Special interest groups

SAPC hosts and supports a number of Special Interest Groups (SIGs). SIGs are an important part of our work to achieve impact through collaboration

Dr Rachel Spencer is our SIGs lead. Here she describes how we support our SIGs and how you can get involved.

To find out more about setting up a new SIG, click here

Click on each of the titles below to read more about the SIGs that we currently support

Secure Environments Group - RCGP and SAPC

We are committed to the development of a research strategy in order to benchmark and determine the health outcomes of our population to ensure that standards and health outcomes are defined, measured and met.

Urgent Primary and Community Care (UPCC)

This is a new SIG for all things urgent primary and community care including: urgent care, out-of-hours care, alternatives to admission, urgent care workforce issues, primary and secondary care interface pertaining to acute care, and much more. This group is co-led by Dr Alex Burrell, Dr Matthew Booker, and Dr Sara McKelvie. Our specific aims are to:

·         Create a network of researchers of all levels and backgrounds interested in UPCC

·         Facilitate collaboration and ideas generation

·         Support dissemination of findings

Women's health

A supportive SIG that strengthens collaboration and promotes research and teaching excellence in the area of women’s community health at a national and international level.

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