Staying True: Navigating the Opportunities and Challenges of Primary Health Care Reform The Australian Journal of Primary Health invites submissions of papers for publication in a special Issue in 2018 exploring the potential and the problems posed by PHC reform as an international movement to deliver better health outcomes. The edition marks the ten year anniversary of the World Health Organisation report , Primary Health Care - Now More Than Ever. Submission deadline is October 30 2017. The Special Issue will be published mid-2018 but papers will become available ‘Online Early’ immediately following acceptance and production. Articles may be up to 3000 words. Full details of the submission and peer review process are available on the Journal website . For further information, please contact Virginia Lewis .

Candace Imison from Nuffield Trust is a keynote speaker at this week's SAPC Annual Scientific Meeting. She will be speaking on future directions for primary care. Nuffield Trust are currently doing a survey of GP practice based staff on their thoughts for the future. You can join the survey by clicking here

Kate O'Donnell chaired her first SAPC AGM on Thursday 13th July 2017 at the University of Warwick. "We have had another busy year promoting and supporting academic primary care. As always, conferences, the newsletter and regular newsflashes, Special...

The work of SAPC members has been recognised in multiple awards made by the Royal College of General Practitioners. Dr Jo Protheroe, SAPC Treasurer & SIG lead and Senior Academic GP at Keele, has been awarded the 2018 RCGP John Fry award for her leadership and work in the field of Health Literacy. Professor Chris Dowrick, Professor of Primary Medical Care at Liverpool and Chair of the Working Party for Mental Health at WONCA, will receive the RCGP George Abercrombie award for special meritorious literary work in General Practice. Professor Kate O'Donnell, SAPC Chair and Professor of Primary Care at Glasgow, has been awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College - RCGP's most important award, offered in recognition of outstanding contribution to the work and the goals of the discipline and the College.

Applications for the 2017 NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) are now open. The NIA is recruiting exceptional individuals with evidence-based ready-to-scale innovations to join its new cohort. Full details, including how to apply, are here or read on...

Senior members of SAPC have responded to plans announced by Health Education England to cut the educational support budget for GP training by 30% from next year. In a letter published in the BMJ on 18th May (in print on 27th May), the Chair,...

This seminar focuses around the discipline of primary care research. It will provide intellectual stimulation, discussion, and a glimpse into how general practice can become stronger through primary care research. FREE for AiTs. Open to all AiTs and...

Congratulations to Dr Nathan Davies, University College London, who is this year's winner of the Yvonne Carter award for outstanding new researcher awarded by RCGP and SAPC. Here are a couple of links to the announcement: RCGP Clinical Update RCGP...

Congratulations to Professors Christine Bond and Sandra Eldridge who lead the SAPC PHoCuS group: Christine Bond has been made a fellow of RCGP. Sandra Eldridge has been awarded an NIHR Senior Investigator award.

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 .