Annual Report 2024

 Activities

• Meeting at SAPC ASM 3rd July 2024 with limited in-person attendance (hybrid option also offered)

• New Co-Chair appointed – SIG now co-chaired by Emilie Couchman and Lucy Pocock Future Plans

• Quarterly research meetings to network and share work

• Sharing what works and what doesn’t work in engaging hard to reach populations across the country in research

• Engaging students with primary palliative care research – e.g. sharing projects for SSCs • Engaging the primary care multi-disciplinary team in research, including community nurses

• Building research capacity in primary care including through PhD supervision (SM co-supervisor for EC)

• A future Special Interest Group meeting focussed on inequalities in palliative care and the role of primary care.

Evidence of impact of the SIG

We have plans for SIG members (and their institutions/groups) to host quarterly research meetings, where they and colleagues can present the work they are doing. This would also provide regular opportunities for us to get together and to discuss ideas and plans for collaborative research projects. The first 3 meetings will be held in 2025 by Leeds, Bristol, and Sheffield.

Outcomes from SIG meeting at last SAPC ASM 

As above

How affiliation with SAPC has helped the SIG

• Platform for annual meeting at ASM

• Opportunity to share progress with academic primary care community through SAPC newsletters / bulletins

• Association with SAPC provides credibility and profile, leading to: • Opportunities to share plans for research and recruit other interested academics to participate in relevant studies and / or support future proposals e.g. through steering group membership.

• Opportunity to take part in relevant project work with policy makers