 22 November. Delegates from around the country were welcomed with a programme of presentations and discussions about past, present and future research impact. The showcase highlighted the increased evidence base provided by the School to date as well as research that promises to add a lot more to this in the future.
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