Primary Care Cambridge

'I am kicking off my medical career in the middle of a pandemic' On 6 April, 265 medical students graduated early from the University of Cambridge to allow them to enter the NHS workforce early and help with the response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Just arriving at Clinical School? read our survival guide

Help, I’m going to Clinical School: a survival guide for medical students by medical students You’re taking your first steps into clinical medicine. Are you a little nervous about what’s coming next?

Graduate, get a job … make a difference #7 Cambridge graduates enter a wide range of careers but making a difference tops their career wish lists. In this series, inspiring graduates from the last three years describe Cambridge, their current work and their determination to give back.

Cambridge@Hay: Professor Theresa Marteau on why risk information doesn’t change unhealthy behaviour | The Behaviour and Health Research Unit New audiences learned about the links between behaviour and health - and how our non-conscious choices can be deadly - at this year's Hay Festival with

How can systems design improve end of life care?

http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/future-end-life-care-design/

Into the future for end of life care design - Primary Care Unit The first two years of the five year Marie Curie Design to Care Programme, launched 25th April 2017, brings together experts from palliative care, engineering, design and social sciences to address the complex palliative care needs of the UK’s ageing population. The programme will develop a new appr...

Does bottle size affect the amount of cola consumed at home? | The Behaviour and Health Research Unit Sub-dividing a fixed amount of a sugar-sweetened beverage in smaller vs larger bottles could help curb their consumption but so far, no studies have tested this

Public attitudes towards end-of-life care in progressive neurological illness are conflicted, study reveals Public attitudes in UK and USA reveal support both for life-sustaining interventions and for measures to enable peaceful death in progressive neurological illness such as dementia, according to a survey carried out by researchers at the University of Cambridge.

People with dementia often have other conditions too - learn how we used primary care health data to understand how this affects their use of services

http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/number-of-comorbidities-and-dementia-care/

Variation in demands for healthcare amongst dementia patients New research using primary care data on comorbidities in dementia patients highlights variation in demands for healthcare

This is excellent news for health improvement research - and ultimately for patients. Professor Mary Dixon-Woods will lead this new institute. You can sign up for updates: http://www.health.org.uk/content/sign-updates-improvement-research-institute

Cambridge awarded £40m to create world-leading health care improvement research institute The University of Cambridge is to receive £40 million over ten years from the Health Foundation, an independent charity, to establish and run a new research institute aimed at strengthening the evidence-base for how to improve health care.

Excellent opportunity for primary care clinicians who want to pursue an academic career: deadline is 26th March

Wellcome Trust PhD Programme for Primary Care Clinicians - Primary Care Unit Wellcome Trust PhD Programme for Primary Care Clinicians 3 years’ full-time fixed term or pro rata part-time fixed term Salary range: Appropriate clinical salary scale – starting salary will depend on current role and experience but will not exceed £74,000 per annum (pro-rota) Applications from NHS…

Some pictures from yesterday's blast of positivity and leadership for GP, with Helen Stokes-Lampard who gave our GP Lecture here in Cambridge. Thank you so much to Helen and everyone who came along