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The National Eczema Society’s new 2025/2026 research grant round opened yesterday, 10th of November 2025. This year’s call includes two funding opportunities to support high-quality research focused on eczema: • ...
The Homes for Ukraine cliff-edge: Ukrainian women's experiences being hosted and navigating follow-on accommodation Tuesday 18 November 2025 12:00 – 1:00 PM (Online) Join us for an insightful seminar led ...
PACT is recruiting new committee members The Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT) are recruiting new committee members for the period 2025-2028. There are several committee positions available and applicants from ...
Perinatal Redesign for Accessing Mental Health Services (PRAMS): Co-designing accessible and equitable perinatal mental health care for underserved women Tuesday 9 December 2025 12:00 – 1:00 PM (Online) Join us ...
Abstract submission is now open: Submission deadline: 9 am Monday, 3rd November 2025 Abstracts are invited for oral presentations, posters, round table discussions and workshops. The theme for 2026 is ...
We are delighted to announce that the 14th Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) Dermatology Research Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting will be held virtually on Friday, 13th February 2026 ...
In case anyone is interested in getting more involved in PACT we are recruiting new committee members. Happy to chat if anyone would like to find out more? Please share ...
What should emotionally safe coproduced research with lived experience researchers on sensitive topics look like? Reflections from a co-produced systematic review Wednesday 22 October 2025 12:00 – 1:00 PM (Online) ...
BJGP Editor, Dr Euan Lawson, gives editorial insights into journal impact and real world applicability. Hear about the future focus of the journal, including a call out for clinical practice ...
The next meeting of the SIG will be on the 11th November from 12.00 to 1.30 pm online. If you would like to join the SIG and/or attend the meeting ...
Following this year’s successful delivery, we are pleased to share that our University of Exeter Systematic Reviews of Mixed Methods Evidence CPD course is back on Wednesday 28 th and ...
NIHR GM PSRC Patient Safety Research Development Award (Round 2) The NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration (GM PSRC) is now accepting applications for Round 2 of the Patient ...
HSDR Programme NIHR155714: Impact of an Intervention on Inequalities in Overprescribing - the 3i-o study Please note that this work package 1 will run concurrently with work package 2, which ...
1 st October 2025, Manchester, UK We invite submissions for the GP Patient Survey Data Users Conference, a free-of-charge dedicated forum for showcasing research using data from the GP Patient ...
Ensuring Primary Care is fit for the future Thursday 11 September 2025 9:30 - 17:00 David Weatherall Building, Keele University RCGP Members: £35, Non-Members: £40 Book your place here Midland ...
Do you have or care for someone with food allergy? What are the research priorities for food allergy in children? The Food Allergy in Children Priority Setting Partnership aims to ...
Reflections on FARM-SP and COPING feasibility studies Dr Tamsin Fisher and Dr Faraz Mughal We both attended the recent national primary care mental health conference at the beautiful campus of ...
Congratulations to the Winner of this year's Medical Student Essay, 2025, Shirin Massroor. Congratulations to Highly Commended entries, from Daya Sumra and Shreeya Mehta. Thank you to all of you ...
Congratulations to this year's winner, Rachel Johnson, of Bristol University.
Calling Early Career Researchers Are you looking for editorial opportunities to advance your career? The basic criteria are: A real interest in PHC research A track record of publishing in ...
Congratulations to SAPC 2025 Doctoral Winner, Lily Taylor, Cambridge University Dr Lily Taylor is a Research Associate in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of ...
Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT) Impact Report Published PACT is a collaborative research network of over 1,200 primary care clinicians who take part in collaborative research and quality improvement projects ...
Please come join the new Continuity of Care SIG at it’s launch at SAPC 2025! We will be meeting in the Caerleon suite, 2nd floor of the conference venue from ...
Academics at Aston University in collaboration with colleagues from the Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Community Connexions programme have written a blog for the NIHR School of Primary Care ...
Due to the high number of successful abstract acceptances, the SAPC NIGH Primary Care Mental Health Conference on the 14th May 2025 will now conclude at 4:30 PM instead of ...
We are saddened to hear of the death of David Metcalfe. Our thoughts go out to his colleagues, family and friends. Please see the tribute written by John Howie below ...
We are delighted to announce our two keynote speakers for the upcoming Mental Health Special Interest Group Primary Care Mental Health Conference 2025 Professor Margaret Ikpoh and Professor Peter Bower ...
As part of the Quality and Safety Improvement in Primary Care SIG, we’ve rearranged an online talk with Prof Paul Bowie (Dr Paul Bowie - University of Staffordshire) for Tuesday ...
SAPC Mental Health SIG Primary Care MH Conference 14th May 2025 Registration is now open - to book please click the link here. Please direct any queries to : healthresearchinstitute@edgehill.ac.uk
We are asking our GP members to assist with a research priority setting exercise for PCOS research, organised by the James Lind foundation. Please submit your response here: https://www.verity-pcos.org.uk/jlapcos.html
Lab Techniques in Mammalian Cell Biology is a three-day University College London course with intense lab practicals combined with lectures. The next course will take place on 14th-16th July 2025 ...
John Fry award 2025 Congratulations to Dr Brian McMillan who received the John Fry award on 20th June June 2025 at the RCGP. The John Fry Award is presented to ...
Conference venue The conference will be held 8-10th July at Holland House Hotel Cardiff. The evening drinks and dinner will be on 9th July at National Museum Cardiff. The Accessibility ...
Aside from the academic content, one of the highlights of the SAPC ASM is the opportunity to enjoy the social aspect and networking at the evening dinner event. This year ...
Food allergy in children priority setting partnership We are running a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for Food Allergy Research in Children: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/food-allergy-children What are the research priorities for ...