| 2023 Trainees Event: Words from a trainee
The School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) celebrated its latest trainees event, this September, with a two day programme held at Exeter University. Delegates and presenters travelled from all over the country for the annual knowledge sharing and networking event.
SPCR PhD Studentship award holder, Saif Syed, shares his experience of the event in his recent guest blog post. Read his blog post: Words from a Trainee
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SPCR Showcase
In September, we held an SPCR Showcase event, held at BMA House, London. Colleagues and associates of the school enjoyed a full day's programme. An abstract booklet has now been produced which collates the details of the keynote speeches, presentations, parallel sessions and posters shared on the day. This can be viewed as an online e-book or as a downloadable file from our website. Go to the Showcase Abstract Booklet
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Our Autumn call for our Post Doctoral Fellowships is now open! These awards provide funding to cover the costs of a 24 month Fellowship at one of the SPCR members. Applicants should have a strong academic record and wish to develop a career in primary care research. The aim of these fellowships is for the fellow to follow an independent research project, publish their research and prepare grant applications to secure future funding (e.g. an NIHR fellowship).The SPCR would particularly welcome applications from allied health professionals. Distinctive to the current SPCR programme is the aim to work more broadly with the primary care research sector. How to apply Completed application forms should be emailed to [email protected] by 1pm 31 October 2023. Only information included in the standard application form will be considered.
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Primary Care Clinicians PhD programme The Primary Care Clinicians PhD programme is now open for applications. Up to 5 PhD studentships will be awarded annually to clinicians of all disciplines working in UK primary care, for example: practice nurses; health visitors; dentists, pharmacists; optometrists and general practitioners. These studentships will be hosted at one of the 10 primary care research departments who are part of this consortium. Closing Date: 12noon, 20 December 2023 For full details visit the website |
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NIHR Three Research Schools awarded £10 million to deliver programme of prevention research The NIHR Three Research Schools have been awarded £10m of funding to deliver a programme of prevention research from 2023–2027. The programme aims to develop, evaluate and understand how to implement interventions which promote health and wellbeing, treat conditions early, and manage health problems to prevent severe disease. The NIHR Three Research Schools is a collaboration between the Schools for Public Health Research (SPHR), Primary Care Research (SPCR), and Social Care Research (SSCR). Together, the Three Schools are currently delivering two other collaborative programmes of work on Mental Health and Dementia. Read more here |
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Welcome to Halle Welcome to SPCR team Halle Johnson! Halle joined the SPCR at the end of August and will be leading the School's programme of patient and public involvement and engagement. Halle brings a wealth of experience in patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) from both the University and Charity sector. She hopes to use this experience to build capacity for PPIE across the School and continue to support meaningful involvement of patients and the public across primary care research and activity. See Halle's full profile here |
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The National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) The National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) is calculated using routine vital sign measures of temperature, pulse and so on. It is used by ambulance staff and emergency departments to identify sick adults whose condition is likely to deteriorate. The score is used for care home residents but with little understanding of how well they work for this population. New research shows that, among care home residents admitted to hospital as an emergency, NEWS2 can effectively identify people whose condition is likely to get worse. Read the full NIHR alert The study was funded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research; SPCR funding: 475 |
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ICEE in GP consultations: an observational study using video-recorded UK consultations
Eliciting patients’ Ideas, Concerns, Expectations and whether their medical problem or associated treatment has an Effect on their daily activities (ICEE) is widely recommended in patient-centred consulting in primary care. Analysis of ICEE components in GP consultations using the One in a Million data archive led by Dr Peter Edwards is the subject of a new paper in the BJGP. Named colleagues on the paper, Grace M Sellers and Isabel Leach, were funded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) medical student summer research bursaries. Read the paper: DOI: doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0008 Watch the video abstract |
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Optimise Suspected-Cancer referrals in people with Anxiety (OSCA)
SPCR funding: 641 Sarah Price and Liz Shepherd wrote a reflective piece on the start of their OSCA study. The study focuses on attendance at suspected-cancer investigations in people with anxiety and/or depression. Read the blog post Re-blogged with permission from University of Exeter: Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) Blog |
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Clinical trials in cancer screening, prevention and early diagnosis (SPED): a systematic mapping review
Dr Emma O'Dowd and Dr Samuel Merriel jointly led a very large project for the National Cancer Research Institute looking at trials in cancer screening, prevention and early diagnosis that has led to a paper published by BMC Cancer today. This project involved researchers from four SPCR members (Manchester, Nottingham, Exeter, QMUL). Read the paper |
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