Welcome to the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, one of the leading departments of its kind in the world. As an academic unit within the School of Population Health, the department is committed to continually raising standards and achieving excellence in teaching and research at all levels of general practice and primary healthcare.  

Aims and objectives

The department has the following aims:

• provide undergraduate students with the opportunity:
• to learn about the principles of general practice
• to understand the role of the General Practitioner within the Primary Health Care team and wider healthcare system
• provide postgraduate students with the opportunities to continue their education and to acquire postgraduate qualifications
• promote research which is critical, creative and caring
• promote high standards in the health professionals who teach undergraduates in general practice
• promote high quality healthcare to improve health outcomes and reduce disparities