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The prescription of hypnotics is a politicised issue in the UK with measures in place to monitor and reduce the prescription of hypnotics in primary care. All of the sleeping pills currently available in the UK are only licensed for short term use only – no pharmaceuticals are licensed for long term treatment of insomnia due to lack of evidence for long term efficacy, risk of dependency and other side effects.

Could changing the time of day blood pressure medications are taken improve their effectiveness?

This research is a patient randomised controlled trial to evaluate the management of hypertension in primary care using self monitored blood pressure values, with or without tele-monitoring, compared to that using clinic monitored blood pressure.

A patient’s tale of one person's journey into research, how and why she became involved and the benefits that have arisen.

Working with Pharmaceutical Companies to Deliver Industry Interventional Clinical Trials

This year the local National Institute for Health Research: Clinical Research Network Primary Care team marked International Clinical Trials day in host practices in Coventry and Redditch by celebrating and spreading the message that it is “OK to Ask” about clinical research.

Four-Fold Asthma (FAST) Study - Can a new approach to managing asthma help to prevent a bad attack?