Dr Meena Rafiq
@drmeenarafiq
Academic GP | Clinical Research Fellow | early cancer diagnosis | cancer risk prediction | UCL | University of Melbourne | views my own
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20-02-2019 20:53:15
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Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK #ACED #PhD studentships available at CRUK Manchester Institute and Manchester Cancer Research Centre ๐ crukcentre.manchester.ac.uk/opportunities/โฆ A wonderful opportunity to obtain #Cancer #research training and experience at a world-class institution #phdlife UoM Biology, Medicine and Health Division of Cancer Sciences UoM Primary Care Ca-PRI PhD Forum
Kamila Hawthorne RCGP Annual Primary Care Conference ๐ฃ๏ธ "every additional ยฃ1 spent on primary or community care could have increased economic output by ยฃ14" nhsconfed.org/publications/cโฆ #rcgpac
In the UK there has been a 44% increase in the number of patients per GP. These numbers are worse in more deprived areas. We need more GPs to addresss health inequalities Kamila Hawthorne #RCGPAC24 plenary talk
We cannot support the government proposal of a 49% increase in hospital consultants with only a 4% increase in GPs. 90% of healthcare contacts occur in general practice! Serious investment is needed in General Practice to ensure its survival. Kamila Hawthorne talks at #RCGPAC24
Great to hear from Stephen Bradley winner of the SAPC Royal College of General Practitioners ECR award with stellar The British Journal of General Practice publications bjgp.org/content/71/705โฆ bjgp.org/content/69/689โฆ #RCGPAC
Speaking at #RCGPAC today, Wes Streeting announced that together, we are launching a Red Tape Challenge across the NHS. ๐งตโฌ๏ธ
Congratulations on winning one of the best posters Dr Meena Rafiq RCGP Annual Primary Care Conference #RCGPAC
Dipesh Gopal Dr Meena Rafiq RCGP Annual Primary Care Conference Ca-PRI CanTest Cancer Research UK Health Professionals Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK UCL Cancer Institute Amazing work Dr Meena Rafiq & team YoryosLyratzopoulos Brian D Nicholson william hamilton Matthew Barclay - well deserved best research poster! #cancer #primarycare #research #RCGPAC24 link to paper ๐journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/aโฆ
Nonspecific symptoms pose a diagnostic challenge to primary care cancer diagnosis and can result in repeat pre-diagnostic GP presentations. New interventions are needed to help pick up these cancers earlier. Thomas Round ๐ #RCGPAC2024 YoryosLyratzopoulos
Should GPs have access to low dose CT for improving lung cancer diagnosis in high risk symptomatic patients? Dr Sam Merriel ๐๐ presents at #RCGPAC2024
Great to hear the primary care cancer OG tag team tell us about the early diagnosis of cancer Thomas Round ๐ Dr Sam Merriel ๐๐ Richard Neal ๐ช๐บ Best4 trial: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR1355โฆ Prostate cancer trial: prostatecanceruk.org/research/transโฆ MCED: mced.info #rcgpac
๐จ Are you an NHS GP? If so we need your help. Please spend 5 minutes completing this short survey on Sarcoma care. This will inform the Sarcoma UK State of the Nation review. Thank you! sarcoma.org.uk/policy-at-sarcโฆ
๐ฉธ ๐ฉธCommon blood test abnormalities are early signals of cancer ๐ฆ in some individuals with non-specific abdominal symptoms and could support expedited cancer diagnosis. Read my new paper in British Journal of Cancer here: nature.com/articles/s4141โฆ Gary Abel YoryosLyratzopoulos Becky White Behavioural Science & Health UCL