Richard Neal
@richarddneal.bsky.social
Professor of Primary Care, University of Exeter. GP. All things cancer diagnosis and screening. he/him
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Great to see connections between APEx and UCL flourishing at #SAPC2025 #SAPC_ASM. Congrats to Ev for a fantastic presentation showcasing our @nihrspcr.bsky.social project on understanding more about patient perspectives of postural hypotension @sineadmcd89.bsky.social @chrisellesclark.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Great to see connections between APEx and UCL flourishing at #SAPC2025 #SAPC_ASM. Congrats to Ev for a fantastic presentation showcasing our @nihrspcr.bsky.social project on understanding more about patient perspectives of postural hypotension @sineadmcd89.bsky.social @chrisellesclark.bsky.social
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Tom Kallis, Clinical Research Fellow, on navigating clinical uncertainty in polypharmacy at the SAPC Conference, Cardiff #SAPC2025 #SAPC_ASM @apexcomms.bsky.social, @hls.exeter.ac.uk, @uniofexeternews.bsky.social,@nihrspcr.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Tom Kallis, Clinical Research Fellow, on navigating clinical uncertainty in polypharmacy at the SAPC Conference, Cardiff #SAPC2025 #SAPC_ASM @apexcomms.bsky.social, @hls.exeter.ac.uk, @uniofexeternews.bsky.social,@nihrspcr.bsky.social
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The NIHR SPCR is delighted to celebrate and congratulate several of our colleagues who have recently received received awards and honours in recognition for their contributions to Primary Care Research: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/spcr-co...
June 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The NIHR SPCR is delighted to celebrate and congratulate several of our colleagues who have recently received received awards and honours in recognition for their contributions to Primary Care Research: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/spcr-co...
That appears to be me in the picture.... I was very humbled and honoured to receive this, and acknowledged the huge number of amazing colleagues who I have worked with throughout my career - too many to name! Many thanks to all of you
Huge congrats to Richard Neal, Prof. of Primary Care & Director of APEx, awarded RCGP President’s Medal in recognition of consistent efforts & contributions to achieve the RCGP’s overall mission to maintain the highest possible standards in general practice
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June 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
That appears to be me in the picture.... I was very humbled and honoured to receive this, and acknowledged the huge number of amazing colleagues who I have worked with throughout my career - too many to name! Many thanks to all of you
Celebrating International Clinical Trials Day!
I’m Co-Chief Investigator for the NHS Galleri Trial, which is looking into whether using a blood test alongside existing screening helps the NHS detect cancer early.
Results are expected from 2026.
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I’m Co-Chief Investigator for the NHS Galleri Trial, which is looking into whether using a blood test alongside existing screening helps the NHS detect cancer early.
Results are expected from 2026.
@apexcomms.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Celebrating International Clinical Trials Day!
I’m Co-Chief Investigator for the NHS Galleri Trial, which is looking into whether using a blood test alongside existing screening helps the NHS detect cancer early.
Results are expected from 2026.
@apexcomms.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social
I’m Co-Chief Investigator for the NHS Galleri Trial, which is looking into whether using a blood test alongside existing screening helps the NHS detect cancer early.
Results are expected from 2026.
@apexcomms.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social
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Published in Lancet Psychiatry, this trial shows mindfulness based cognitive therapy is more effective than treatment-as-usual for those who have not remitted to high-intensity depression therapy in NHS Talking Therapies
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New Hope for Depression Treatment: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
A ground-breaking clinical trial has revealed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) can offer significant relief for p...
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May 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Published in Lancet Psychiatry, this trial shows mindfulness based cognitive therapy is more effective than treatment-as-usual for those who have not remitted to high-intensity depression therapy in NHS Talking Therapies
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new paper👉 NHS-Galleri trial - MCED RCT- first model standardised referral of asymptomatic individuals from a trial into NHS standard-of-care cancer pathways.
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May 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
new paper👉 NHS-Galleri trial - MCED RCT- first model standardised referral of asymptomatic individuals from a trial into NHS standard-of-care cancer pathways.
frontiersin.org/journals/oncol… @richarddneal.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @charlesswanton.bsky.socia#cancere#researchch @frontiersin.bsky.social
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Community pharmacies can play a key role in early cancer detection, especially in deprived areas. Dr Judit Konya, from @apexcomms.bsky.social shares an update on her research: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/blog/ea...
#PrimaryCare #Research
#PrimaryCare #Research
May 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Community pharmacies can play a key role in early cancer detection, especially in deprived areas. Dr Judit Konya, from @apexcomms.bsky.social shares an update on her research: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/blog/ea...
#PrimaryCare #Research
#PrimaryCare #Research
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Looking forward to two days of networking and presentations #CaPRI2025 in Salford. First plenary so busy I'm glad I've got my own (wheel)chair!
But scared of all the ramps though
But scared of all the ramps though
April 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Looking forward to two days of networking and presentations #CaPRI2025 in Salford. First plenary so busy I'm glad I've got my own (wheel)chair!
But scared of all the ramps though
But scared of all the ramps though
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The Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) team have arrived at Manchester!
Watch this space for regular updates from the Cancer in Primary Care #CaPRI2025 conference.
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Watch this space for regular updates from the Cancer in Primary Care #CaPRI2025 conference.
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April 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) team have arrived at Manchester!
Watch this space for regular updates from the Cancer in Primary Care #CaPRI2025 conference.
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Watch this space for regular updates from the Cancer in Primary Care #CaPRI2025 conference.
@apexcomms.bsky.social
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Check out our blog for today's APEx seminar titled Developing a policy evaluation model for lung cancer early detection, by Dr Tristan Snowsill tinyurl.com/mv56yeeh @hls.exeter.ac.uk @apexcomms.bsky.social
Seminar titled Developing a policy evaluation model for lung cancer early detection, by Dr Tristan Snowsill
Lung cancer kills more people in the UK each year than any other cancer, accounting for 1 in 5 cancer deaths. Fewer than half the people diagnosed with lung cancer survive for a year after
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April 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Check out our blog for today's APEx seminar titled Developing a policy evaluation model for lung cancer early detection, by Dr Tristan Snowsill tinyurl.com/mv56yeeh @hls.exeter.ac.uk @apexcomms.bsky.social
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Published in the Journal of Physiotherapy by Dr Lianne Wood et al: Exercise adherence is associated with improvements in pain intensity and functional limitations in adults with chronic non-specific low back pain: a secondary analysis of a Cochrane review tinyurl.com/vzmpacz4 @hls.exeter.ac.uk
Exercise adherence is associated with improvements in pain intensity and functional limitations in adults with chronic non-specific low back pain: a secondary analysis of a Cochrane review
What is the association between exercise adherence and the effects of exercise on pain intensity and functional limitations in adults with chronic non…
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April 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Published in the Journal of Physiotherapy by Dr Lianne Wood et al: Exercise adherence is associated with improvements in pain intensity and functional limitations in adults with chronic non-specific low back pain: a secondary analysis of a Cochrane review tinyurl.com/vzmpacz4 @hls.exeter.ac.uk
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Published in the Nature Reviews Urology by Dr Luke Mounce et al: Racial disparities in prostate cancer in the UK and the USA: similarities, differences and steps forwards tinyurl.com/bdhvu792 @hls.exeter.ac.uk @natrevurol.bsky.social
Racial disparities in prostate cancer in the UK and the USA: similarities, differences and steps forwards - Nature Reviews Urology
Examination of racial disparities in prostate cancer in the USA and UK highlights systemic, socio-economic and sociocultural factors that might contribute to these differences. Understanding behaviour...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Published in the Nature Reviews Urology by Dr Luke Mounce et al: Racial disparities in prostate cancer in the UK and the USA: similarities, differences and steps forwards tinyurl.com/bdhvu792 @hls.exeter.ac.uk @natrevurol.bsky.social
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South-West SAPC blog by Professor Rupert Payne tinyurl.com/ywsh3rhr @hls.exeter.ac.uk @apexcomms.bsky.social
South-West SAPC by Professor Rupert Payne
I’ve always enjoyed the regional SAPC conferences. Being very much at the smaller end of the conference spectrum, they are a great way to find out what’s going on in the local region, and offer
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April 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
South-West SAPC blog by Professor Rupert Payne tinyurl.com/ywsh3rhr @hls.exeter.ac.uk @apexcomms.bsky.social
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📢 New SPCR-led research reveals major disparities in prostate cancer testing across GP practices in England, highlighting the need for clearer guidelines. Read more: bit.ly/42aqlR4
#ProstateCancer #PrimaryCare #SPCR
#ProstateCancer #PrimaryCare #SPCR
April 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📢 New SPCR-led research reveals major disparities in prostate cancer testing across GP practices in England, highlighting the need for clearer guidelines. Read more: bit.ly/42aqlR4
#ProstateCancer #PrimaryCare #SPCR
#ProstateCancer #PrimaryCare #SPCR
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Check out our blog by Dr Gianni Dongo: What motivated my wanting to do research?
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What motivated my wanting to do research? by Dr Gianni Dongo
The answer to this question can often times seem scripted. There is usually a reference to a desire to stimulate lasting change in society, an altruistic aim to break frontiers of knowledge or a perso...
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April 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Check out our blog by Dr Gianni Dongo: What motivated my wanting to do research?
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📢 The @nihrspcr.bsky.social is offering up to eleven General Practice Commercial Research Fellowships, with positions available at various universities across the UK. Find out more: bit.ly/4i3Z88G
#GP #Fellowship #SPCR
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#GP #Fellowship #SPCR
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April 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📢 The @nihrspcr.bsky.social is offering up to eleven General Practice Commercial Research Fellowships, with positions available at various universities across the UK. Find out more: bit.ly/4i3Z88G
#GP #Fellowship #SPCR
@sapc.ac.uk @nihr.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social
#GP #Fellowship #SPCR
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Advanced cancer: a robust surrogate of cancer mortality in early detection trials
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Advanced cancer: a robust surrogate of cancer mortality in early detection trials?
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April 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Advanced cancer: a robust surrogate of cancer mortality in early detection trials
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In their recent systematic review, @sineadmcd89.bsky.social et al. showed that group-delivered interventions were effective at lowering blood pressure in people with hypertension compared with usual care tinyurl.com/5357e9am @bjgp.bsky.social
Group-delivered interventions for lowering blood pressure in hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Hypertension is the leading modifiable cause of cardiovascular disease. Primary care management is predominantly individual and remains suboptimal. Interventions delivered to groups incorpo...
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March 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
In their recent systematic review, @sineadmcd89.bsky.social et al. showed that group-delivered interventions were effective at lowering blood pressure in people with hypertension compared with usual care tinyurl.com/5357e9am @bjgp.bsky.social
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APEx staff and students are presenting or contributing to the SW SAPC meeting in Oxford next week. Good luck to Amy Chinner, Judit Konya, Tomazo Kallis, Sarah Price, Stella Kozmér, Jo Butterworth, Osei Asibey Owusu, Nada Khan, and Mary Carter @nadakhan.bsky.social @hls.exeter.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
APEx staff and students are presenting or contributing to the SW SAPC meeting in Oxford next week. Good luck to Amy Chinner, Judit Konya, Tomazo Kallis, Sarah Price, Stella Kozmér, Jo Butterworth, Osei Asibey Owusu, Nada Khan, and Mary Carter @nadakhan.bsky.social @hls.exeter.ac.uk
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This study found evidence of ethnic differences in diagnostic intervals, with prolonged secondary care intervals for four common cancers and prolonged primary care intervals for two doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare #Cancer
March 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This study found evidence of ethnic differences in diagnostic intervals, with prolonged secondary care intervals for four common cancers and prolonged primary care intervals for two doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare #Cancer
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Patients with lung cancer who were registered with practices that arranged more chest X-rays had earlier stage disease diagnosis and better survival doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare #Cancer
March 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Patients with lung cancer who were registered with practices that arranged more chest X-rays had earlier stage disease diagnosis and better survival doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare #Cancer
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🎉 SPCR Researchers Among the New NIHR Senior Investigators 2025! 🎉
Congratulations to our outstanding colleagues on this well-deserved recognition for their contributions to health research. 👏
Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/4ijEn9Z #NIHRSeniorInvestigators #SPCR #HealthResearch
Congratulations to our outstanding colleagues on this well-deserved recognition for their contributions to health research. 👏
Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/4ijEn9Z #NIHRSeniorInvestigators #SPCR #HealthResearch
March 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🎉 SPCR Researchers Among the New NIHR Senior Investigators 2025! 🎉
Congratulations to our outstanding colleagues on this well-deserved recognition for their contributions to health research. 👏
Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/4ijEn9Z #NIHRSeniorInvestigators #SPCR #HealthResearch
Congratulations to our outstanding colleagues on this well-deserved recognition for their contributions to health research. 👏
Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/4ijEn9Z #NIHRSeniorInvestigators #SPCR #HealthResearch
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The role of community pharmacies in early cancer detection with a focus on deprivation – by Dr Judit Konya tinyurl.com/ynbf6yke
The role of community pharmacies in early cancer detection with a focus on deprivation - by Dr Judit Konya
We know that the earlier cancer is diagnosed, the better the clinical outcomes are. Patients generally first present to General Practice with symptoms of undiagnosed cancer. However, in recent years t...
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March 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The role of community pharmacies in early cancer detection with a focus on deprivation – by Dr Judit Konya tinyurl.com/ynbf6yke
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Now open for applications! The 2025 George Lewith prize. Open to any UK medical undergraduates. 🏆 Find out how to apply & win a place at the @sapc.ac.uk ASM.
🔗 Learn more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
🗓️ Deadline: 12 noon, Friday 25th April 2025
#generalpractice #undergraduate
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🗓️ Deadline: 12 noon, Friday 25th April 2025
#generalpractice #undergraduate
March 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Now open for applications! The 2025 George Lewith prize. Open to any UK medical undergraduates. 🏆 Find out how to apply & win a place at the @sapc.ac.uk ASM.
🔗 Learn more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
🗓️ Deadline: 12 noon, Friday 25th April 2025
#generalpractice #undergraduate
🔗 Learn more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
🗓️ Deadline: 12 noon, Friday 25th April 2025
#generalpractice #undergraduate