
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 👇 crukcentre.manchester.ac.uk/opportunities/… 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 🗣️ "every additional £1 spent on primary or community care could have increased economic output by £14" nhsconfed.org/publications/c… #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/71/705… bjgp.org/content/69/689… #RCGPAC


Speaking at #RCGPAC today, Wes Streeting announced that together, we are launching a Red Tape Challenge across the NHS. 🧵⬇️

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 👉journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a…

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 💙 #RCGPAC2024 YoryosLyratzopoulos


Should GPs have access to low dose CT for improving lung cancer diagnosis in high risk symptomatic patients? Dr Sam Merriel 💙💛 presents at #RCGPAC2024


Great to hear the primary care cancer OG tag team tell us about the early diagnosis of cancer Thomas Round 💙 Dr Sam Merriel 💙💛 Richard Neal 🇪🇺 Best4 trial: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR1355… Prostate cancer trial: prostatecanceruk.org/research/trans… MCED: mced.info #rcgpac


🚨 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-sarc…

🩸 🩸Common blood test abnormalities are early signals of cancer 🦠 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/s4141… Gary Abel YoryosLyratzopoulos Becky White Behavioural Science & Health UCL

