Imelda McDermott
Social scientist researching health policy, primary care, commissioning, and workforce.
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Health Policy & Politics Network (HPPN) hppnuk.wordpress.com
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- Reposted by Imelda McDermott🌟 HSR UK is recruiting for new Trustees! We're looking for 3 new voluntary Trustees to help shape the future of HSR. If you care about improving NHS and social care services, we’d love to hear from you! 🗓️ Apply by 17 Feb, 5pm 👉 Apply here: www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jo...
- 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
- 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…
- Reposted by Imelda McDermottOoh - my new paper on case study is out! What’s a case study, how do you do one, how do you spot a good one? Includes niche examples like the REF impact case study (though it’s mainly about research case studies).
- Calling all researchers and educators📣 This new RMR by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on how to conduct effective case studies, offers guidance for using them for learning & decision-making. Essential reading for robust research! bit.ly/47PL01l
- 📢 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
- Barriers to Accessing Primary Healthcare in Jordan: Reflections from the 2025 HPPN Spring Event By Nour Al Quraan I was delighted to attend the HPPN Spring Event once again this year. After first joining the network at the 2024 event in Manchester, it was a pleasure to return in 2025, especially…
- Health Services Research UK 2025 By Imelda McDermott The Health Services Research UK (HSRUK) conference is a must-attend annual event for those interested in health and care services research, policy, and practice in the UK and internationally. It brings together a diverse community including…
- What a State: Why the U.S. is Still Bad for Your Health (Policy) The second Trump administration's centrepiece legislation, the modestly-named Big Beautiful Bill, passed by the House of Representatives and going through the Senate at time of writing, offers an opportunity to reflect upon how the…
- ZOMBIE POLICY APOCALYPSE… ANOTHER MORAL PANIC ABOUT THE NHS By Calum Paton According to Wikipedia, “zombie apocalypse is a subgenre of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction in which society collapses due to overwhelming swarms of zombies.” Well, thanks to Policy Exchange and its cheerleaders in…
- THE VISION THING? – THE 10 YEAR HEALTH PLAN By Calum Paton First thing first: ‘Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England’ is not a plan. It is this government collecting and rebranding various themes which have run through ‘landmark’ national documents about the NHS and health in the…
- Reposted by Imelda McDermottAlso just put our paper on clinical pharmacists supporting people with #dementia in primary care - exploring risk & safety of dementia care - journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
- Reposted by Imelda McDermottOUR NEW PAPER: the 'final findings' paper from the Remote by Default 2 study: "After the disruptive innovation: How remote and digital services were embedded, blended and abandoned in UK general practice" (will do thread on this soon) www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/publish... #academicsky 🧪
- WHAT A STATE! (in the U.S., it's the politics, stupid) By Calum Paton My title doesn’t refer to the Trump v. Musk dust-up. (If politics is showbusiness for ugly people, then that is a Monster Movie for protagonists too politically ugly to get the roles of Godzilla and Kong.) No, I am referring to…
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- BOOM AND BUST, NHS BOOM AND BUST… ‘the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must’ By Calum Paton Gordon Brown (Chancellor, 1997-2007; PM 2007-2010) took years to acknowledge that his promise to ‘end boom and bust’ had been undermined by the financial crisis of 2008. The NHS has…
- GENDER WARS: THE SEQUEL – coming to a hospital ward near you By Calum Paton The Supreme Court has ruled that in the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), 'sex' means biological sex. This means that, under the Act, a 'woman' is a biological woman or girl (a person born female) and a 'man' is a biological…
- STREET(ING) LEVEL By Calum Paton Health Secretary Wes Streeting is trying to learn from the Brazilian favelas, as part of his ‘prevention and promotion, get services into the community and save money’ mantra. We are told there is a ‘pilot project’ in Pimlico and 25 other ‘roll outs’ rolling along.…
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- Lies, Damned Lies and Right-wing health ‘policy’ (Or, tell the big lie about the NHS often enough, and..) By Calum Paton I can say, hand on heart, that I have never known a more depressing time in British politics. Why? Is it perhaps the ageing process wearying me (I am 69 later this year)? Or…
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- 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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- Submit your abstract to Health Policy & Politics Network (HPPN) 2025 Annual Event (20-21 May) - hppnuk.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/h.... DEADLINE for abstract submission is next Friday 28 March 2025. We will be at HSMC Birmingham this year @hsmcentre.bsky.social
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- SO FAREWELL THEN…NHS ENGLAND By Calum Paton Once upon a time, there was a man called Roy Griffiths. He advised Mrs. Thatcher and her health Ministers (Norman Fowler and Ken Clarke) that it would be a good idea to take control of the NHS out of day-to-day political control. The NHS Management Board…
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- Interesting and timely review on Physician Associates 👇
- MEET THE FLINTSTONES By Calum Paton Or…reinventing a square wheel made of stone Oh, Wes lad…how could you? In my last blog, I advised you to stick to the day job (instead of sounding off about Ukraine in a manner even more unhelpful to the search for peace than we knew at the time. You were of…
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- MILIGAN’S MADNESS OR…zombie governments beget zombie policy. By Calum Paton It had to come, didn’t it? It was an accident waiting to happen, hanging over a gullible Wes ever since he communed with his inner Blairite and recruited the old gang to advise him. “NHS will compete with itself in…
- Principles for embedding health equity language in policy research, writing, and practice onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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- THE SOUND OF CRYING Or…the end of ideology (again) Hang out the flags, a new world order's on the way Start singing now, a song to greet the joyful day Just when we thought the time was right for celebrating With music of the spheres What's this - another boat of fleeing refugees On a sea of…
- 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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- MEET THE NEW BOSS. SAME AS THE OLD BOSS. (‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, The Who.) By Calum Paton Call me naive, but about two years ago I was looking forward to this Labour government. That Keir Starmer - he’s neither Blair nor Corbyn, innit? But I was wrong. He’s Blair only devoid of money and…
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- We Need to Talk about Nigel By Calum Paton I have taken the liberty of adapting the title of Lionel Shriver’s novel by replacing ‘Kevin’ with ‘Nigel’! We do need to talk about Nigel. Not because he is a psychopath, like Kevin - but because the Labour Party’s strategy of (almost) ignoring him and…
- Reposted by Imelda McDermottThe enshittification of uk general practice. (He’s talking about our paper!!) led by @oohgpwales.bsky.social bjgp.org/content/75/7...
- HPPN 2025 Annual Event Call for Abstracts We are delighted to announce that HPPN 2025 will be held on 20-21 May at the Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) (University of Birmingham). We invite submissions of abstracts (up to 500 words) on any topic related to health politics, policy or…
- APPLICATION FOR CHAIR OF NHS ENGLAND: PERSONAL STATEMENT *** By Calum Paton Dear Wes It has come to my attention that NHS England is looking for a new Chair. So for the sake of my wife (who is at her wits’ end having me under her feet since my retirement), I thought I would apply. After all, three…
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- Reposted by Imelda McDermott'The implementation of current Health Research Authority approval processes for low risk staff research has the potential to use more NHS organisational resources than the research study itself.' The governance burdens of research highlighted. bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
- Reposted by Imelda McDermott"'How are you?' These are the three most useless words in the world of communication." This compelling (but wrong/daft) assertion is based on #communication myth rather than how we actually talk 🧐 And asking "how are you" can even save lives... 🧵 1/15 [Bringing #EMCA threads to Bluesky!]
- Reposted by Imelda McDermottWe strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
- Reposted by Imelda McDermottMy word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer. Morning.
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- Reposted by Imelda McDermottReporting guidelines for qualitative research (these seem quite good): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Thanks to @researchandv.bsky.social for the spot!
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