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Francesca H. Dakin

@francescadakin.bsky.social
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Senior Digital Health Researcher at Oxford University DPhil from @OxPrimaryCare @NIHRSPCR www.phc.ox.ac.uk/team/francesca-dak…

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Go see Life Support. Healthcare workers bearing witness to genocide in Gaza. #medsky lifesupportfilm.co.uk
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Life Support – The Film
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Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences @oxprimarycare.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Can AI help reduce health inequities? 💭 MSc in Applied Digital Health student Sergej Kucenko reflects on responsible innovation, sociotechnical thinking in healthcare and why technology alone cannot solve unequal health outcomes. Read Sergej's perspective⬇️
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What digital health innovation needs to reduce inequity: Lessons from the MSc in Applied Digital Health
Can artificial intelligence help reduce health inequities? Drawing on experiences from the MSc in Applied Digital Health, Sergej Kucenko reflects on responsible innovation, sociotechnical thinking in ...
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Thank you! The SPCR have been absolutely critical in enabling my doctoral research and personal development, as well as supporting patient and stakeholder engagement during my postdoc. Truly a brilliant School full of fantastic people.
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NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Congratulations to one of our former SPCR Trainees, Francesca Dakin, on receiving the SAPC and BJGP Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award in the Primary Healthcare Scientist category. A fantastic and well-deserved recognition of her contributions to digital primary care. 👏🎉 #SPCRTrainees
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Interested in AI, digital health, and the future of primary care? Join the Digital Technologies SIG at #SAPC2026 in St Andrews for updates, networking, and a talk from Dr Christina Derksen on AI scribes in UK primary care When? 24 June | 10:00–11:00 Where? Gateway, Seminar Room 1 All welcome!
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Bit of nice news! This year @sapc.ac.uk and @bjgp.org have awarded me their Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award, in the Primary Healthcare Scientist category. This award recognises my contributions towards digital primary care, made possible by @nihrspcr.bsky.social and @fshi.bsky.social.
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 09/04/2026
Practices with good ‘relational infrastructure’ (RI) appeared to have stronger team identities, better coordination of tasks & higher staff wellbeing than practices with weaker RI doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @francescadakin.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @fshi.bsky.social
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Teamwork and relational infrastructure: a qualitative study of modern UK general practice | British Journal of General Practice
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Super pleased to share the final paper from my doctoral research at @oxprimarycare.bsky.social, funded by @nihrspcr.bsky.social is now published! "Teamwork and relational infrastructure: a qualitative study of modern UK general practice" is now available from @bjgp.org: bjgp.org/content/earl...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Honoured to be giving the Centre for Personalised Medicine Annual Lecture on 28th April at 5.30 pm in Oxford's Mathematics Institute: Personalised medicine - A view from primary care. All welcome, free to attend but please book. cpm.ox.ac.uk/event/cpm-an...
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CPM Annual Lecture 2026 - cpm
We are delighted that the 2026 CPM Annual Lecture will be given by Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Personalised Medicine: A Primary Care Perspective. This will take place at the Maths Institute on Tuesday...
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Very proud to see our paper on the unintended consequences of digitalisation on GP staff wellbeing making number 6 in the #BJGPTop10!
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
❕Attention Special Allocation Scheme Providers❕ Our survey of SAS providers is now OPEN. If you are involved in delivering SAS services, we would really appreciate your time in responding to our survey (or sharing it with relevant people): app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/sea...
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SEARCH Survey
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Super excited to attend the Digital Tech SIG at SAPC this year, where I'll be discussing my upcoming @fshi.bsky.social Mildred Blaxter Fellowship project on 'The Digital Facsimile in AI-enabled Access and Triage'.
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Very pleased to share this blog post discussing my experiences of seeking 'impact' during my PhD for my doctoral funder, NIHR SPCR. For me, it grew iteratively and was grounded in relationships and collaboration. Hopefully of use to others currently undertaking their PhDs!
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
A couple of weeks ago I passed my DPhil viva (with no corrections?!) at @oxprimarycare.bsky.social Using this as an excuse to share some of my doctoral research papers! My thesis was an ethnographic study of the digitalisation of general practice work, published across three papers (so far)
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Wooooo thanks Trish, Davide and Cathy, WHAT A DAY!
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
What @hetanshah.bsky.social said:
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Final version of our new paper is ready to download, should you be interested in TECHNOSTRESS, TECHNOSUFFERING and its impact on staff relations in healthcare organisations. Shout out to lead author Fran Dakin! #medsky #digitalhealth bjgp.org/content/earl...
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Technostress, technosuffering, and relational strain: a multi-method qualitative study of how remote and digital work affects staff in UK general practice
Background The introduction of remote and digital forms of working in UK general practice has driven the development of new routines and working styles. Aim To explore and theorise how new forms of w...
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Paper out on digitally-driven stress, strain, and suffering in UK GP To harness tech’s benefits, practices need to be *change-ready*: have strong working relations, time and resource to make informed decisions RE what tech and when (for the local staff/patient context) and the capacity to implement
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Francesca H. Dakin @francescadakin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
🚨NEW PAPER: GP WORKFORCE STRESS, DIGITALISATION🚨 Technostress, technosuffering, and relational strain: a qualitative study of how remote and digital work affects staff in UK general practice From the RBD2 study/ my DPhil @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social bjgp.org/content/earl...
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Technostress, technosuffering, and relational strain: a multi-method qualitative study of how remote and digital work affects staff in UK general practice
Background The introduction of remote and digital forms of working in UK general practice has driven the development of new routines and working styles. Aim To explore and theorise how new forms of w...
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