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The SAFER Research Programme led by @PCU_Cambridge and @prof_mant - is screening for Atrial Fibrillation #AFib beneficial in the fight against #stroke?

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We are well underway with phase 2 of our feasibility study. Huge thanks to our practices (Shelford, Buckden, Norwich, Hertford and Hoddesdon) for inviting 4,000 patients. Participants are already undergoing #AF screening and recording lots of ECGs - thank you everyone

We are well underway with phase 2 of our feasibility study. Huge thanks to our practices (Shelford, Buckden, Norwich, Hertford and Hoddesdon) for inviting 4,000 patients. Participants are already undergoing #AF screening and recording lots of ECGs - thank you everyone
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We are recruiting! Come and join the SAFER team and help deliver a (very) large AF screening trial jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/22791/

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Why ‘case finding’ is bad science - ⁦Margaret McCartney⁩ ⁦greg fell FFPH⁩, Sam Finnikin, Harriet Hunt, Mike McHugh, ⁦⁦Muir Gray⁩ - we need evidence before implementation, including for atrial fibrillation ⁦SAFER Trial⁩ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

rakesh modi (@rak_modi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Research is a team effort - friends, funding and fora during the fray have resulted in our novel intervention to screen for AF NIHR School for Primary Care Research @NIHRcommunity Wellcome @jenniaburt Prof Jonathan Mant Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge DPHPC #wellcomephd SAFER: The complete works spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/blog/safe…

rakesh modi (@rak_modi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you ⁦Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge⁩ for sharing my blog on adversity in running ⁦SAFER Trial⁩ . The wave of the pandemic was sink or swim for us, as the closing wall of sound for Beethoven. SAFER: The complete works - Primary Care Unit phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/safer-the-…

C&P Primary Care Research (@cpprimarycarer1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The SAFER Trial, a large new programme of research investigating screening to detect atrial fibrillation, the heart condition responsible for one in ten stroke, is starting here in East Anglia. #research #improvingoutcomes #AF phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/research-t…

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GP practices in the Eastern region are now starting to invite eligible patients to take part in the SAFER trial. If you receive an invitation and have any questions, please contact the trial team safer.phpc.cam.ac.uk/contact-us/

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Excited to report that the first participants in the SAFER Trial have started recording ECGs as part of the AF screening intervention

Excited to report that the first participants in the SAFER Trial have started recording ECGs as part of the AF screening intervention
Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge (@pcu_cambridge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

11 ways to embed qualitative research in a clinical trial, from the SAFER Trial team Summary: phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/11-ways-to… Article: trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Prof Jonathan Mant @SarahEHoare rakesh modi @NIHRevidence @CambsPboroCCG @NIHRCRNeoe

11 ways to embed qualitative research in a clinical trial, from the <a href="/SAFER_Study/">SAFER Trial</a> team 

Summary: phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/11-ways-to…

Article: trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

<a href="/prof_mant/">Prof Jonathan Mant</a> @SarahEHoare <a href="/rak_modi/">rakesh modi</a> @NIHRevidence @CambsPboroCCG @NIHRCRNeoe
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New: evidence to help determine follow up for #stroke risk in the people diagnosed with #AF who do not meet the threshold for anticoagulation treatment Prof Jonathan Mant Jenny Lund Summary: phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/mapping-th… Paper in The British Journal of General Practice : bjgp.org/content/early/…

New: evidence to help determine  follow up for #stroke risk in the 
people diagnosed with #AF who do not meet the threshold for anticoagulation treatment

<a href="/prof_mant/">Prof Jonathan Mant</a> <a href="/J_C_Lund/">Jenny Lund</a>

Summary: phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/mapping-th…
Paper in <a href="/BJGPjournal/">The British Journal of General Practice</a> : bjgp.org/content/early/…
Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge (@pcu_cambridge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New from SAFER Trial People who opted out of #AF #screening were making reasoned decisions based on personal circs & on whether the screening seemed necessary, legitimate & useful. Prof Jonathan Mant @SarahEHoare Summary: phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/why-people… Paper: doi.org/10.1111/hex.13…