Welcome to the Primary Care Unit 4 of 4
The Cambridge Primary Care Unit (PCU) works to reduce the burden of ill health:
- by identifying and targeting the behaviours that lead to chronic disease;
- by improving early detection of illness;
- by improving the delivery of health services in community settings;
- and by teaching medical students, clinicians, researchers and educators.
We aim to deliver research and education at the highest international standards of excellence.
Our research is organised into five research themes: Behaviour and Health, Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes, Cancer, Health Services Research and End of Life Care.
The Primary Care Unit is based within the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge, one of Europe’s premier university departments of population health sciences.
The PCU has rejoined the NIHR School for Primary Care Research, which is a partnership between eight leading academic centres for primary care research in England.
We aim to improve the health of the population through research conducted at three levels: clinical care in general practice, the organisation and delivery of healthcare, and improving health through changes to the wider environment.
The Primary Care Research Unit offers academic posts for GPs as well as opportunities for PhD students.
The Primary Care Unit host occasional events and seminars, currently we are administering one for social science research on theorising medical devices.
Primary Care Unit News
Shortness of breath can be terrifying for both patients and the family and friends who support them. Cambridge clinicians and…
BHRU Annual Lecture 2015: What can history tell us about current health inequalities? now online
In June, Professor Simon Szreter, Professor of History and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, gave the annual BHRU…
‘The Future of Primary Care’ Report out today
A new report, commissioned by Health Education England (http://www.hee.nhs.uk/) is published today, produced by the Primary Care Workforce Commission chaired by PCU’s…
Supporting Nurses’, Midwives’ and Allied Health Professionals’ (NMAHP) Research Careers at Cambridge
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) and the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) are currently advertising…
Dr Rupert Payne – Antidepressants and pain killers: should we be worried?
Dr Rupert Payne of the Primary Care Unit’s HSR group talks about a new paper out this week in the BMJ. See the…
