Survey

NHS Winter Pressures - IRAS 349399 CPMS 65297
Study end date - April 2027

Aims: This is work package 1 in a study which aims to identify the impact and inequality of winter pressures in primary care. WP1 is looking to understand how winter pressures affect GP practices and care provision. There is an urgent need to clarify what “winter pressures” means to primary care, whether through changes in number or availability of appointments, patient mix, reasons for attendance, or changes in chronic disease management. Determining when a practice starts experiencing excess pressure is critical to designing strategies to prevent downstream consequences of such pressure. 

Requirements: 1 member of staff at each GP practice will be asked to complete a 2 minute survey, every 2 weeks (ideally the same member of staff). The practice needs to use TPP SystmOne as their electronic health record software. 

Cervical screening & physical disability: Healthcare Professionals v1  IRAS 352684 CPMS 68325 

Survey closes December 2025

Aims: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are being invited to complete a survey that will take up to 20 minutes and optional follow-up interview that will take up to 1 hour.

The survey will explore healthcare professionals' understanding of Disabled people’s needs and what adjustments are currently made in practice to support and facilitate Disabled people to access cervical screening. The survey will also seek views on the acceptability and feasibility of proposed new solutions to improve access to cervical screening for physically Disabled people.

Requirements: Maximum 1-2 staff members who collect cervical samples per practice to complete an online survey: HCPs will be provided a link to access the study and are required to read a participant information sheet and provide informed consent before beginning the survey. The survey will take up to twenty minutes to complete and will consist of the following sections: 1) demographic information, 2) cervical screening experience, 3) confidence to deliver screening to physically Disabled patients, 4) existing adjustments, 5) current practice and 6) proposed new solutions. Participants will be provided with a debrief form at the end of the survey.  During the survey, HCPs are invited to attend and/or nominate a primary care receptionist to take part in a case-study assisted interview. Participants who would like to take part in the interview will be asked to leave contact details on the survey and this will be arranged directly with the researcher.

Payment: Each participant will receive an Amazon voucher for completing the survey and a separate Amazon voucher for attending the online interview. 

DeNPRU-QM National Provider Survey IRAS 338398 CPMS 60254

Recruitment End Date: 31/12/25

Aims: This Research is being conducted by the NIHR Dementia and Neurodegeneration Policy Research Unit at Queen Mary, University of London (DeNPRU-QM). They are planning to survey primary care services across North East and North Cumbria, and 4 other geographically diverse areas of England. The survey aims to capture variation in primary care provision for people with dementia, as well as expectations of future care for dementia in these services, in order to inform policy and guidance following the rollout of new Disease Modifying Treatments for dementia to be prescribed within primary care settings.

The primary care survey has been co-designed with GPs from London practices and members of the DeNPRU-QM PPIE group. 

Requirements:  They require only one GP per practice to complete the survey.  

The survey is estimate to be 10 minutes in duration and is now live on Qualtrics https://appletree.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1ReCLHRV0iekM9o .

Participants can complete the survey independently online or with a member of our research team either over the phone or on MS Teams. 

Payments: Sites are not required to provide information on capacity and capability, and no there is no monetary reimbursement for survey completion. 

Sites will be asked in the survey which practice they are from so they can allocate an accrual for completion. You must ensure this is added to receive the accrual.

Participant Information Sheet

SUstainable Self Effective Exercise Development (SUSSED)- IRAS: NA

Aims: to develop a clinical decision support tool to help increase physical activity in people with chronic pain. The project is grounded in the COM-B behaviour change model and aims to provide healthcare professionals with a personalised approach to supporting patients in overcoming barriers to physical activity. 

Requirements:  As part of our early planning, we are seeking expressions of interest from GP practices across the UK who might be willing to take part in the project. To this end, we have created a brief engagement survey:

https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dundee/sussed-gp-practice-engagement-survey

If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact your RDN officer/facilitator