GPs looking after patients close to the end of life at home prefer to prescribe ‘anticipatory medications’, also known as ‘Just in Case’ drugs, weeks ahead of likely need whenever possible, according to a new study from the Cambridge Primary Care Unit. Anticipatory medications are intended to relieve symptoms that might emerge as patients approach […]
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It’s not clear where General Practitioners/Family Doctors get their information about autism, but is “more training” the only answer?
Considerable variations in knowledge of autism spectrum disorders in children exist amongst GPs in different healthcare systems around the world. The variations are revealed in a new study, which explored what GPs – or family doctors as they are known in many countries – know about autism and the factors that influence their ability to […]
Five tips for medical students starting their first piece of medical research
Follow Ben Paxton’s journey into clinical research in his blog and read his five top tips for medical students who are exploring research opportunities. Ben is a medical student at the University of Cambridge. When it came to choosing a Student Selected Component (SSC) at the start of clinical school in year four, it […]
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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