Summary
GPs are invited to contribute to important research in domestic violence, their hidden workload and bowel disease.
Two clinical research studies still have availability for participants in general practice.
The IRIS+ clinical trial is looking for GP practices in Bolton, while The Hidden Workload Study is for any clinician working in general practice.
Both opportunities are being offered via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) North West Regional Research Delivery Network (formerly known as NIHR CRN).
IRIS+ – GP practices in Bolton are invited to take part in the IRIS+ clinical trial. The University of Bristol, together with IRISi, is aiming to broaden the IRIS Programme to men, children and young people, widening the domestic violence support GPs can provide to the whole family.
The trial will help establish the effectiveness of this new programme.
Recruited practices will be randomly selected to either continue to run normal IRIS, or to access the new IRIS+ intervention. This includes a free brief IRIS+ clinical domestic violence training session in referring men, children and young people, free access to the expanded referral pathway to all patients, IRIS+ online clinical resources, and free IRIS+ Advocate Educator support.
Joining the study means they can access your referral data via the local DVA agency and by using NHS digital data – there is no additional work for the practice.
Express your interest in the study via the online form.
The Hidden Workload Study – General practice workload is increasing and is likely to be affected by the local demographics of individual practices. When attempting to analyse general practice workload, routinely collected NHS data does not capture ‘hidden’ work, such as administrative and supervisory tasks, or clinicians’ personal experiences of their workload and providing care for their local communities. The Hidden Workload Study aims to accurately describe general practice workload and explore how local demographics may impact general practice clinicians’ experience of providing care for their patients.
Visit the study website to take part.
General practitioners can also take part in a survey to help improve training, education and overall patient care in relation to bowel disease.
The survey is being conducted by the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) Student Section. It will assess GPs’ exposure to, and training in, managing coloproctology-related cases.
The survey should take no more than three minutes to complete.
A full list of available studies in general practice can be found on the NIHR Primary Care Research Hub. You can also get in touch with the team by emailing: nw.rrdn@nihr.ac.uk
More information about clinical research and the work of NIHR NW RRDN can be found on the PCB website.
