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We lead multidisciplinary applied research and training to rethink the way health care is delivered in general practice and across the community.
Top ten research priorities for Type 2 diabetes
Cardiovascular & metabolic Public engagement & involvement
30 October 2017
Virtual consultation concept awarded £471k for scale-up
Digital health & innovation Policy & health systems
24 October 2017
Welcome to our new DPhil students
Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Patient experience Research methods & EBM Teaching
19 October 2017
Kome Gbinigie and Clare Goyder are amongst the first students funded by the Wellcome PhD Programme for Primary Care Clinicians. Tonny Muthee joins us on a Rhodes Scholarship, and Georgia Richards is the Naji Foundation's first Scholar.
Keeping active can help older people reduce the need for costly social care
Health behaviours Research methods & EBM
18 October 2017
An increase in physical activity could cut social care spending, shows research published in the BMJ.
Health economics researchers to tackle blindless in India
Global perspective Health Services Research Policy & health systems
9 October 2017
The ORNATE INDIA project has been awarded £6 million from RCUK's Global Challenges Research Fund, and includes researchers from Oxford University, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Imperial College London.
World-first NHS trial for universal flu vaccine
Clinical trials Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
3 October 2017
The world’s first widespread human testing of a flu vaccine which researchers hope will protect more over 65-year-olds against influenza has begun in the NHS, with the trial managed by the Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit.
Identifying the GP practices prescribing “low priority” treatments
Health Services Research Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Research methods & EBM
2 October 2017
Brexit likely to have far-reaching effects on UK health and health service
Health Services Research Policy & health systems
29 September 2017
Research on UTI in children scoops RCGP Award
Awards & appointments Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
21 September 2017
New test for bowel cancer could save lives through early detection
Health Services Research Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
21 September 2017
A new screening test in primary care is being hailed as the most efficient way to indicate risk of colorectal cancer.
Recognising research and teaching achievements
Awards & appointments Health behaviours Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
21 September 2017
Congratulations to Dr Clare Bankhead and Dr Rachna Begh, who have been awarded new titles in the recent Recognition of Distinction Exercise.
Home blood pressure monitoring for hypertension works best when combined with intensive support
Cardiovascular & metabolic
19 September 2017
£1.8 million funding for ambitious programme of systematic reviews
Cardiovascular & metabolic Digital health & innovation Health Services Research Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Policy & health systems Research methods & EBM
18 September 2017
A collaboration of nine member departments of the NIHR School of Primary Care Research has been awarded £1.8 million to undertake, develop the methods, and build capacity in systematic reviews covering priority areas in primary care.
Cancer survivors who quit smoking sooner can live longer
Health behaviours Research methods & EBM
12 September 2017
GPs are comparatively less likely to intervene and offer stop-smoking support to cancer patients, than they are to people diagnosed with coronary heart disease.
Eight priorities identified for tobacco control research
Health Services Research Health behaviours Public engagement & involvement
7 September 2017
A new set of research priorities to support tobacco control will help ensure future research provides the greatest benefit to public health and value for money, according to an international group led by Oxford University researchers.
£1.24 million for new medical diagnostics hub
Awards & appointments Digital health & innovation Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Research methods & EBM
4 September 2017
University of Oxford researchers have been awarded £1.24 million to lead a medical diagnostics co-operative that will drive forward the development, evaluation and uptake of new medical diagnostic technologies to improve outcomes for patients in the community.
Steroids not effective for chest infections in adults who don’t have asthma or other chronic lung disease
Clinical trials Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
22 August 2017