In this blog, Dr Hannah Harrison, NIHR Systematic Review Methods Fellow at the Prevention Group, introduces research on approaches to screening for kidney cancer. Hannah and her colleagues looked at the usefulness of mathematical models predicting the likelihood of an individual developing kidney cancer in a recently conducted systematic review, published on 14 July 2020 […]
The Lancet–Chatham House Commission on Improving Population Health post COVID-19
The Lancet-Chatham House Commission on Improving Population Health post COVID-19 will launch this autumn to map the shared roots of the biggest risks to population and planetary health, and to build a framework for action. The Commission, described in an article published today in The Lancet, will be led by Professor Dame Theresa Marteau (University […]
Seeing through the rain: how research is adapting during the pandemic
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 […]
Rapid changes in end-of-life care will affect patients at home and in care homes in the UK
Family members are being trained to administer drugs in case doctors or nurses are not available to give injections when needed and new palliative care drugs are being considered for use during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research carried out at the height of the pandemic. Dr Stephen Barclay and Dr Barbara Antunes from the […]
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 […]
Patient and public involvement in general practice research
Ben Bowers, Roberta Lovick, Kristian Pollock and Stephen Barclay draw on experience as three researchers and one PPI group member in their recently published discussion of patient and public involvement in primary care research. Their article was published in the British Journal of General Practice. Highlighting some key challenges and practicalities involved in timely, proportionate and effective collaborations in […]
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