Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx)
Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx)
Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx)
Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx)
The Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) is a multidisciplinary team within the College of Medicine and Health. We have strong partnerships with schools of primary care across the country, the NHS and NIHR.
We are delighted to be recognised as one of the nine member departments of the NIHR SPCR 2021-2026, recognising excellence in primary care research.
Read the article on the SPCR Official website
On our UoE News page
And our APEx blog: SPCR Launch Event
Professor John Campbell is Professor of General Practice and Primary Care, and Co-Director of the APEx Collaboration
Professor Richard Neal is Professor of Primary Care, and Co-Director of the APEx Collaboration
NIHR SPCR 2021-2026
Upcoming School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) funding round 11 for underrepresented professions
Projects must be in an area of Primary Care research and must be led by one of the following: any allied health professional regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (see link for list of eligible professions), dentist, midwife, nurse, optometrist or pharmacist.
Timeframe:
- 11th April – Internal deadline for Expressions of Interest
- 3rd May - Online workshop for applicants, run by the SPCR central directorate (details tbc)
- 26th June – Internal deadline for near complete applications for feedback
- 17th July – External deadline for final application submission to SPCR central directorate
- September 2023 - Funding panel
- Mid October 2023 - Outcomes communicated
- Projects may start from 1st January 2024. All projects must end by 31st March 2026, no extensions can be given beyond this date. Maximum duration 27 months
PPIE support
If you are planning to put in an application for FR11 and require support around PPIE please contact Beccy Summers (r.l.summers@exeter.ac.uk) for further information and support. There are also various PPIE Advice Clinics and Ideas Cafes you can sign up for to support with PPIE, please email APEx@exeter.ac.uk for more information.
For further information and to request an Expression of Interest form, please email APEx@exeter.ac.uk
FR11 Information Document
If you would like to get in touch contact apex@exeter.ac.uk or visit our team page for links to individual staff member profiles.
- Establish a research focus on the development and delivery of holistic, person-centred care that builds on existing expertise.
- Understanding, research, and explore new, integrated models of care which cross traditional boundaries of primary, secondary, mental health and social care.
- Look at innovative ways of delivering high quality integrated care that exploit the potential of technology.
- Pursue research and education in primary care leadership and service organisation, building on existing expertise associated with the Peninsula Applied Research Collaboration (PenARC) and the Exeter Business School.
- Establish a continuum of education in primary care from the undergraduate to the postgraduate and the established professional, placing research and evidence at the heart of primary care education.
Bringing together research groups across Health and Community Sciences
- Ageing and Frailty (website under construction)
- Cancer Diagnosis (DISCO)
- Child Health including Children and Young People's Mental Health (ChYme)
APEx Seminars - find out more about our next APEx Seminar. Seminars typically run Jan-Mar, May-July, Sep-Dec
Patient and Public Involvement events - PPI Advice Clinics and Ideas Cafes
ECR Events - events and training aimed at ECR/MCR
Visit our blog where we share primary care staff profiles, news including departmental and research, and opinion pieces
Featured Research & Publications
GP's shared decision making experiences
A paper has been published on GP's experiences on shared decision making in primary care
Read the article here: From training to practice: a qualitative study of GPs’ shared decision-making experiences
How healthcare sector stakeholders perceive patient reported outcome measures
A paper has been published in the Journal of Patient Reported outcomes titled: Misconceiving patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) as primarily a reporting requirement rather than a quality improvement tool: perceptions of independent healthcare sector stakeholders in the UK
Ethnic inequalities in routes to diagnosis of cancer
Black and Asian patients are waiting up to a month longer than White patients for some forms of cancer diagnosis from the point at which they first seek medical help, new research has found. Read the news story on the UoE news page.
The paper was published in Cancers: Assessing ethnic inequalities in diagnostic interval of common cancers: a population-based UK cohort study’
Earlier diagnosis of prostate cancer by considering genetic risk
’Applying a genetic risk score for prostate cancer to men with lower urinary tract symptoms in primary care to predict prostate cancer diagnosis: a cohort study in the UK Biobank’’ was ranked #2 for all papers ever published in the Bristish Journal of Cancer.
Considering genetic risk in a GP's risk assessment of patients' symptoms could lead to quicker referral for investigating possible prostate cancer.
Benefits of measuring blood pressure in both arms
Research led by members of APEx on hypertension suggests that taking blood pressure in both arms would improve hypertension diagnosis.
See the news story on the university channel: How measuring blood pressure in both arms can help reduce cardiovascular risk and hypertension
Read the article on Hypertension: Higher Arm Versus Lower Arm Systolic Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Outcomes: a Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data From the INTERPRESS-IPD Collaboration which achieved first place in Hypertension's 'Best of Hypertension Clinical Science Category'.
Understanding Digital Facilitation in Primary Care
An article from the NIHR funded "Di-Facto" study which aims to understand the benefits and challenges associated with different models of digital facilitation currently in use in general practice in parts of England has been published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
You can read the paper on their website: Digital Facilitation to Support Patient Access to Web-Based Primary Care Services: Scoping Literature Review
This is the first stage of the Di-Facto project.
Global action on antimicrobial resistance
A recent article published in BMJ Global Health draws on tobacco control to inform antimicrobial resistance policy, exploring the lessons learned by taking a comparative and historical approach to managing antimicrobial resistance.
Read the article here: Global action on antimicrobial resistance: lessons from the history of climate change and tobacco control policy
Find out more about APEx's involvement in global health here.
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SPCR Launch Event June
In June 2022, we held a launch event for our recently awarded six yearlong membership to the NIHR's School for Primary Care Research at Sandy Park in Exeter.
A piece was published about the event on the Univeristy's news page, and on the NIHR website: Early success of Exeter’s NIHR School for Primary Care Research celebrated at launch event
The APEx team posted about this on our blog, here: SPCR Launch Event – Sandy Park, June 2022
