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Primary Care Unit. News. September 15, 2016. Communication between doctors and South Asian patients is poor, according to national GP surveys, but a question has been raised about whether this reflects ... provided by […]. Filed Under: News Tagged

Filed Under: News Tagged With:July 15, 2016. General practice offers rich and diverse opportunities to conduct clinical research – with excellent electronic records, access to nearly the entire population and staff ... This has informed Public Health

Primary Care Unit. News. October 4, 2019. 20mph zones are effective in reducing the number and severity of traffic collisions and casualties, according to new research. ... of Clinical Medicine, View Map All guests welcome for snacks and drinks after the

Primary Care Unit. News. October 12, 2017. Efforts to prevent non communicable diseases (NCDs) are dominated by a simple idea: once you know the causes of a disease you can do ... This has not only increased understanding sub-optimal financial decisions [

With Carol […]. Filed Under: ASSG news Tagged With:February 14, 2017. ... Recognising this worry about timewasting among patients is important […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:January 31, 2017.

The SAFER trial is funded by NIHR. The award scheme is organised by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:October 14, 2021. Dr Garth Funston and ... The research shows that CA125, a simple blood test available

Primary Care Unit. News. May 16, 2018. A collaboration of several universities led by Cambridge has won a £3m funding award from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to lead ... The research will include the largest ever randomised

Numbers of patients with multimorbidity are […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:January 15, 2020. ... A new NIHR Themed Review brings together research on […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:…. ….

Primary Care Unit. News. November 30, 2022. GPs say shortage of space in their premises threatens their ability to teach medical students. ... research on the scale of the challenges facing GPs […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:November 28, 2022. Dr Ben

This […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:February 8, 2018. Blog by Dr Fiona Walter, head of the Cancer Group at the Primary Care Unit and Director of the CanTest Collaborative A crisis ... Public demand for diagnostic tests to be undertaken early and at lower

The intervention is a brief five minute discussion […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:February 9, 2022. ... Prostate cancer […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:January 6, 2022. Researchers found increased damage, distress and distrust amongst ‘abandoned’

The […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:August 18, 2020. The Cytosponge test could help diagnosis of Barrett’s oesophagus in people who are on medication for long term heartburn. ... Filed Under:Tagged With:July 20, 2020. Follow Ben Paxton’s journey into

My patients have told me they would like […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:July 18, 2018. ... Getting the population more active is an absolute […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:July 11, 2018.

Primary Care Unit. News. July 9, 2019. Patients who have been diagnosed with diabetes are at a lower risk of early death if they have a doctor who they describe as ... It incorporates a shift in focus away […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:June 17, 2019.

The Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis Unit […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:July 31, 2023. ... Lecturer. Warmly welcoming the news, Professor Stephen Morris, Head of the Primary Care Unit, said: “Robbie’s promotion is an apt recognition

In many countries around the world, family caregivers are increasingly being asked to administer medications to relieve distressing symptoms for […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:April 17, 2020. During the COVID-19 ... The study was published in the open

Primary Care Unit. News. June 12, 2019. Children are more likely to start drinking alcohol, drink more frequently and get drunk if their parents have a lenient attitude towards drinking, finds ... Alcohol use is one of the biggest risk factors for social

Primary Care Unit. News. May 26, 2023. The research evidence for the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of  ‘anticipatory prescribing’ for people approaching the end of life at home or in ... In standard anticipatory prescribing, which is

Stroke research and development has mostly focused on […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:February 23, 2023. ... The advent of COVID-19 triggered a huge increase in the proportion of doctor-patient consultations occurring remotely (via […]. Filed

Primary Care Unit. News. September 24, 2021. Health services delivery, the prevention of health problems, and the intersectionality of sexual orientation and gender identity with other disadvantages are top priorities for ... The medications, which

We heard some clinicians asking: what’s the […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:November 2, 2020. ... This study was led by Dr Garth Funston at the […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:…. …. Site Search. Recent Posts. Archives. PELiCam. Categories.

Anticipatory prescribing for adults at end of life […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:March 9, 2021. ... The project brought together the findings of a consultation, […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:March 8, 2021.

Primary Care Unit. News. October 6, 2016. No initial symptoms which differentiate between those diagnosed with and without pancreatic cancer were found in a new study from Dr Fiona Walter and ... Pancreatic cancer – the tenth most common cancer in the

Primary Care Unit. News. June 2, 2021. New report ‘Supporting and strengthening families through provision of early help: A rapid review of evidence’, highlights problems the Government must grapple with in ... The report is published by the National

Highlighting some key challenges and practicalities involved in timely, proportionate and effective collaborations in […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:May 20, 2020. Compared to younger people, older people and those with frailty ... Advance care

Filed Under:Tagged With:August 30, 2018. Dr Sophie Reijman, research associate at the Applied Social Science Group, explains how her career has unfolded so far. ... Read Sophie’s article. Filed Under:Tagged With:August 28, 2018. You’re taking your

Researchers said the decline in performance measures may be […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:September 10, 2018. ... Society’s Division of Health Psychology […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:…. …. Site Search. Recent Posts. Archives. PELiCam. Categories.

The criteria for fast-track referrals are based on […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:January 15, 2018. ... No bookings are required. Dr. Shojania is a hospital-based general internist and researcher […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:…. …. Site Search.

The National Institute of Health Research School of Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) has awarded a grant […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:August 11, 2017. Tailored voice messages in automated phone calls ... individual). Of course, in many cases

Primary Care Unit. News. September 1, 2021. Barry is research associate at the Applied Social Science Group, established within the Primary Care Unit in 2016 by Dr Robbie Duschinsky. ... The multi-University team included Simon Griffin, Professor of

But mastery and expertise are not […]. Filed Under: GP News Tagged With:March 15, 2018. ... The research shows that considerable savings could be made […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:March 13, 2018.

This poor prognosis is mainly due to patients […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:September 12, 2017. ... Filed Under:Tagged With:September 5, 2017. Metformin is the most-prescribed oral medication to lower blood glucose worldwide.

Primary Care Unit. News. October 29, 2018. The largest study of people with mild hypertension shows that medical treatment may not be worthwhile in those who are at low risk of ... Research associate Dr James Reynolds, working […]. Filed Under:Tagged

Professor […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:April 1, 2019. The ‘iQuit in Practice’ randomised controlled trial on smoking cessation has completed recruitment! ... Behavioural Science Group Tagged With:March 25, 2019. The continuation of preventive drugs

My B.A was in economics […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:October 31, 2022. ... Parents and young people with experience of the care sector […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:…. …. Site Search. Recent Posts. Archives. PELiCam. Categories.

It shows […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:October 5, 2020. Reducing avoidable harm in maternity care is vital. ... However, most patients also described secure and trusting relationships […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:September 15, 2020.

Four chronic conditions, cardiovascular disease, cancer, […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:February 18, 2021. ... Patients with Lupus and related diseases […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:January 18, 2021.

Ben Bowers at the University of […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:December 15, 2020. ... Decreased physician ability to help and increased patient reticence to seek help, created the ‘perfect storm’ for adverse outcomes, according to a study led by the [

policy option […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:June 19, 2018. Patient safety interventions are often criticised for just being implemented without proof of effect. ... But for those diagnosed with advanced disease, only […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:June

The research will investigate whether people living in England should be invited to take part in the bowel cancer screening programme […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:April 24, 2018. EnterpriseWOMEN: JOIN THE ... The review, by Dr Morag Farquhar

PhD student, Amanda Edwards […]. Filed Under: Cancer Group Tagged With:March 12, 2019. ... Understanding how often such second cancers develop and when […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:…. ….

They’re often presented as separate challenges. News stories can conjure up images of older patients with multiple […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:December 5, 2018. The prescription and dispensing of injectable ... Helena Jopling from West Suffolk NHS

Primary Care Unit. News. July 17, 2023. People who turned down the offer of screening for a little-known but common heart condition called atrial fibrillation (AF) made reasoned decisions not ... New research from the University of Cambridge’s

Primary Care Unit. News. May 24, 2022. Artificial Intelligence (AI) aimed at detecting skin cancer is not yet ready for use in primary care settings, due to a lack of evidence ... Some may remember negative headlines about […]. Filed Under:Tagged

The trial is assessing the feasibility of […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:March 22, 2022. ... Robbie was nominated for being a ‘passionate and […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:March 16, 2022.

Under:Tagged With:February 22, 2021. Blog by Dr Rakesh Modi, a GP and Wellcome PhD Fellow in the Primary Care Unit of the University of Cambridge. ... Here he writes on how the SAFER programme has evolved […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:…. …. Site

Primary Care Unit. News. June 16, 2021. This research briefing on kidney cancer screening describes recent work at the University of Cambridge led by Dr Juliet Usher-Smith and Professor Grant ... Implications are also likely early in the diagnostic

Some clinicians feared that such conversations would ‘destroy hope’. Cardiologists in particular […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:July 19, 2019. Smoking and excessive consumption of alcohol and unhealthy snacks are leading causes ... She was sponsored

Primary Care Unit. News. July 17, 2020. In this blog, Dr Hannah Harrison, NIHR Systematic Review Methods Fellow at the Prevention Group, introduces research on approaches to screening for kidney cancer. ... Dr Stephen Barclay and Dr Barbara Antunes from