Applications are invited for this national PhD studentship competition for three year awards from individuals with a strong academic record who wish to develop a career in primary care research. Awards are offered at all the partner universities within the SPCR: Bristol, Cambridge, Keele, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham Oxford, Southampton and University College London. Awards will […]
Archives for November 2016
NIHR at 10: equipping GPs to tackle cancers effectively
UK incidence of the serious skin cancer melanoma is rising rapidly and action in primary care settings has potential to substantially improve early diagnosis and drive better outcomes for patients. Research from the Primary Care Unit in Cambridge is shaping diagnosis procedures in primary care which could deliver measurable reductions in mortality and morbidity amongst […]
CUH Physiotherapists present research at International Meeting.
On 11-12 November 6 members of the Physiotherapy Department presented their research and service improvement and evaluation work at the European Region of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress in Liverpool. The team were: Jenny Adamson, Kerry Alexander, Patricia Costello, Becki Dixon, Nathalie Gibbins and Jasmine Luckett all pictured below. These studies represent the hard work by this group during rotations […]
Questions of life and death
The ambitious seminar series, ‘Images of Care and Dying’, led by Robbie Duschinsky, Stephen Barclay and Emma Wilson (Professor of French Literature and the Visual Arts) began in October 2016 with a discussion of a remarkable documentary at the first seminar. Filmed in a pioneering hospice, The Time to Die addressed a subject that remains […]
Detecting cancer early in primary care – balancing cancer risks with potential for over-diagnosis
Blog from Dr Fiona Walter, Cancer Group, Primary Care Unit While UK cancer screening programmes currently detect 10-15% of cancers, the remaining patients initially present to primary care or the emergency services. Overall survival for most common cancers in the UK is improving due to treatment strategies, but research suggests that the time taken to […]
Boosting primary care in Sweden: Umeå University confers honorary doctorate on Professor Simon Griffin
Simon Griffin, Professor of General Practice at the Primary Care Unit and the MRC Epidemiology Unit, was awarded an honorary doctorate from Umeå University in Sweden, in recognition of his support for the Swedish National Research School in General Practice. The National Research School in General Practice is a ground breaking initiative funded by the […]