Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) Blog
On 9 June 2026, in collaboration with senior academics across the University of Exeter, I had the privilege of bringing together researchers, clinicians, public health professionals and community partners for the first Rural And Remote hEalth (RARE) network event. The aim was simple: create space for interdisciplinary collaboration around rural health and begin shaping the […]
As colleagues in Exeter will know a large part of my Deputy Medical Director role within the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) was spent in leading pandemic primary care studies. As the dust settles on COVID-19, now is an appropriate time to reflect on the delivery of the […]
At the end of May 2024 I attended a symposium in New Delhi organised by the Indian Council of Medical Research and The Academy of Medical Sciences on ‘Addressing antimicrobial resistance with a One Health approach’. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is associated with or directly attributed to around 5 million of deaths a year according to […]