Primary Care Research Symposium

Join us for our in-person Primary Care Research Symposium event on Tuesday, 10 March.

This meeting aims to connect research active primary care organisations, promote research delivery opportunities and strengthen collaboration with the RRDN. This event is open to colleagues across the South West Central Regional Research Delivery Network region.  

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

We are excited to be able to hold this event in-person and hope you can join us on the day.

If you have any questions about the event, please email swc.rrdn@nihr.ac.uk.

What to expect

We've designed this event to be informative, interactive and beneficial for all attendees, whether your practice is already deeply engaged in research or you're curious about getting involved.

We will discuss service improvement ideas and the needs of our delivery organisations through workshops. There will be opportunities to network and build relationships throughout the day.

The day will include national updates, insights from study teams, networking opportunities and interactive workshops where you can engage in focused discussions around key themes such as:

• EDGE

• Commercial studies

• Cross-setting collaboration

Agenda

Arrival from 9:30am with a prompt start at 10am.

Welcome and introduction - Dr Sam Davies, General Practice Research Speciality and Setting Lead, South West Central Regional Research Delivery Network

Health & Care Director address - Helen Lewis-White, Health & Care Director, SWC RRDN

Local update - Calum Masterton, Study Support Service Manager and Chris Voisey, Head of Research Delivery and Support for Wider Care Settings, SWC RRDN

RRDN guess who

Health Research Authority data protection guidance updates - Alison Knight, Data and Privacy Specialist, Health Research Authority and Matthew Sanderson, Research Regulation Specialist, Health Research Authority

Low-dose AMiTriptylinefor the prevention of post-HErpeticneuralgiA: ATHENA trial results - Prof Matthew Ridd, NIHR Professor of Primary Health Care at University of Bristol, GP at Portishead Medical Group

Accessing Continuity study - Dr Polly Duncan, Primary Care Setting Lead, SWC RRDN

Equitable Payment Calculator - Paul Roy, Associate Director for Research , NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB

Understanding the role of antibiotics for older adults with chest infections: the AFLOAT trial - Prof Nick Francis, Head of School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, University of Southampton

CAPTURED trial - Pedro Avila, Head of UK Projects - Healthcare and Research, Optimum Patient Care

Agile Research Delivery Team update - Sarah Kidd, Agile Research Delivery Team Senior Manager, SWC RRDN

Workshop: 

• EDGE -  Tiffany Edwards, Data & Analytics Senior Manager, South West Central Regional Research Delivery Network and Sebastian Howard, Data & Analytics Officer, South West Central Regional Research Delivery Network

• Commercial studies - Julie Davidson, Operations & Research Director, Pier Health Group & NIHR North Somerset Primary Care Clinical Research Delivery Centre

• Cross-setting collaboration - Calum Masterton, Study Support Service Manager, SWC RRDN

Reflections, takeaways and final networking opportunities