PCS is a research organisation. Audit, service evaluation, quality improvement and research are part of business as usual alongside our clinical services.
We undertake research in our 9 GP practices, and we support our 73 shareholding practices to develop research capacity. Our approach is equal, diverse and inclusive (EDI) pro-actively involving under-served groups who often don’t have the opportunity to contribute to research. Click here to learn more about the #BePartofResearch campaign.
We are a research delivery site for academic and commercial research organisations, and we collaborate with The University of Sheffield, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) Yorkshire and Humber (Y&H), the Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), and the Applied Research Collaborative (ARC) Yorkshire and Humber (Y&H).
Most of our clinical research delivery takes place at the PCS | Clinical Research Facility which is co-located in newly refurbished premises with PCS | North Darnall.
You can see examples of our work in the Case Studies section of this website, and on our Current Studies page. You can also see look-up Our Team and our Contact Details.
pcs.research@nhs.net
Dr Jon Dickson
Clinical Lead for Research
Melanie Celikkol
Research Service Manager
Dr Malcolm Savage
Case Studies
CANAssess Study
Sheffield is one of four areas taking part in the £1.4m CANAssess study.
WorkWell
WorkWell supports people living with a health condition or disability to find and stay in work. It works to build on their strengths, so they feel settled and able to flourish in their role.
Primary care: the sleeping giant of research delivery
Our team’s article in the British Journal of General Practice.
Evaluation of CASES
Independent evaluation of CASES (Clinical Assessment, Support and Education Service)
Research on the impact of the multi-professional workforce in primary care
Report by Natalie Jones, Clinical Academic Occupational Therapist and ARRS Project Manager Sheffield Place
TOUCAN: Evaluation of new rapid tests for diagnosing urinary tract infections at Primary Care Sheffield
Urinary tract infections study
PANORAMIC
PCS recruits 9 patients to ground breaking COVID-19 trial.
Scalable solution
A scalable solution to include the primary-care electronic health record in a secure data environment
CASCADE Study
Our sites recruited 114 patients, 15% (114/753) of the recruits in Yorkshire and Humber.
Early Diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease
The MND Alert research study is looking for GP practices to sign-up.
ALABAMA Case Study
Case Study: Improving Antibiotic Prescribing by Addressing Incorrect Penicillin Allergy Records.