Department of Health launches Primary Care Research School

Patients are set to receive even better care in primary care settings and will have the opportunity to participate in more research in these areas thanks to a new School for Primary Care Research launched by Health Minister Andy Burnham.

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research will receive £3million funding per year with the express aim of increasing the evidence base for primary care practice.

This will mean research into the huge range of areas of professional practice relevant to primary care. It will include looking at everything from the medicines a patient is prescribed, what tests should be run on patients to what general advice should be given about a condition.

17 May 2006