PRIMIS supports academics and researchers to realise the benefits of using primary care data to inform healthcare innovation and improvement.
The data held in the GP medical records of patients is used every day to support health and care planning and research in England, helping to find better treatments and improve patient outcomes for everyone.
Healthcare records from general practice provide the most comprehensive patient dataset, with huge potential to transform healthcare, now and in the future.
How we can help:
PRIMIS has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC), a world renowned, multi-disciplinary research team who are pioneers behind important academic research and the provision of education to widen the knowledge base for diabetes health and disease management.
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For the Embedding Study, which aimed to increasing uptake of effective self-management education programmes for type 2 diabetes in multi-ethnic primary care settings, PRIMIS provided searches that identified patients eligible for the study, as well as baseline and impact data throughout the duration of the project. The data output was prepared in such a way that the study team were able re-identify patients, where consent had been given.
We are currently working with colleagues from the LDC on the D-Med Study.
The D-Med Study aims to help clinical practice staff with prescribing responsibilities to reduce the proportion of potentially inappropriate diabetes medications prescribed in older people with type 2 diabetes and frailty.
The FLU-CAT study is led by Professor Calum Semple (Senior Lecturer in Child Health at the University of Liverpool and Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital) and involves the real time refinement and validation of criteria and tools used in primary care to aid hospital referral decisions for patients of all ages in the event of a surge during an influenza pandemic.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, PRIMIS was asked to work alongside the GP system suppliers to design and implement a data entry template to support primary care decision making. Consequently, the tools have been utilised hundreds of thousands of times across the UK, supporting health care professionals to make difficult decisions about who should be admitted to hospital and who can safely be allowed to stay at home.
The PRoTeCT study, lead by Prof Tony Avery and the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham, has been set up to evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of two different approaches to improving the safety of prescribing medicines in English general practices.
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Expected outcomes/impacts include:
PRIMIS is delighted to support this important study through data extraction and linkage, using the PINCER indicators.
The PRoTeCT programme also aims to generate NHS policy recommendations following its conclusions. PRoTeCT has been funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grant for Applied Research (PGfAR) until August 2021.
For more information on the PRoTeCT programme and to find out about the four work packages involved and economic evaluation please see:
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