e-Participate

Continued thanks to those practices recruiting to the CANDID study which is set to continue until the 30^th September 2016. Congratulations to our top ten recruiting practices to date this year.

Practice nurses throughout West Midlands South, working with our local research nurses, have extended the reach of research, opening studies to many more patients who otherwise might not have had such opportunities, broadened their access to the latest treatments and as a collateral benefit, in some cases facilitated quicker access to diagnosis of previously unrecognised conditions.

Warwick Primary Care is the newly re-forming group of academics here at WMS. Our group has been established to work with you to help improve primary care through education and research.

The general practice (GP) workforce in England is in crisis, reflected in increasing rates of early retirement and intentions to reduce hours of working. This study aimed to investigate underlying factors and how these might be mitigated.

Because most of the population catches coughs, colds, sore throats and other respiratory infections, the spread of these viruses in the general population results in widespread illness. It also causes pressure on NHS services during the winter months, and this pressure is much worse in a pandemic flu year.

Join Dementia Research (www.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk) is a nationwide online and telephone service where you can register your interest in participating in dementia research. Anyone 18 or over, with or without dementia, can register as a volunteer or sign-up for someone else, providing that you have their consent.

FAST (Febuxostat versus Allopurinol Streamlined Trial) is a major multicentre clinical trial evaluating long term cardiovascular safety of febuxostat in comparison with allopurinol in patients with chronic symptomatic hyperuricaemia (gout). This is a very simple study, with a very low workload for participating practices.