The NIHR School for Primary Care Research
The School for Primary Care Research was the first school to be established within the NIHR. The School comprises the leading academic centres for primary care research in England and their focus is on research to improve everyday practice in primary care.
There is a total fund of £3 million per year available to support clinical trials and other well-designed studies in primary care and at the interface with secondary care.
The membership of the school increased from five founding academic university departments to eight in August 2009. The School now comprises the universities of:
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Keele
- Manchester
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- Southampton
- University College London
Professor Richard Hobbs, Professor and Head of Primary Care and General Practice at the School of Medicine, University of Birmingham, is acting Director of the School. The NIHR School for Primary Care Research became fully operational in October 2006.
NIHR School for Primary Care Research
NIHR briefing document: