Reflections on SAPC-SW by Charley Hobson-Merrett

Reflections on SAPC-SW The South-West Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC-SW) conference is a local, friendly, conference attended by a delightful mixture of practitioners and academics.  The variety of attendees and the localised nature of the conference result in presentation content that is an interesting melting pot of clinical and PhD student projects, results from… Continue reading Reflections on SAPC-SW by Charley Hobson-Merrett

Children and Young People Social Prescribing – now known as CHOICES!

A team funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research and led by Kerryn Husk (University of Plymouth) and Vashti Berry (University of Exeter), with Jane Smith, (APeX, University of Exeter) is in the early stages of a project which aims to extend the evidence base for how children… Continue reading Children and Young People Social Prescribing – now known as CHOICES!

Judging capacity in dementia studies: Insights from face-to-face and remote recruitment  

The Dementia – PersonAlised Care Team (D-PACT) programme is an NIHR funded project, aimed at developing and evaluating a dementia support worker intervention based in general practice for individuals living with dementia and their carers. Our website has full details: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare/dementia/dementia-personalised-care-team Current NIHR guidance advocates that research should strive to improve the inclusion of individuals with dementia, including those who lack capacity… Continue reading Judging capacity in dementia studies: Insights from face-to-face and remote recruitment  

Collaborative project: EDP Drug and Alcohol Services, Devon Wildlife Trust, Active Devon, and the University of Plymouth – Flourish in Nature.

The theme of this year’s mental health awareness week, ‘Nature’, could not be more fitting for the exciting collaborative project between EDP Drug and Alcohol Services, Devon Wildlife Trust, Active Devon, and the University of Plymouth: Flourish in Nature. Funded by Sport England and now well established in both south and north Devon, Flourish in… Continue reading Collaborative project: EDP Drug and Alcohol Services, Devon Wildlife Trust, Active Devon, and the University of Plymouth – Flourish in Nature.