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The PSM-COPD trial is a NIHR funded study that aims to assess the effectiveness of a telephone-based self-management intervention as a treatment for patients with COPD who have mild dyspnoea compared to usual care.

Demand for general practice appointments is rising rapidly, and in an attempt to deal with this, many practices have introduced systems of telephone triage. Patients are phoned by a doctor or nurse who either manages the problem on the phone, or agrees with the patient whether and how urgently they need to be seen.

Six GPs have been recruited as part of the Clinical Research Network to act as research champions in their respective CCGs with the aim of supporting the local expansion of research in primary care.

The Health Research programme provides training for those intending to go on to a career that includes health-related research. This includes those wanting to undertake high quality research as part of their professional practice in healthcare and those aiming for a PhD

In spring 2014, Coventry University undertook a piece of work for Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council aiming to identify differences between two groups of GP practices: those with ‘high’ or ‘lower’ flu vaccination uptake rates.

The Clinical Research Network (CRN), team in collaboration with research active practices in West Midlands, are about to move into the fourth year of a highly successful research incentive scheme (RIS). The RIS is designed to sustain and increase primary care research capacity across the area, incentivising responsiveness and commitment to research in GP practices.

The PSM-COPD trial is a NIHR funded study that aims to assess the effectiveness of a telephone-based self-management intervention as a treatment for patients with COPD who have mild dyspnoea compared to usual care.