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Latest paper from our study on social prescribing link worker recruitment and retention. Role ambiguity and job misalignment are some of the issues new recruits face #socialprescribing #linkworkers #healthservices #retention @oxprimarycare.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study | Primary Health Care Research & Development | Cambridge ...
Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study - Volume 26
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November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Read our latest blog on the challenges we overcame in identifying cultural sector partners for our research on cultural sector provision for older people from global majority, (minority ethnic) communities #socialprescribing #globalmajority #olderpeople #culturalsector #qualitativeresearch
📰 New blog from Debra Westlake & Stephanie Tierney (University of Oxford) explores how cultural activities for older people from global majority backgrounds are identified in the UK. Read their reflections from the TOUS study 👉 www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/blog/le...
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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NEW: GP retention depends on how services are organised, not just individual resilience.

A new review from @sophiepark.bsky.social points to strong relationships, meaningful work, and learning opportunities as the key to keeping GPs in their roles 🩺

#GeneralPractice #NHS #Healthcare
How can we keep GPs in the job? New review points to relationships, meaning, and learning
New research shows GP retention depends on how services are organised, not just individual resilience. Meaningful work, strong relationships, and learning cultures help GPs stay in post and deliver be...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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How can we fix the food system? 🍎

Our Health Behaviours team is using an innovative new interactive game – The Mayor of Mancunia – to explore tough choices about food, health and climate with the public as part of the SHIFT project. Now open at Manchester Museum.

Find out more about the project 👇
Shaping a healthier food system
Researchers in our Health Behaviours team are using an interactive digital game to involve the public in discussions about how to fix the food system.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM