Dr Rakesh Modi is a GP and Primary Care Unit researcher on the landmark NIHR-funded SAFER trial investigating screening to detect an undiagnosed heart condition responsible for one in ten strokes. Here he writes on how the study has launched an additional feasibility study to test the ability to deliver their intervention remotely following the […]
Research alert: Deprescribing blood pressure lowering medications is safe in the short-term in older people with frailty and multiple long-term conditions
GPs can safely reduce the number of antihypertensive medications taken by some older people without substantial changes to blood pressure control, finds new research from the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Southampton, although long term safety of deprescribing still needs to be established. Key messages for clinicians and healthcare commissioners In some older people, it […]
Less is more? Deprescribing blood pressure lowering medications is safe in the short-term in older people with frailty and multiple long-term conditions
GPs can safely reduce the number of antihypertensive medications taken by some older people without substantial changes to blood pressure control, finds new research from the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Southampton. See key messages for clinicians and healthcare commissioners here A potential major consequence of lockdown measures introduced to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic is […]
COVID-19 research in progress at the Primary Care Unit
During the COVID-19 pandemic, our members are developing research to address COVID-19 related challenges. New projects are described in summary here. Further details will be published as soon as possible. Meanwhile our staff have taken on extended clinical roles. See this post for details. New COVID-19-related research at the Unit 1. Using linked primary care […]
Understanding multimorbidity to improve patient care
One of the greatest challenges for healthcare is multimorbidity: the presence in one person of multiple long-term diseases. At least a quarter of the UK population have more than one long-term disease, and those that do are more frequent users of NHS services. The specific diseases an individual has affects how they interact with the […]
Patients give award to PCU visitor Dr Rune Aakvik Pedersen for his research on the follow-up of stroke survivors
Phd-candidate and physician Rune Aakvik Pedersen at the Primary Care Unit in Trondheim – currently visiting the PCU – has received the Research Award at the Helse Midt-Norge Research Conference in Kristiansund, Norway. Congratulations Rune, on your research award from the Patients Committee at the Helse Midt-Norge (Mid-Norway Hospital administration). Can you tell us a […]