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Kath Checkland

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BJGP @bjgp.org · 17/12/2025
“If we want to improve continuity, we need to act before changes in attitudes and care delivery make change an impossibility” This #Qualitative study explored patients’ & clinicians’ views regarding #Continuity of care in #GeneralPractice in England doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @patrickburch.bsky.social
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What do patients and clinicians think about continuity in general practice in England? a qualitative study | British Journal of General Practice
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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Good report from @nuffieldtrust.org.uk and @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on the abolition of NHS England. Strikes a sceptical tone about rationale, process and likely impact. I'd probably be more sceptical. Full report at www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/defaul.... I liked this graphic!
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Imelda McDermott @imcdermott.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Is "Taskification" a solution to workforce crisis? In this paper, we problematise the term, tracing its roots to Taylorism, and argue that applying manufacturing logic to healthcare risks fragmenting patient care. doi.org/10.1177/1355... #GeneralPractice #Taskification #Workforce
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Imelda McDermott @imcdermott.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026 Submit your paper You are invited to submit a paper for the Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026. The conference will be jointly hosted by Saïd Business School and the Nuffield Department of Primary Care…
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Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026
Submit your paper You are invited to submit a paper for the Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026. The conference will be jointly hosted by Saïd Business School and the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. Theme: Organising sustainable health and care. Previous conferences have explored a range of pressing issues, including adapting to and resisting policy and organisational change, innovation and transformation, and the dynamics of power, leadership, and culture.
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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What features should an effective system for declaring and managing conflicts of interest in healthcare have? An adapted Delphi study of key stakeholders in the UK
Objective To identify views and establish agreements of key stakeholders on the features of an effective system for declaring and managing conflicts of interest in healthcare. Design A modified Delph...
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Imelda McDermott @imcdermott.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
📢 We’re looking for a Research Fellow (with a strong qualitative research background) to work on an NIHR-funded project exploring additional roles in primary care in England and Scotland. You will be working with a great team @kathcheckland.bsky.social @damianeh.bsky.social tinyurl.com/dnr6djtk
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Research Fellow (NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR)):Oxford Road
The successful candidate will be expected to be a highly experienced qualitative researcher who is able to work independently while also working alongside experienced colleagues and with shared responsibility for managing the project.
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 20/08/2025
Spotlight 30-sec preview on #QualitativeResearch: youtu.be/H4eRJ5Ev2jA Are you a qualitative researcher? BJGP outlines key theoretical concepts from Prof. @kathcheckland.bsky.social in this 30-min video youtu.be/FxvdAtJdhxk. Read this linked editorial, free till 31 August: bjgp.org/content/75/7...
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Qualitative research: key theoretical concepts – preview
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 07/08/2025
Qualitative research keynote at BJGP conference 2025: @kathcheckland.bsky.social presents on the myth of the emerging themes: why qualitative research needs theory. youtu.be/FxvdAtJdhxk #BJGPRC #PrimaryCare #QualitativeResearch
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Qualitative research keynote at BJGP conference 2025
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 04/08/2025
BJGPLife: Kieran Sweeney Prize winner 2025: The GP model for delivery of Primary Care is outdated for the society in 2025 bjgplife.com/kieran-... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 06/06/2025
Qualitative research keynote at BJGP conference 2025: @kathcheckland.bsky.social presents on the myth of the emerging themes: why qualitative research needs theory. youtu.be/FxvdAtJdhxk #BJGPRC #PrimaryCare #QualitativeResearch
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Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
With reference to this new paper from @kathcheckland.bsky.social and team journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Congratulations to SPCR colleagues Louise Laverty, Katherine Checkland, and Sharon Spooner, who are joint winners of the 2025 Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/spcr-sa... #PrimaryCare #Research
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SPCR-Funded Research Wins 2025 Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence
Congratulations to SPCR colleagues Louise Laverty, Katherine Checkland, and Sharon Spooner, who are joint winners of the 2025 Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence.
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Kath Checkland @kathcheckland.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Come and work with us! Research Associate role in our friendly team www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate (Qualitative):Oxford Road
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Ellen Stewart @profellenstu.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Great new piece from @kathcheckland.bsky.social & team about what policy means when it asks NHS orgs to reduce health inequalities: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Tackling health inequalities: What exactly do we mean? Evidence from health policy in England - Kath Checkland, Donna Bramwell, Jonathan Hammond, Simon Bailey, Lynsey Warwick-Giles, 2025
Objectives To develop a model to support health systems in clarifying how they might target action to reduce health inequalities, and to use it to understand cu...
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Ellen Schafheutle 🇪🇺 @ellenschaf.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
#PQS evaluation, quality incentive scheme for #communitypharmacy in England, published. Positive impacts on practice, but not always evident to those doing PQS. Income stability important. Concerns over complexity and time involved in completion. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Do pay-for-performance schemes improve quality in community pharmacy? A mixed-methods study exploring stakeholder perspectives on implementation of the nationwide Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) in Engl...
Main study objectives To evaluate implementation and impact (at pharmacy and system level) of the pharmacy quality scheme (PQS), a pay-for-performance quality incentive scheme in community pharmacies ...
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Jane Clare Jones @janeclarejones.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Sisters, Still some places available for courses in April at The Centre for Feminist Thought. Intro to Feminism Part 1 - The Second Wave - Wed 23 April, 7pm Intro to Feminist Part 2 - The Amazing Disappearing Woman - Mon 21 April, 7pm feminist-thought.org/registration/
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The University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk · 28/03/2025
Four @fbmh-uom.bsky.social academics have been appointed as @nihr.bsky.social Senior Investigators, in recognition of their leading research 🩺 🎉 Congratulations to Professors @kathcheckland.bsky.social, Rachel Elliott, David French and Peter Hoskin. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
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University celebrates four prestigious research awards
Four academics from the Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health have been appointed as National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators, in recognition of their leading and t...
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Kath Checkland @kathcheckland.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Really enjoyed the #BJGPRC research conference. @annawilding.bsky.social presenting on social prescribing. @hope-uom.bsky.social
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Imelda McDermott @imcdermott.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Thrilled to share that our paper on pharmacists' professional identity work is one of the Top 10 most-cited papers published by SHI in 2023! READ HERE onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ellenschaf.bsky.social #TopCitedArticle #pharmacy #pharmacist #identity #sociology
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To be or not to be: The identity work of pharmacists as clinicians
This study explores how pharmacists legitimise the expansion of their clinical work and considers its impact on pharmacists’ professional identity work. In the context of pharmacy in the English NHS,...
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Anna Coleman @drannac.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Congratulations 🎉 to all new (& reappointed) NIHR Senior Investigators inc. @kathcheckland.bsky.social from @hope-uom.bsky.social See more: tinyurl.com/3bdru4xk @nihr.bsky.social @drdon.bsky.social @imcdermott.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 09/02/2025
Our research with the Health Economics Unit & @mariecurieuk.bsky.social reveals how much public money is spent on health care, social care & social security for those in their final year of life. Over half of the £22bn annual total goes on health care. 💷 Read report: buff.ly/3Eqyfxz
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Imelda McDermott @imcdermott.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Our new paper delves into the complexities of employment and deployment models of #ARRS staff. Using #realistevaluation we explored how #PCN & #GPpractice decision behind staffing choices influence the operationalisation of ARRS @kathcheckland.bsky.social @smspooner.bsky.social⬇️
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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Reminded that Living with Dying by @mgtmccartney.bsky.social is the best book about end of life that I have read. Get yourselves a copy. www.waterstones.com/book/living-... /n
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Jane Clare Jones @janeclarejones.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Sisters! New courses are availabel to book now at The Centre for Feminist Thought. Introduction to Feminism Part 1. Wednesday 23rd April 2025 and Tuesday 2nd October, 7-9 pm. 5 week course, sessions online. feminist-thought.org/registration/
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 28/01/2025
Compared with a patient's regular GP, practice GPs without continuity show similar increases in GP and A&E workload to locums for acute consultations doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
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Continuity and locum use for acute consultations: observational study of subsequent workload | British Journal of General Practice
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 29/01/2025
This study provides novel insights into the complexities of different employment and deployment models of Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme staff.     Understanding these models is fundamental for building a sustainable and effective #GeneralPractice workforce doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... 
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Employment and deployment of additional staff roles in general practice: a realist evaluation of what works for whom, how, and why | British Journal of General Practice
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 29/01/2025
BJGP Top 10 Research 2024 No. 10 #BJGPTop10 – Online consultations: Insights into patients' experiences of online consultation systems doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @nielspeek.bsky.social #UniversityOfManchester #PatchsHealth
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Dawn Connelly @dawnconnelly73.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Really interesting opinion piece from @ellenschaf.bsky.social Educational supervision is needed to support community pharmacists as independent prescribers  pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opin...
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Educational supervision is needed to support community pharmacists as independent prescribers
Pharmacists face a whole host of difficulties when trying to gain and apply their independent prescribing (IP) qualification in community pharmacy.  The ‘Independent prescribing in community pharmacy ...
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Professor Judith Smith @profjudithsmith.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The annual @hsruk.bsky.social conference will be held in Newcastle from 2-3 July 2025. We are seeking abstracts of your health services, policy & organisational research, and proposals for workshops, so do send them in to HSRUK2025.org! #healthpolicy #medsky #healthservicesresearch #healthreserarch
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Ellen Schafheutle 🇪🇺 @ellenschaf.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Our latest paper on priorities for quality services in community pharmacy urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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What are the priorities for improving quality for community pharmacy professional services? Nominal group technique discussions with multiple stakeholders
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Harry Rutter @harryrutter.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Spot-on as ever from @mgtmccartney.bsky.social As Muir Gray taught me: All screening causes harm; some does more good than harm
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Professor Judith Smith @profjudithsmith.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
New @bmj.com and Health Foundation paper from Kieran Walshe @taralamont.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social and me on the pressing need for more investment in and use by policy makers of high quality workforce research evidence: www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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Workforce research priorities for resilience to future health shocks—and the workforce crisis
More and better research is needed now to develop an evidence base that informs policy to maximise workforce effectiveness and wellbeing to respond to both the next health shock and the ongoing shock ...
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Kath Checkland @kathcheckland.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
🩺If you're a working GP in England, there's still time to complete this year's GP Worklife Survey, drop us on email at: GP.Survey@machester.ac.uk for a link 📖Read more here: tinyurl.com/GPWorklife The survey is reported directly to DHSC - so please contribute & share to get your voice heard!
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The National GP Worklife Survey returns | Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Systems and Commissioning
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