General practice is in crisis – or at least that’s the title Professor Martin Roland, RAND Professor of Health Services Research at the Primary Care Unit, used in a recent BMJ editorial and few would disagree – problems recruiting, rising workload, increasing stress and doctors retiring early. NHS England announced its solution in the General […]
Archives for April 2016
Essential partners in clinical research – how the Clinical Research Network delivers results
The NIHR Clinical Research Network is the clinical research delivery arm of the NHS. The Network operates nationally across England through a national coordinating centre and 15 local branches delivering research in the NHS across all disease areas. Communities of clinical practice The Primary Care Specialty is one of 30 specialties which bring together communities […]
Stroke survivors face ‘invisible impairments’ to return to work
Each year, 110,000 people in England alone suffer a stroke, a quarter of whom are of working age. The UK’s stroke strategy highlights the importance for people who have had a stroke of returning to work: being unemployed is associated with physical and mental health problems, while working has positive effects on the health of […]
Attitudes to death among the very old – New Publication
A rare study of attitudes to death and dying amongst the very old has been published by members of the PCU (Morag Farquhar and Stephen Barclay) and collaborators (Dr Jane Fleming, Dept. of Public Health) in the PLOS ONE journal. “Now so many more people have reached a great age before they die, it’s important we […]