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Glad to report we now have a twitter account for our NIHR Research Policy Research Unit: NIHR PRU HSSC
We research the impact of policy & system changes in the NHS. Generally known as PRUComm, we will be posting links to our research outputs, blogs and events. Please follow us!

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TLDR: digital tech in access & triage:
- Change how patient candidacy is identified, represented, and negotiated
- Attempt to configure users in specific ways
- Require digital facsimilisation, which can widen & embed inequalities

sciencedirect.com/journal/social…

ARRS has potential to improve access to #GeneralPractice
Focus on operational needs like appropriate funding & estates & staff management is key for success, as is clarity for the scheme post-contract end doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… UoM Primary Care HOPE at UoM Dr Donna Bramwell KathCheckland

New paper with Igor Francetic & Rachel Meacock 🇪🇺

A lot of attention has been paid to reducing 'avoidable' attendances at emergency departments

We looked to see whether these ‘avoidable’ attendances cause detrimental effects for 'non-avoidable' patients
doi.org/10.1016/j.jhea…

📢New paper 📢out with HOPE at UoM The University of Manchester colleagues Rachel Meacock 🇪🇺 and Matt Sutton on Journal of Health Economics. It’s about #emergency #departments (EDs) and the different patients they treat. Free to read here doi.org/10.1016/j.jhea…. A short🧵. 1/n

🆕Commodification and healthcare in the third sector in England: from gift tocommodity—and back? - new #openaccess article by Professor Mark Exworthy College of Social Sciences and colleagues in Taylor & Francis Research Insights
You can access it below at:
tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

15 doctoral #studentships available focusing on #dementia related research in collaboration from
NIHR School for Primary Care Research, NIHR School for Social Care Research and NIHR School for Public Health Research
(“three Schools”) and NIHR Research

Application deadline dates for each opportunity differs. More info here⬇️ sscr.nihr.ac.uk/15-doctoral-st…

Power and representational legitimacy must be addressed in order for patients to influence decisions about service improvement in general practice doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2…
Jess Drinkwater Anne MacFarlane Ruth H Chadwick Ailsa Donnelly Dr Nick Hayward Graham Prestwich Fact check Rat Robbie Foy

Women end up doing the academic housework kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/wom…

Fantastic news!! The latest triumph from a really great project... HOPE at UoM

Our routines paper won the best paper award at SHOC-OBHC. Great team effort with Damian Hodgson Sharon Spooner KathCheckland Mhorag Goff and Anne McBride #obhc2024

Research associate wanted! Come and work with a lovely team on two NIHR funded research studies on quality of care. 12 months full-time (or longer part-time). Closing date 19 April. Full info at jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job/J…. Please share, RT and pass on to others!

Our latest paper led by Mhorag Goff investigated what the organisational shift to primary care networks means for continuity of care.
Sally Jacobs
KathCheckland
Jon Hammond
Pharmacy DUPP
Link to paper👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/he…