GPs should consider a more overt discussion with patients when referring them for further investigation of symptoms which may indicate cancer, according to a paper published in the British Journal of General Practice.
Applications are invited for an 18 month Launching Fellowship from individuals with a strong academic record who wish to develop a career in primary care research.
Dr Neha Pathak, a researcher at the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol, has been awarded the ‘Ultimate Game Changer’ prize at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Awards.
Dr Sam Creavin, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, has won Round 4 of the NIHR New Media Competition for his video about the TIMeLi study.
A new video has been uploaded to the Centre for Academic Primary Care's YouTube channel. Professor Alastair Hay and his colleagues give us an overview of their research into antimicrobial resistance.
Following an open competition in the summer of 2014, the membership of the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) from 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2020 will comprise nine members including the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol.
Healthcare professionals, researchers and survivors of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) are meeting today [19 November] at a conference in Bristol to discuss the findings of a five-year research programme, the largest of its kind in the UK.
Obesity is the main cause of Type 2 diabetes in adolescents and is usually treated with lifestyle changes, in combination with drugs such as insulin and metformin. But researchers have found that adolescents struggle to maintain lifestyle changes and have recommended that weight loss surgery and the drug liraglutide should be given greater consideration as a potential treatments for adolescent Type 2 diabetes.
Alison Gregory researches domestic violence at the Centre for Academic Primary Care. She has written a blog for Canadian Medical Association
The way we interact with our GPs could be transformed thanks to a new £458,000 project exploring whether consultations could viably be conducted via email, text message, telephone or via the internet.
Professor Alastair Hay from the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care has responded to the first annual report of Public Health England’s English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (ESPAUR), published today.
High levels of calcium in blood, a condition known as hypercalcaemia, can be used by GPs as an early indication of certain types of cancer, according to a study by researchers from the universities of Bristol and Exeter.
The latest newsletter from our Domestic Violence and Abuse research group is now available online.
Demand for general practice appointments is rising rapidly, and in an attempt to deal with this, many practices have introduced systems of telephone triage. Patients are phoned by a doctor or nurse who either manages the problem on the phone, or agrees with the patient whether and how urgently they need to be seen. A new large study, published in The Lancet today and funded by the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), has investigated the potential value of telephone triage for patients and for the NHS.
A team of researchers, led by CAPC's Dr Sarah Purdy, have received new funding to examine how to improve hospital care and treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Attendances at emergency departments can be reduced by enabling patients to see the same GP every time they visit their doctor’s surgery. This is just one of several recommendations made in a report published today by a group of researchers led by researchers at the University of Bristol.
Dr Sam Creavin from the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol has been named Junior Champion in Research 2014 for excellence in the field of Primary Care Research by the Vasco De Gama Movement, which promotes junior GPs and family physicians who combine research skills with patient care.
A new research centre to improve the lives of people with asthma is being launched today [13 May], bringing together experts from across the UK to find better treatments and make them available faster than ever before
No evidence to support screening for domestic violence, according to new paper published in the BMJ (13th May)
New report published into the evaluation of a Family Medicine postgraduate training programme in Palestine
A nationwide £1.78 million study to improve the quality of life for patients suffering with multiple long-term health conditions begins today. Researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester and Dundee are joining forces for the 3D Study – a project which will see a new management system trialled in selected GP practices. This three year study is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (NIHR HS&DR) Programme.
Prof. Alastair Hay talks to the BBC's Inside Health Radio 4 programme about coughs and the use of antibiotics in primary care.
Research Fellow Sam Creavin is on a roll!
Launching fellowship to fund an exceptionally able primary care scientist
