Qualitative researchers within the SAFER trial research team are making a big difference to the design and conduct of the programme, contributing to important changes in both the feasibility study and the subsequent main trial. SAFER is a major programme of research, led by the University of Cambridge’s Primary Care Unit and funded by 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 […]
Improving care by using patients’ feedback in the NHS: NIHR research review features Primary Care Unit research
Both NHS staff and patients express a desire for patients’ feedback about their care experiences to be heard and acted upon and the NHS has clear policies to encourage this. But listening to feedback and taking action in response to this can be complicated and challenging. A new NIHR Themed Review brings together research on […]
What should we do about patient experience in primary care?
By Dr Jenni Burt, Senior Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research I’ve never been a very good long-distance runner, but in finally seeing through our NIHR programme grant on patient experience I feel like I’ve crossed the line at an ultramarathon. In a good way, I hasten to add, with five years’ investigation […]
South Asian patients have worse experiences of GP interactions, study suggests
Communication between doctors and South Asian patients is poor, according to national GP surveys, but a question has been raised about whether this reflects genuinely worse experiences or differences in responding to questionnaires. Now, a new study led by researchers at the University of Cambridge has shown that it is in fact the former – […]