Catherine Pope
@cjpope.bsky.social
Professor of Medical Sociology, Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care, Oxford
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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.
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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
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@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including his ministerial pension, his place on the privy council and access to the public duty costs allowance, to be withdrawn.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"
open.substack.com
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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Fuck. Ing. Hell.
This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
October 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Fuck. Ing. Hell.
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The politics of drawing a moral line: When we need to call out racism for what it is open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
The politics of drawing a moral line
The politics of drawing a moral line.
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The politics of drawing a moral line: When we need to call out racism for what it is open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Lancet: Offline: Those one should not forgive (Makary and Bhattacharya)
by Richard Horton
bit.ly/3IPC0PD
by Richard Horton
bit.ly/3IPC0PD
October 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Lancet: Offline: Those one should not forgive (Makary and Bhattacharya)
by Richard Horton
bit.ly/3IPC0PD
by Richard Horton
bit.ly/3IPC0PD
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Three more days to wait, and our new album Ricordanze will grace the airwaves and the internet! In the meantime, here's a comprehensive interview with Robert Hugill to pique your curiosity about our #nuntastic project. www.planethugill.com/2025/09/one-...
One little book sitting in a convent: Laurie Stras introduces the background to Musica Secreta's new recording of music from the Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript
One little book sitting in a convent - interview: Laurie Stras introduces Musica Secreta's disc of music from the Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript
www.planethugill.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Three more days to wait, and our new album Ricordanze will grace the airwaves and the internet! In the meantime, here's a comprehensive interview with Robert Hugill to pique your curiosity about our #nuntastic project. www.planethugill.com/2025/09/one-...
What an awesome event and line up...
Thanks to @oliwilliams.bsky.social @tomshakespeare.bsky.social and everyone else who contributed to this weeks qualtiative symposium and for giving us much to think about arc-swp.nihr.ac.uk/news/reflect...
Reflections on the Qualitative Research Symposium 2025: Innovation and Creativity for Impact - PenARC
On 25th September 2025, the University of Exeter’s Qualitative Research Reference Group (QRRG) hosted its third annual Qualitative Research Symposium, supported by PenARC. This year’s theme, Innovatio...
arc-swp.nihr.ac.uk
September 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
What an awesome event and line up...
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This week, I’ve secured £20 million for neighbourhoods in Millbrook and Redbridge, through Labour's Pride In Place fund. 💸
Even better, local people will decide how to spend it. 🎉
What would you prioritise? 🙋🏾♀️
Even better, local people will decide how to spend it. 🎉
What would you prioritise? 🙋🏾♀️
September 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This week, I’ve secured £20 million for neighbourhoods in Millbrook and Redbridge, through Labour's Pride In Place fund. 💸
Even better, local people will decide how to spend it. 🎉
What would you prioritise? 🙋🏾♀️
Even better, local people will decide how to spend it. 🎉
What would you prioritise? 🙋🏾♀️
Horrific and damning evidence from the war zone medics. #BMJ
"resulting injury profiles resembled those reported in combat settings among trained military personnel, highlighting the burden of trauma among civilians in #Gaza." www.bmj.com/content/390/...
"resulting injury profiles resembled those reported in combat settings among trained military personnel, highlighting the burden of trauma among civilians in #Gaza." www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Patterns of war related trauma in Gaza during armed conflict: survey study of international healthcare workers
Objective To systematically document the patterns of war related injuries in Gaza, Palestine.
Design Survey study of international healthcare workers, August 2024 to February 2025.
Setting Gaza, Pal...
www.bmj.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Horrific and damning evidence from the war zone medics. #BMJ
"resulting injury profiles resembled those reported in combat settings among trained military personnel, highlighting the burden of trauma among civilians in #Gaza." www.bmj.com/content/390/...
"resulting injury profiles resembled those reported in combat settings among trained military personnel, highlighting the burden of trauma among civilians in #Gaza." www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why aren't we doing cutting edge emergency stroke care (thrombectomy)? We asked healthcare professionals. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...
(part of #NIHR Optimist/SPEEDY trial)
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
@exeter.ac.uk
@newcastleuni.bsky.social
@ouhospitals.bsky.social
@rdm.ox.ac.uk
(part of #NIHR Optimist/SPEEDY trial)
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
@exeter.ac.uk
@newcastleuni.bsky.social
@ouhospitals.bsky.social
@rdm.ox.ac.uk
10 years on from the landmark stroke thrombectomy trials, where are we now? A qualitative study examining professional views on the implementation of endovascular treatment for ischaemic stroke in Eng...
Objective To explore multiprofessional views about system-wide factors influencing (impeding or facilitating) the delivery of stroke mechanical thrombectomy (MT) services and/or improvements to this p...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Why aren't we doing cutting edge emergency stroke care (thrombectomy)? We asked healthcare professionals. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...
(part of #NIHR Optimist/SPEEDY trial)
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
@exeter.ac.uk
@newcastleuni.bsky.social
@ouhospitals.bsky.social
@rdm.ox.ac.uk
(part of #NIHR Optimist/SPEEDY trial)
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
@exeter.ac.uk
@newcastleuni.bsky.social
@ouhospitals.bsky.social
@rdm.ox.ac.uk