NIHR School for Primary Care Research 'Launching Fellowships' 2017
Applications are invited for 2-year Launching Fellowships from individuals with a strong academic record who wish to develop a career in primary care research.
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Final report of five-year telehealth research programme published
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has published the final report of a five-year research programme on the use of telehealth in primary care settings for patients with long-term conditions.
Black men less willing to be investigated for prostate cancer
The incidence of prostate cancer among men of Afro-Caribbean origin is higher than in white men, they are more likely to be diagnosed as emergencies and their mortality rates are higher. Until now, it has been unclear why these disappointing outcomes exist. Researchers at the Universities of Exeter, Bristol and College London studied the preferences and choice of more than 500 men who were presented with a realistic hypothetical prostate cancer investigation scenario while attending general practices in Bristol.
Patients needed for irritable bowel syndrome trial
Patients in GP surgeries in Bristol are being invited to take part in a large trial of low-dose amitriptyline for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) led by researchers from the universities of Bristol, Leeds and Southampton.
NIHR Launching Fellowships in Primary Health Care 2020
Applications are invited for a 12-month launching fellowship from individuals with a strong academic record who wish to develop a career in primary care research.
TOAST study reaches recruitment target
The Treatment Options without Antibiotics for Sore Throat (TOAST) project, a collaborative study organised through the University of Oxford, the University of Southampton and the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol, has reached its initial recruitment target of 566 randomized patients across 40 practices on time.
Professor Alastair Hay appointed to NICE managing infections committee
Alastair Hay, Professor of Primary Care at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), has been appointed to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) managing common infections committee.
International study on gender violence awarded MRC Global Challenges Research funding
University of Bristol-led research on the primary healthcare response to gender violence in Palestine and Brazil has been awarded almost £600,000 from the Medical Research Council (MRC)’s Global Challenges Research Fund.
Management consultants “only partly successful” in improving the quality of commissioning
The NHS uses an increasing number of commercial and not-for-profit management consultancies in healthcare commissioning but there are concerns about whether knowledge and expertise they generate is of benefit to commissioners and whether it improves the quality of commissioning.
Applications open for NIHR School for Primary Care Research Primary Care Clinicians Career Progression Fellowships
Deadline: 1pm, 25 April 2023