Research News & Updates

New GP resources added to our website

01st December 2021

We have compiled some brief guidance, reminders and links to resources below which we feel would be helpful as a reference guide for research in general practice. We hope this will be helpful to practices whether they are new to research or have been participating in research for some time:

https://www.westyorksrd.nhs.uk/general-practice-research-resources

World Antimicrobial Resistance Week (WAAW) blogs

25th November 2021

Each day of WAAW we shared blog posts and highlighted papers on our website/Twitter, in collaboration with and with thanks to medicines optimisation colleagues from across the CCGs, and partners including the Academic Unit of Primary Care at the University of Leeds, and Leeds City Council:

https://www.westyorksrd.nhs.uk/blog

Wakefield Research Collaborative wins award

24th September 2021

The Wakefield research collaborative (of which general practices and Wakefield CCG are a part) has won a gold Clinical Site Team of the Year award at the 2021 Pharma Times awards.

You can read more about this on the website of one of the collaborative's partners, MidYorkshire NHS Trust:

https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/wakefieldresearchhub/

LAMP nominated for an award

24th September 2021

The Lowering Antimicrobial Prescribing (LAMP) project has been shortlisted for a PrescQIPP award in the Patienty Safety category.

You can read about LAMP and related projects on our website: https://www.westyorksrd.nhs.uk/lamp

Congratulations to all nominees and partners.

You can follow PrescQIPP on Twitter for further updates about these awards.