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Researchers are looking for GPs, health visitors and midwives with an interest in supporting safe infant feeding. Coventry University is leading the development of a new online and mobile resource called ifeed for parents which will support them to make confident infant feeding choices, and support them with sustained breastfeeding and/or safe and responsive bottle feeding.

The aim of the MRC funded PROOF-ABPM study was to gather information about people’s blood pressure measured in routine clinical practice and use this to establish which patients would benefit most from undergoing 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.

Newly funded I-WOTCH study on opioid withdrawal for chronic pain
Strong opioids are increasingly being prescribed for chronic non-malignant pain including expensive transdermal preparations. However there is limited data supporting the effectiveness of long term use with adverse effects often outweighing the benefits of long term opioid treatment for pain. The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) has funded a new multi-centre randomised controlled trial: I-WOTCH (Improving the Wellbeing of people With Opioid Treated CHronic pain).

CANcer DIagnosis Decision rules

This multi- centre study will continue beyond March to September 2017 and practices can continue to recruit. We would like to express our gratitude to participating practices which have recruited to this long term study. Nationally, as of March 2017, some 19,680 patients are included in this study. The CRN West Midlands region have contributed 12% of this figure. To reach the target of 20,000 patients the study team now requires more lung symptom patients than colon.

Accuracy of patient-owned blood pressure monitors compared to Omron PA350 monitor checker

This is a primary care based cross sectional survey, testing patients’ blood pressure (BP) monitors using the OMRON PA350 digital BP tester.

Based on your feedback, we have redesigned the programme for the year ahead. In 2016/17, the Essentials in Primary Care module will run as a Masterclass series. Each one day bespoke event will tackle one of five essential elements of primary care policy and practice.

The report following this survey, carried out earlier this year by the Central Patient and Public Involvement & Engagement Team, is now available. CRN WM was one of three Local Clinical Research Networks (LCRNs) which developed and piloted the survey and returned the largest number of responses (318 of 597).