Primary Care Workforce
This page highlights some of the research projects our group is doing (or has recently done) which look at elements of the Primary Care Workforce. This includes work on collaboration, learning and inclusivity.
- This NIHR School of Primary Care Research (SPCR) funded project examined how to support collaborative and integrated working between general practice and community pharmacies:
Collaborative and integrated working between General Practice and Community Pharmacies - This NIHR School of Primary Care Research (SPCR) funded project was a realist review examining how to maximise a sustainable GP workforce. The results highlight some key areas to inform efforts towards an effective, equitable and cost-effective workforce in general practice:
Sustainable GP workforce to support effective and equitable patient care - This HSDR funded project is a collaboration with the University of Surrey and explores how Women GPs can Thrive in the workforce:
Investigating the conditions in which women GPs thrive in General Practice: What works, for whom, how and in what circumstances? (led by University of Surrey) - This HSDR funded (£4.9 million) partnership led by the University of Newcastle includes a suite of realist reviews (workstream lead Prof. Sophie Park) examining how to support the workforce particularly in areas of deprived patient populations:
Workforce Research Partnership (Newcastle, Oxford, Northumbria, Birmingham and York)
https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/news/addressing-healthcare-workforce-challenges-with-new-research-partnership