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Laura Heath
MBBS MA (Cantab) MPH MRCP MRCGP
Wellcome Trust Doctoral Research Fellow
- General Practitioner
- Assistant Editor InnovAiT
Prevention in Practice (PiP)
My primary research interests are understanding and optimising preventative interventions in primary care. In particular how consultation modality (for example, remote consulting or ‘digital first’ care) impacts how prevention is delivered and received, especially for those from disadvantaged groups.
I completed my Academic Clinical Fellowship in the department working with the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group and Health Behaviours team on a range of projects related to smoking and obesity.
I am also interested in primary care and public health more broadly in the UK and internationally. After completing an MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health, I was a Margaret Mahoney Fellow working on a range of advocacy projects at the Primary Care Development Corporation in New York, USA.
I am currently an NHS GP in Oxford and Assistant Editor of InnovAiT, the RCGP education journal.
Recent publications
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Differences in the effectiveness of individual-level smoking cessation interventions by socioeconomic status.
Journal article
Theodoulou A. et al, (2025), Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 1
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Strategies to improve the implementation of preventive care in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal article
Heath L. et al, (2024), BMC Medicine, 22
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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the delivery of preventive healthcare? An interrupted time series analysis of adults in English primary care from 2018 to 2022
Journal article
Heath L. et al, (2024), Preventive Medicine, 181
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10 minutes
Journal article
Heath DL., (2024), InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice
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Effect of the National Enhanced Service for weight management on the content of annual review consultations for patients living with obesity and hypertension and/or diabetes
Journal article
Haffner SJP. et al, (2024), Clinical Obesity