Simon de Lusignan

Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Informatics

I am a senior academic GP with research interests in clinical informatics and health outcomes.

My research interests focus on the use of routine data for surveillance, quality improvement, research and education as well as how technology has enabled new roles in health care and greater self-management.

I am Director of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre (RSC). This is one of Europe's oldest sentinel systems. RCGP RSC has produced a weekly report of influenza, respiratory and other infections in primary care for over 50 years. RCGP RSC works closely with Public Health England (PHE) to report vaccine effectiveness. More information at: www.rcgp.org.uk/rsc

Recent publications

Changes in cardiovascular disease monitoring in English primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational cohort study
Journal article

Bankhead CR. et al, (2020)
The association between blood pressure control and Coronavirus Disease 2019 outcomes in 45,418 symptomatic patients with hypertension: An observational cohort study.
Journal article

Sheppard JP. et al, (2020), Hypertension
Evaluating a clinical tool (FAMCAT) for identifying familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: a retrospective cohort study.
Journal article

Akyea RK. et al, (2020), BJGP Open, 4
Excess mortality in the first COVID pandemic peak: cross-sectional analyses of the impact of age, sex, ethnicity, household size, and long-term conditions in people of known SARS-CoV-2 status in England
Journal article

Joy M. et al, (2020), The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 70, e890 - e898
Household presentation of influenza and acute respiratory illnesses to a primary care sentinel network: retrospective database studies (2013–2018)
Journal article

de Lusignan S. et al, (2020), BMC Public Health, 20

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