Catherine Pope
@cjpope.bsky.social
Professor of Medical Sociology, Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care, Oxford
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If you've cancelled your Washington Post or NY Times subscription but HAVEN'T subscribed to an independent news media organization - consider doing that today.
Some options: @propublica.org, @theappeal.org, @thenarwhal.ca, @404media.co, your local public radio or independent newspaper.
Some options: @propublica.org, @theappeal.org, @thenarwhal.ca, @404media.co, your local public radio or independent newspaper.
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
If you've cancelled your Washington Post or NY Times subscription but HAVEN'T subscribed to an independent news media organization - consider doing that today.
Some options: @propublica.org, @theappeal.org, @thenarwhal.ca, @404media.co, your local public radio or independent newspaper.
Some options: @propublica.org, @theappeal.org, @thenarwhal.ca, @404media.co, your local public radio or independent newspaper.
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Brilliant letter from the Fawcett Society CE, Penny East. About ALL THIS SHIT.
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us5.campaign-archive.com?e=7cf967225b...
I feel angry. And I know many of you will too.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Brilliant letter from the Fawcett Society CE, Penny East. About ALL THIS SHIT.
us5.campaign-archive.com?e=7cf967225b...
us5.campaign-archive.com?e=7cf967225b...
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Local residents removed 8 flags hung around Oxford last night in response to an organised campaign from a group calling themselves the ’Raise the Colours Oxford’, who brought activists from the Midlands and Sheffield to ‘make Oxford look patriotic’
February 2, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Local residents removed 8 flags hung around Oxford last night in response to an organised campaign from a group calling themselves the ’Raise the Colours Oxford’, who brought activists from the Midlands and Sheffield to ‘make Oxford look patriotic’
I was privileged to see Cabaret at the Kennedy Centre in 2017. It was spectacular, wondrous, provoking, and, now it seems, sadly prescient* of what was to come.
I hope one day to return, when the abomination is long gone, and those misplaced extra letters in front of the name have been removed.
I hope one day to return, when the abomination is long gone, and those misplaced extra letters in front of the name have been removed.
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 2, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I was privileged to see Cabaret at the Kennedy Centre in 2017. It was spectacular, wondrous, provoking, and, now it seems, sadly prescient* of what was to come.
I hope one day to return, when the abomination is long gone, and those misplaced extra letters in front of the name have been removed.
I hope one day to return, when the abomination is long gone, and those misplaced extra letters in front of the name have been removed.
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Gov. Walz: "What side do you want to be on? The side of an all-powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace, and kidnap its citizens off the street, or the side of a nurse for a VA hospital who died bearing witness to such government?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Gov. Walz: "What side do you want to be on? The side of an all-powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace, and kidnap its citizens off the street, or the side of a nurse for a VA hospital who died bearing witness to such government?"
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Congratulations to our Primary Care Medical Education team on achieving Sustainable Quality Improvement Beacon Site Status from the @sushealthcare.bsky.social – an international recognition of leadership in sustainable medical education.
Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/zfaazmjptu
Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/zfaazmjptu
January 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Congratulations to our Primary Care Medical Education team on achieving Sustainable Quality Improvement Beacon Site Status from the @sushealthcare.bsky.social – an international recognition of leadership in sustainable medical education.
Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/zfaazmjptu
Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/zfaazmjptu
Nice to see this important research by colleagues @oxprimarycare.bsky.social getting some coverage.
People who stop taking weight-loss jabs regain weight in under two years, study reveals
People who stop taking weight-loss jabs regain weight in under two years, study reveals
Analysis finds those who stopped using medication saw weight return four times faster compared with other weight loss plans
People who stop taking weight loss jabs regain all the weight originally lost in under two years, significantly faster than those on any other weight loss plan, according to a landmark study.
Weight loss medications, known as GLP-1 agonists, were originally developed as treatment for diabetes and work by mimicking the glucagon-like peptide (GLP) 1 hormone which helps people feel full. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Nice to see this important research by colleagues @oxprimarycare.bsky.social getting some coverage.
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Great to see our Citizens' jury paper add to the understanding of how best to widen engagement in the development of orphan drugs @cjpope.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Great to see our Citizens' jury paper add to the understanding of how best to widen engagement in the development of orphan drugs @cjpope.bsky.social
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🎧Governing Body Fellow Catherine Pope @cjpope.bsky.social joins a panel of leading ethnographers in the latest Thinking In Between podcast to explore how ethnography shapes health and social care research.
Listen now 👇https://open.spotify.com/episode/72Vffh8ycM8a4qhXRONoyG?si=d52b3b763aaf4268
Listen now 👇https://open.spotify.com/episode/72Vffh8ycM8a4qhXRONoyG?si=d52b3b763aaf4268
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🎧Governing Body Fellow Catherine Pope @cjpope.bsky.social joins a panel of leading ethnographers in the latest Thinking In Between podcast to explore how ethnography shapes health and social care research.
Listen now 👇https://open.spotify.com/episode/72Vffh8ycM8a4qhXRONoyG?si=d52b3b763aaf4268
Listen now 👇https://open.spotify.com/episode/72Vffh8ycM8a4qhXRONoyG?si=d52b3b763aaf4268
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Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
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@independentsage.bsky.social
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I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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RCEM has backed a new statement from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges calling for urgent action to protect and grow clinical research across the NHS.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
RCEM has backed a new statement from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges calling for urgent action to protect and grow clinical research across the NHS.
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rcem.ac.uk/news/rcem...
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Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report
Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report
Campaign group says it will pursue all legal means to ensure personal accountability for ‘grave betrayal’
Covid-bereaved families have called for Boris Johnson to lose access to public funds and said they will pursue all legal options for personal accountability after a damning report into his handling of the pandemic.
The families said they want all privileges Johnson receives as a former prime minister, including his ministerial pension, his place on the privy council and access to the public duty costs allowance, to be withdrawn. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report
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Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths.
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths.
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
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November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
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New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
Our paper about GP access is out now (TLDR patients and receptionists are engaged in a quest to get the prize of an appointment but are thwarted by digital barriers and practice systems) doi.org/10.1111/1467...
#NIHR @oxprimarycare.bsky.social
#NIHR @oxprimarycare.bsky.social
Bugbears in the Waiting Room: Revisiting Arber and Sawyer's Classic Study of GP Reception Work Using Ethnography in Eight English General Practices
In 1985, Arber and Sawyer described the discretionary rationing power of general practice receptionists. Our paper revisits this territory. Much has changed in the intervening decades. Digitalisation...
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Our paper about GP access is out now (TLDR patients and receptionists are engaged in a quest to get the prize of an appointment but are thwarted by digital barriers and practice systems) doi.org/10.1111/1467...
#NIHR @oxprimarycare.bsky.social
#NIHR @oxprimarycare.bsky.social
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Well done Shafaq Aftab. When a reviewer stole her work and published it under his own name, she fought for a YEAR to get the journal to retract the paper. Just wondering why it took Wiley a YEAR to do this. 🧪 #academicsky
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Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage
A Wiley journal has retracted a paper more than a year after a researcher reported the work was hers and had been stolen by a reviewer for another journal. As we reported in July, Shafaq Aftab, now…
retractionwatch.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Well done Shafaq Aftab. When a reviewer stole her work and published it under his own name, she fought for a YEAR to get the journal to retract the paper. Just wondering why it took Wiley a YEAR to do this. 🧪 #academicsky
retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...
retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...
gonna need a big apology... I've been angry since #Thatcher
Tories need a leader who can say sorry - on.ft.com/3KA8bmR via @FT
Tories need a leader who can say sorry - on.ft.com/3KA8bmR via @FT
Tories need a leader who can say sorry
British public remain angry with the previous government, with many turning to Reform as alternative to Labour
on.ft.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
gonna need a big apology... I've been angry since #Thatcher
Tories need a leader who can say sorry - on.ft.com/3KA8bmR via @FT
Tories need a leader who can say sorry - on.ft.com/3KA8bmR via @FT
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My thoughts on job advisers in GP surgeries. As you might guess, I'm not a fan.
Will make anxious patients worse. How about incentivising employers instead of telling patients to try harder.
Will make anxious patients worse. How about incentivising employers instead of telling patients to try harder.
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
My thoughts on job advisers in GP surgeries. As you might guess, I'm not a fan.
Will make anxious patients worse. How about incentivising employers instead of telling patients to try harder.
Will make anxious patients worse. How about incentivising employers instead of telling patients to try harder.
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A rapid reponse to my article:
'Despite our practice putting in 6 months of work to prepare for the roll out the coverage in the national press has led to overwhelming demand which has pushed us to the limits of safer capacity. Patients have to read and acknowledge a warning about not using..1/2
'Despite our practice putting in 6 months of work to prepare for the roll out the coverage in the national press has led to overwhelming demand which has pushed us to the limits of safer capacity. Patients have to read and acknowledge a warning about not using..1/2
According to Wes Streeting, GPs are less convenient than hairdressers.
My latest on why goodwill has drained away as we try to provide a safe & equitable service in the teeth of a gale of nonsense from NHS England & the govt.
bmj.com/cgi/content/...
My latest on why goodwill has drained away as we try to provide a safe & equitable service in the teeth of a gale of nonsense from NHS England & the govt.
bmj.com/cgi/content/...
Helen Salisbury: GPs versus hairdressers? Streeting has no idea
The row about online access to GP services continues.1 In April it was agreed that GPs would keep online portals open in their core hours, but a six month delay was put in place. This was so that NHS ...
bmj.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A rapid reponse to my article:
'Despite our practice putting in 6 months of work to prepare for the roll out the coverage in the national press has led to overwhelming demand which has pushed us to the limits of safer capacity. Patients have to read and acknowledge a warning about not using..1/2
'Despite our practice putting in 6 months of work to prepare for the roll out the coverage in the national press has led to overwhelming demand which has pushed us to the limits of safer capacity. Patients have to read and acknowledge a warning about not using..1/2
