APEx (Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care)

The Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care aims to:

. Establish a research focus on the development and delivery of holistic, person-centred care that builds on existing expertise.
• Understanding, researching, and exploring new, integrated models of care which cross traditional boundaries of primary, secondary, mental health and social care.
• Look at innovative ways of delivering high-quality integrated care that exploit the potential of technology.
• Pursue research and education in primary care leadership and service organisation, building on existing expertise associated with the Peninsula Applied Research Collaboration (PenARC) and the Exeter Business School.
• Establish a continuum of education in primary care from the undergraduate to the postgraduate and the established professional, placing research and evidence at the heart of primary care education.