{"id":853,"date":"2015-05-14T15:10:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T15:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/apex\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-07-03T08:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:19:20","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/apex\/2015\/05\/14\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the APEx blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/apex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2015\/05\/APEXlaunch_main.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/apex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2015\/05\/APEXlaunch_main.jpg\" alt=\"L-R Dr Tim Burke, Dr Mike Bewick (NHS England), Prof Jean McEwan, Prof Janice Ky, Prof John Campbell, Prof David Mant\" width=\"218\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R Dr Tim Burke, Dr Mike Bewick (NHS England), Prof Jean McEwan, Prof Janice Ky, Prof John Campbell, Prof David Mant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>APEx is the University of Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care. APEx has been developed to align the Primary Care service priorities of NHS organisations within the South West with the education, training and research priorities of the University of Exeter. APEx aims to improve the quality of primary healthcare across the South West Peninsula, and thereby improve the health of the population of the South West<\/p>\n<p>This blog will provide updates on local Primary Care education and research within the University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APEx is the University of Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care. APEx has been developed to align the Primary Care service priorities of NHS organisations within the South West with the education, training and research priorities of the University of Exeter. 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