A major online survey has been launched to help determine primary care research priorities after the coronavirus pandemic. The survey is the first comprehensive, patient-centred and generalist health professional project of its type since the pandemic started.
It is being conducted by the Scottish School of Primary Care and has been designed to strengthen future evidence for primary care to improve health outcomes.
As is explained by the organisers in a preamble to the survey: “Our goal is to provide a clear direction for future primary care research so that it benefits the lives of individuals and families, and increases the amount of funding for the most important primary care research.”
The survey can be completed by anyone in Scotland who uses primary care services, such as patients and carers, or who are healthcare professionals working in Scotland,
People can take part anonymously in the project, which is being led by Professor Gill Hubbard, co-deputy director of the Scottish School of Primary Care, of which the Scottish Rural Medicine Collaborative is a key partner.