Primary care workers at the west London ‘coal face’ meet to choose their future research directions

28 May 1999

PRESS INVITATION

Journalists are invited to attend the second annual conference on Thursday 3 June of the West London Research Network (WeLReN). WeLReN is a Primary Care based Research Network which spans four Health Authority areas in west London.

General practitioners, practice nurses, practice managers and other primary care team members from west London will meet with representatives from health authorities, education boards, universities, hospital and community trusts, on Thursday 3 June at Northwick Park Hospital to set a research agenda for west London primary care for the next year. The network is being funded by the Department of Health for three years and has attracted significant interest.

In the morning ongoing work will be presented by the groups, and will be followed by a number of keynote speeches.

The afternoon session will see conference participants debate the future research priorities for primary care groups. This will be done in a very interactive way to ensure maximum involvement.

Notes to editors:

1. The WeLReN Second Annual Conference will take place on 3 June 1999 at the Medawar Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, HA1. The nearest tube station is Northwick Park on the Metropolitan line.

Further details and registration available from:

West London Research Network

c/o Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice
Division of Primary Care and Population Health Sciences
Imperial College School of Medicine
St Marys campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG

Tel: 0171 402 7457 / 0171 594 3388
Fax: 0171 706 8426
E-mail: p.r.thomas@imperial.ac.uk

2. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine has the largest income (£309m) and the largest research income (£117m) of any university institution in the UK. It has 8823 full time students, 30 per cent of whom are postgraduate and 35 per cent non-British nationalities. Imperial College was rated second overall in both The Times Good University Guide (23 April 1999) and the Financial Times Guide to Britains top 100 universities (1 April).

Imperial College School of Medicine was formed in 1995 when Imperial College and its existing medical school, St Mary's Hospital Medical School were joined by the National Heart and Lung Institute. It further expanded when the Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School joined in August 1997.