📢 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

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...

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

BJGPLife: Kieran Sweeney Prize winner 2025: The GP model for delivery of Primary Care is outdated for the society in 2025 bjgplife.com/kieran-...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

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

With reference to this new paper from @kathcheckland.bsky.social and team journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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

Come and work with us! Research Associate role in our friendly team www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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....

#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...

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/

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...

Really enjoyed the #BJGPRC research conference. @annawilding.bsky.social presenting on social prescribing. @hope-uom.bsky.social

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

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

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: https://buff.ly/3Eqyfxz

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⬇️

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

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/

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

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... 

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

Really interesting opinion piece from @ellenschaf.bsky.social Educational supervision is needed to support community pharmacists as independent prescribers  pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opin...

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

Our latest paper on priorities for quality services in community pharmacy urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Spot-on as ever from @mgtmccartney.bsky.social As Muir Gray taught me: All screening causes harm; some does more good than harm

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/...

🩺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: [email protected] 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!