The Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) is a leading centre for primary care research and teaching in the UK, and one of nine centres that form the NIHR School for Primary Care Research. We are part of Bristol Medical School, an internationally recognised centre of excellence for population health sciences research and teaching.
Research
We conduct high quality research across a number of themes with a multidisciplinary approach.
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Courses and programmes
Members of the Centre for Academic Primary Care are involved in teaching undergraduate medical students.
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Resources and tools
We have developed resources and tools to support GPs in clinical practice and for use in primary care research.

News
- Understanding health services use among Chinese residents in Bristol / 了解布里斯托尔的华人居民如何使用医疗保健服务 / 了解布里斯托爾的華人居民如何使用醫療保健服務 16 June 2025
- New Friends and Family Handbook gives advice on how to support someone experiencing domestic abuse 3 June 2025
- First ‘core outcome set’ for ear infection studies in primary and community care 7 May 2025
Latest blog posts
Top tips for planning an interest holder engagement event
Alice Harper
What's a process evaluation and why does it matter?
Gabriele Vojt
Improving personalised care for people with multiple health conditions
Chris Salisbury (on the Personalised Care Institute blog)