Improving access to primary care: eight case studies of introducing Advanced Access in England
Catherine Pope is Professor of Medical Sociology in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. She
is also a senior research fellow at Green Templeton College, and was made Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in
2016. An internationally recognised researcher and teacher, Catherine spent thirty years working in Higher Education in
London, Leicester, Bristol and Southampton, before moving to Oxford in July 2019. Catherine is an expert in qualitative and
mixed methods for applied health research, and a key contributor to developing methods for evidence synthesis. She has
published empirical, theoretical, and methodological work, including over 160 peer reviewed journal and conference papers for
clinical, sociological, policy and practitioner audiences. Her research interests encompass organisational change in health care,
service delivery and reconfiguration, workforce and work in health services, and the impact of digital and Web technologies on
health care and services.

In this seminar, Catherine will revisit her work on Improving access to primary care: eight case studies of introducing
Advanced Access in England. The paper can be accessed
from: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007039
Date: 3 March 2020, 11:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2020)
Venue: St Luke's Chapel, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Speaker: Professor Catherine Pope (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
Organisers: Daniel Long (University of Oxford), Lynne Maddocks (Patient and Public Involvement Coordinator, NDPCHS, University of Oxford), Dr Chrysanthi Papoutsi (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford), Dr Susannah Fleming (University of Oxford), Catia Nicodemo (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. Research Fellow, Centre for Health Service Economics & Organisation), Dr Jenny Hirst (University of Oxford), Mona Koshkouei, DPhil rep (Department of Primary Care Health Sciences)
Part of: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences Seminars
Booking required?: Not required
Cost: Free
Audience: Members of the University and the public
Editor: Alice Crouch