Thank you for your help and support with promoting the Hidden Workload Study.  With your help, almost 800 clinicians signed up for the project, across over 400 practices.  Furthermore, almost 400 clinicians have submitted Workload Capture data and we are now entering the ‘analysis and reporting’ phase of the project. 

You can read more in this published article:

BJGP - The real work of general practice: understanding our hidden workload 

The PANORAMIC trial (platform adaptive trial of novel antivirals for early treatment of Covid-19 in the community) is the fastest recruiting and the largest trial of a therapeutic agent for Covid-19 in primary care ever.  Just under 30,000 people were recruited via either self-referral or via GP practices across England.  It has been recognised globally as a trailblazing study for primary care and in a recent paper authored by Professor Phil Evans, GP and Deputy Health and Care Director and the team at the NIHR Research Delivery Network with colleagues from the University of Oxford concludes that primary care research should be at the forefront of future pandemic preparedness.  Read more here.  

SNOMED have recently released a new code for GP sites to accurately record a patient's dissent from receiving research invitations directly from their practice.  

- 1771641000000107 | Fully specified name: Dissent to receive invitation from general practitioner practice to participate in research

- 1771651000000105 | Fully specified name: Dissent withdrawn to receive from general practitioner practice to participate in research

For more information and to find out what action you may need to take at your practice, please see here. 

The RSI funding scheme is devised to support practice, the development of practice research infrastructure, and delivery of research trials within GP practices.

Funding will cover research activity from 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026.

Applications are currently closed for 2025/26. 

If you have any questions or comments, please get in touch - nw.rrdn@nihr.ac.uk 

The Participant in Research Experience Survey (PRES) has been developed by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, Research Delivery Network Coordinating Centre and measures the experiences of participants in health and social care research. PRES asks individuals to give feedback on the research they have taken part in.

Through PRES we aim to put research participant experience at the centre of research delivery so that the value of their research contribution can be demonstrated to research participants, positively impacting recruitment and retention within research studies. Participant feedback is key to ensure the needs of our local communities are met and enables changes to improve research delivery where necessary.

The PRES is available for you to distribute through your research teams. 

There are adult and children versions:-

• The Adult PRES can be found here - PRES

There are several children’s PRES forms which can be found at these at these links:-

PRES 0-6 years 

PRES 7-11 years

PRES 12-15 years

Paper copies are also available from: nw.rrdn@nihr.ac.uk 

Where possible, please prioritise use of the digital form

Any queries -  nw.rrdn@nihr.ac.uk

Join Dementia Research is a national service funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, run by the National Institute of Health and Care Research in partnership with Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer Scotland. 

Join Dementia Research enables people diagnosed with dementia, their partners and carers, as well as anyone with an interest in dementia research, to register their interest in taking part in dementia research and to be matched to suitable studies.

There’s a wide range of studies on Join Dementia Research, including studies into diagnosis, prevention, new treatments and quality of life studies. Volunteers with a dementia diagnosis often report that being involved in research can help them to maintain a positive attitude to life.

If you are interested in supporting sign ups to JDR from your practice please contact nw.rrdn@nihr.ac.uk for further information on how to get involved.