SAPC News & current events

Symptoms in Primary Care: an invitation to the 2nd annual symposium in The Netherlands

The 2nd annual symposium on symptoms in Primary Care will be held on September 22-23 2017 in The Netherlands. Invitations for abstract submission is open with the deadline extended to June 1st. Full details are available on the symposium webpage .

An invitation to Primary Care clinicians to join us for a day of CPD with a difference

This year's SAPC Annual Scientific Meeting programme includes a day aimed at meeting the CPD needs of practising clinicians. Find our more here and on the conference webpage

Utrecht Summer School: training and quality management in family medicine - state of the art

Details of the Utrecht summer school on training and quality management in family medicine

Regional meeting reports 2017

Thank you to all our regional meeting hosts for organising these great meetings so far this year Imperial College for hosting the SAPC SE regional meeting at Madingley Hall in January highlights University of Oxford for hosting the SW SAPC regional...

SAPC ASM 2017 earlybird deadline 6th May

The peer review process is well underway and all submitting authors will be notified of the outcome before the end of April. The programme will include dangerous ideas and an educational doctoral research session as well as all the usual workshops,...

New Chair SAPC Awards Committee

We are delighted to welcome Chris Dowrick as the Chair of SAPC's Awards Committee. Chris is well known to many of us as Professor of Primary Medical Care at the University of Liverpool and for giving a memorable Helen Lester Memorial Lecture at the...

Upcoming deadlines for Yvonne Carter and John Fry awards

The deadline for applications for the Yvonne Carter Award for outstanding new researcher is 31st January. Read more ... The deadline for applications/nominations for the John Fry Award is 17th February. Read more ...

Congratulations to Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard

Congratulations to Helen Stokes-Lampard on becoming Chair of Council for the Royal College of General Practitioners. She is also a part-time GP partner at The Cloisters Medical Practice in Lichfield, Staffordshire and member of SAPC. Helen will be...

Applications invited for a Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy and Practice

Applications are invited for the next round of prestigious Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships . The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners to spend up to 12 months in the United States, conducting original research and working with leading U.S. health policy experts. Harkness Fellowships are designed for mid-career professionals who are committed to advancing health policy and practice in The Commonwealth Fund's principal areas of interest: improving access to care, and the quality and efficiency of health care services.

Alzheimer Society Implementation Research Grants

Moving research into the real world; £400,000 research grants available to help close the gap between dementia research and practice. Alzheimer’s Society uses the Implementation grant scheme to move tested, evidence based interventions into the real...