Autumn Primary Health Care Seminar programme announced
The Primary Health Care Seminar programme for the autumn term has been announced.
News
Seeing the same GP at every visit will reduce emergency department attendance
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.
October teaching newsletter now available
The October Primary Health Care teaching newsletter is now available.
Better end of life care reduces hospital admissions
Patients who use new end of life services in Somerset and North Somerset are less likely to be admitted to hospital or to die in hospital at the end of their lives.
CAPC researcher wins award for excellence in primary care research
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.
New School of Social and Community Medicine
Community Based Medicine and Social Medicine merge to form the School of Social and Community Medicine.
Programme for September Teaching Workshop announced
The programme for the next teaching workshop on 24 September 2010 has been announced.
Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research launched
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
July teaching newsletter
Have you booked your teaching for 2011-12? Have you considered becoming a ‘Core Teaching Practice’? Would you like to become an academic mentor?
Progressions and fellowship award
Congratulations to Dr Trevor Thompson on his progression to Reader in Healthcare Education, Dr Katrina Turner on her progression to Senior Lecturer and to Dr Rachel Johnson on being awarded her GP Clinical Fellowship by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research.