Why Test study protocol: a UK-wide audit using the Primary Care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT) to explore the reasons for primary care testing

Alexander Burrell; Polly Duncan; Ian Bennett-Britton; Sam Hodgson; Samuel WD Merriel; Salman Waqar; Penny Whiting; Jessica Watson

doi:10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0017

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Why Test study protocol: a UK-wide audit using the Primary Care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT) to explore the reasons for primary care testing

Alexander Burrell, Polly Duncan, Ian Bennett-Britton, Sam Hodgson, Samuel WD Merriel, Salman Waqar, Penny Whiting and Jessica Watson on behalf of the Primary Care Academic Collaborative (PACT)

BJGP Open 2022; 6 (3): BJGPO.2022.0017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0017

Alexander Burrell

1 Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

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Polly Duncan

1 Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

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Ian Bennett-Britton

2 Primary Care Research Centre, School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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Sam Hodgson

2 Primary Care Research Centre, School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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Samuel WD Merriel

3 Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx), Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

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Salman Waqar

4 Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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Penny Whiting

1 Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

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Jessica Watson

1 Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

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For correspondence: jessica.watson@bristol.ac.uk

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