Resources

Primary Care Research Network publications

• An introduction to the Primary Care Research Network (PDF A5 booklet 2012)
• Primary Care Research Network general information leaflet (PDF leaflet 2012)
• Primary Care Research Network core offer to researchers (PDF leaflet 2012)
• Primary Care Research Network - Benefits to Industry (PDF leaflet July 2011)
• 10 Good reasons for primary care Practitioners to work with us (PDF leaflet Nov 2011)
• Participant Identification Centres (PICs): a practical guide for primary care (PDF booklet December 2012) 400kb

Think Community Pharmacy campaign materials

Think Community Pharmacy leaflet (PDF 831kb)

• Think Community Pharmacy A3 poster (PDF 1.1MB)

Useful documents

PCRN RSI Evaluation Summary 2012 (PDF)

PCRN strategy (vision and aims) 2012 - 2015 (PDF)

Map of the Primary Care Research Network (PDF)

• PCRN Resource Template.xlsx
  This spreadsheet can be downloaded to record and calculate NHS costs associated with Network-supported (non-commerical) studies in primary care. If you would like advice or help with the template, please contact your local PCRN.
• UK Primary Care Research Portfolio Review (2009) (PDF)
  The aim of this review was to map current primary care research activity throughout the UK in order to identify areas of strength and important potential activity gaps. This snapshot of primary care research activity registered on the UKCRN Project Register at the end of 2008 and additional prioritisation of potential topics provides a valuable but partial view of current research activity in UK primary care.
• Primary care recruitment: A practical guide (2010) (PDF)
  A research recruitment guide has been developed by the NIHR Primary Care Research Recruitment Methods Group (www.nspcr.ac.uk), in conjunction with the NIHR Primary Care Research Network. The guide, produced in 2010, is intended as a practical resource to help researchers in primary care with participant recruitment. It draws on information from a variety of experienced research-active professionals from a range of settings who shared information about how they and their organisations approach the task of recruiting to studies in primary care. It deliberately uses some terms from the commercial world and applies them in a social marketing model to help researchers think differently about their approaches.
• Primary Care Research Network Standard Operating Procedures
  The majority of research studies will have SOPs specifically designed for the study, however we have developed and made available a range of Standard Operating Procedures to ensure quality and consistency in research from the planning stage through to study closure. These are available for researchers to use for their research studies.