AvonCAP GP1 is a preparatory study that looked to address how chest infections are recorded in the GP records.

A GP might suspect that a patient has a chest infection, but they might not record this in a standardised way that allows us to identify these patients. For example, they might record the main problem as ‘cough’ rather than ‘chest infection’. We, therefore, worked with GPs and other health professionals to make sure that they were recording a diagnosis of chest infections in an agreed way.

For more information, see the AvonCAP GP1 study website.