…often due to concerns about the availability of appointments and NHS systems. Around a third thought they wouldn't be able to get an appointment, they wouldn't get through to the GP practice on the phone, or waiting times would be too long

A third of those who believed they wouldn’t get through to their GP on phone do not think they’ll be able to rely on the health service – nearly double the proportion of the public as a whole who feel this way

People are looking after themselves at home, seeking advice from the internet, friends and family, or pharmacists instead of seeing GPs

Of those who considered contacting their GP but didn’t, nearly half – 45% – report their condition is about the same or worse since they thought about seeking care

One in four say this experience has made them view the NHS more negatively – though a similar share say it’s made them more positive towards it

.Bobby Duffy: "Increasing resources to frontline GP services is...a vital challenge for the new government to address, not just to deliver better and more efficient care, but to help restore confidence in the NHS as a whole"

Our recent poll found that fewer people believe the NHS will be then for them when they need it King's Business School @NKrachler The Policy Institute

Our new poll suggest that 1/2 the public considered contacting a GP about a health condition but didn't, due to concerns about waiting times & getting appointments, & almost 1/2 of them didn't get better King's Business School @NKrachler The Policy Institute

Research agenda for integrated care: supporting collaboration in turbulent times bmjleader.bmj.com/content/early/…

Hybrid clinical managers can be viewed as incidental or willing. Latter tend to make permanent shift to `other side' so do not return to practise but still rely on identity with peers to exercise some authority. Gerry McGivern onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Keir Starmer's decision to abolish NHS England is a high-risk strategy Wes Streeting seems to have dramatically shifted his position on NHS England Read more👇 instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/keir-s…

Our new paper on #IntegratedCareSystems

Looking forward to SHOC-OBHC's 2026 Organizational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference at the University of Oxford next year (8-10th April: shoc.org.uk/future-confere…

Looking forward to the Early Career Researcher Summer School on ‘New ways of working in health and care’ (17-18 June) WBS warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wbs/re…

🧠 What happens when timelines don’t align in collaborative research? Join us on 3 July for our webinar with Gerry McGivern (King's Business School) exploring how temporal ambiguity can shape – or shake – research partnerships. 📅 3 Jul | 1pm BST buytickets.at/betterhchub/16…

Collaboration in health research sounds great – until timelines, targets, and tensions get in the way 😅 Watch back this webinar, where Gerry McGivern takes a practical look at what helps (and hinders) real-world partnerships youtu.be/4AP6D9Y6yp0

The 2nd Edition of 'Making Wicked Problems Governable? The Continuing Case of Managed Networks in Health Care', published by Oxford Academic & co-authored by [email protected], Louise Fitzgerald, Sue Dopson, Chris Bennett & me, is now available online: academic.oup.com/book/60732

The new edition contains an updated introductory chapter, highlighting the book's ongoing relevance to understanding how #network organisation & #governance can help address #wickedproblems facing #healthcare systems today.

OBHC pre-conference workshop for PhD students and Early Career Researchers; Tuesday 7 April; Oxford. Save the date - details forthcoming via: sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organis…

Paperback copies of our new book are here! [email protected] King's Business School Saïd Business School Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/book/60732