Oxford researchers launch GP Evidence – a website designed by GPs for GPs

Oxford researchers launch GP Evidence – a website designed by GPs, for GPs, to bridge the knowledge gap between scientific evidence and recommended treatments
2 February 2023

Evidence-based guidelines are a highly valuable and critical element of clinical practice, but can sometimes unconsciously promote a "one-size-fits-all" approach. Primary Care DPhil student and GP, Dr Julian Treadwell, developed the website, GP Evidence, with funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), to make the scientific evidence underpinning guideline-recommended treatments easier to access and understand by practicing GPs.

Making complex information understandable and usable is a huge challenge, which is why the team adopted a participatory co-design approach, whereby the intended users, in this case GPs, were involved in the creation of the website from the very beginning, alongside patients and the public. Whilst the website was designed with GPs in mind, the content provided should be useful and relevant to specialist nurses, primary care pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who manage long-term conditions in primary care.

The majority of evidence provided on the website represents best available expert evidence from NICE guidelines and Cochrane reviews, unless stated otherwise.

GP Evidence is free to all users and carries no advertising. 

The website can be found at: https://gpevidence.org/

Read the full Press Release: https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-researchers-launch-gp-evidence-2013-a-website-designed-by-gps-for-gps-to-bridge-the-knowledge-gap-between-scientific-evidence-and-recommended-treatments