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Getting it right for autistic patients: a qualitative study

Evidence synthesis for economic decision models of primary care diagnostics

Risk factors for influenza-related complications in children: a retrospective cohort study using linked routinely collected data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink and National Pandemic Flu Service

Blood pressure self-monitoring individual patient meta-analysis of registered trials; sub group analyses in a multi-morbid population

Implementing diagnostic genetic testing for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: qualitative study

Anticholinergic drugs and the risk of dementia: a nested case control study

Keeping active: maintenance of physical activity in older people after an exercise intervention

Can a frailty index be used in primary care practice to improve prognostication at the end of life? A multi-method study

The role of primary care in liver disease: early detection and end of life care? A qualitative study of the perceptions of primary health care professionals

Assessing dementia risk in general practice: a qualitative study of the attitudes and views of patients and the public.

Investigation of the factors behind the training choices of junior doctors which result in inadequate recruitment to general practice careers.

Empowering People to Help Speak Up about Safety (EPHESUS) in Primary Care

Predicting individual risk of future hip and knee replacement for osteoarthritis

The diagnostic and prognostic value of the symptom of shortness of breath in primary care: a cohort study

$Incidence of osteoporosis and fracture in common inflammatory diseases in primary care$

The role of systemic inflammatory diseases in long-term morbidity and mortality: a retrospective, matched-cohort study in the Clinical Research Practice Datalink

Can metaphors usefully represent underlying CBT principles for Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS), and how acceptable are such generic and MUS specific metaphors to patients and practitioners?

Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment Options for Subacromial Shoulder Conditions: A Network Meta-Analysis

Children and Adolescents with Musculoskeletal Pain in primary care: CAM-Pain Feasibility Study

Patterns of medication use and polypharmacy at the end of life

Literature review of exercise interventions for peripheral arterial disease.

Validation of existing risk prediction models for colorectal cancer

Systematic review of prostate cancer risk prediction models for use in the general population

Assessing the potential of a data sharing and communication facility within a cessation smartphone app (Q Sense) for patients and NHS smoking cessation advisors

Can continuity of primary care decrease unscheduled secondary care use

The impact on children of exposure to domestic violence and the implications for a primary care response: a systematic review and secondary analysis of qualitative evidence

Identification of gambling problems in primary care

Understanding the volume and content of general practice consultations: the 5th National Morbidity Study

Self testing of proteinuria in pregnancy

Characteristics of patient populations that determine the effectiveness of collabortive care interventions for depression: meta-analysis of individual participant data inpeople with long term conditions

An analytical framework for increasing the efficiency and validity of research using primary care databases

Patient’s Experience of Treatments for depression

Phase 2 – Proactive familial breast cancer risk assessment in primary care: feasibility of an optimised intervention to improve identification

ID	Title	Phase	Start date	End date
Project 270	Getting it right for autistic patients: a qualitative study	FR9	01/10/2015	31/03/2017
Project 269	Evidence synthesis for economic decision models of primary care diagnostics	FR9	01/10/2015	31/07/2016
Project 268	Risk factors for influenza-related complications in children: a retrospective cohort study using linked routinely collected data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink and National Pandemic Flu Service	FR9	01/10/2015	31/03/2018
Project 267	Blood pressure self-monitoring individual patient meta-analysis of registered trials; sub group analyses in a multi-morbid population	FR9	01/10/2015	31/03/2017
Project 266	Implementing diagnostic genetic testing for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: qualitative study	FR9	01/10/2015	31/03/2017
Project 265	Anticholinergic drugs and the risk of dementia: a nested case control study	FR9	01/10/2015	30/09/2016
Project 264	Keeping active: maintenance of physical activity in older people after an exercise intervention	FR9	01/10/2015	30/06/2017
Project 263	Can a frailty index be used in primary care practice to improve prognostication at the end of life? A multi-method study	FR9	01/10/2015	31/12/2017
Project 262	The role of primary care in liver disease: early detection and end of life care? A qualitative study of the perceptions of primary health care professionals	FR9	01/10/2015	31/03/2017
Project 261	Assessing dementia risk in general practice: a qualitative study of the attitudes and views of patients and the public.	FR9	01/10/2015	31/07/2017
Project 260	Investigation of the factors behind the training choices of junior doctors which result in inadequate recruitment to general practice careers.	FR9	01/10/2015	30/09/2017
Project 259	Empowering People to Help Speak Up about Safety (EPHESUS) in Primary Care	FR9	01/01/2016	30/09/2016
Project 258	Predicting individual risk of future hip and knee replacement for osteoarthritis	FR9	01/10/2015	31/03/2017
Project 257	The diagnostic and prognostic value of the symptom of shortness of breath in primary care: a cohort study	FR9	01/10/2015	30/09/2016
Project 256	Incidence of osteoporosis and fracture in common inflammatory diseases in primary care	FR9	01/10/2015	30/09/2016
Project 255	The role of systemic inflammatory diseases in long-term morbidity and mortality: a retrospective, matched-cohort study in the Clinical Research Practice Datalink	FR9	01/10/2015	30/09/2016
Project 254	Can metaphors usefully represent underlying CBT principles for Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS), and how acceptable are such generic and MUS specific metaphors to patients and practitioners?	FR9	01/10/2015	30/06/2017
Project 253	Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment Options for Subacromial Shoulder Conditions: A Network Meta-Analysis	FR9	01/10/2015	31/05/2017
Project 252	Children and Adolescents with Musculoskeletal Pain in primary care: CAM-Pain Feasibility Study	FR9	01/10/2015	31/03/2017
Project 251	Patterns of medication use and polypharmacy at the end of life	FR9	01/10/2015	31/03/2018
Project 250	Literature review of exercise interventions for peripheral arterial disease.	FR9	01/10/2015	30/09/2016
Project 249	Validation of existing risk prediction models for colorectal cancer	FR9	01/10/2015	31/12/2017
Project 248	Systematic review of prostate cancer risk prediction models for use in the general population	FR9	01/10/2015	28/02/2017
Project 247	Assessing the potential of a data sharing and communication facility within a cessation smartphone app (Q Sense) for patients and NHS smoking cessation advisors	FR9	01/10/2015	31/03/2017
Project 246	Can continuity of primary care decrease unscheduled secondary care use	FR9	01/10/2015	31/07/2016
Project 245	The impact on children of exposure to domestic violence and the implications for a primary care response: a systematic review and secondary analysis of qualitative evidence	FR9	01/10/2015	31/03/2017
Project 244	Identification of gambling problems in primary care	FR9	01/10/2015	31/03/2017
Project 243	Understanding the volume and content of general practice consultations: the 5th National Morbidity Study	FR9	01/01/2016	31/08/2018
Project 214	Changes in GP management of depression	FR8	01/01/2014	31/07/2015
Project 213	Self testing of proteinuria in pregnancy	FR8	01/10/2013	30/06/2015
Project 212	Characteristics of patient populations that determine the effectiveness of collabortive care interventions for depression: meta-analysis of individual participant data inpeople with long term conditions	FR8	01/01/2014	30/09/2015
Project 211	An analytical framework for increasing the efficiency and validity of research using primary care databases	FR8	01/01/2014	30/09/2015
Project 210	Pain App II – validity and utility	FR8	01/01/2014	30/09/2015
Project 209	Pain App I	FR8	01/01/2014	30/09/2014
Project 208	The Bristol archive project	FR8	06/01/2014	30/09/2015
Project 207	Patient’s Experience of Treatments for depression	FR8	01/04/2014	30/09/2015
Project 206	Phase 2 – Proactive familial breast cancer risk assessment in primary care: feasibility of an optimised intervention to improve identification	FR8	01/12/2013	30/09/2015
Project 170	ATAFUTI	FR10	01/10/2015	31/07/2017
Project 121	CANDID	FR10	01/10/2015	31/03/2021

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