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GPs’ views of health policy changes: a qualitative ‘netnography’ study of UK general practice online magazine commentary

Overview of attention for article published in British Journal of General Practice, April 2018
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Title
GPs’ views of health policy changes: a qualitative ‘netnography’ study of UK general practice online magazine commentary
Published in
British Journal of General Practice, April 2018
DOI 10.3399/bjgp18x696161
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Authors

Rebecca Elvey, Jennifer Voorhees, Simon Bailey, Taylor Burns, Damian Hodgson

Abstract

Shifts in health policy since 2010 have brought major structural changes to the English NHS, with government stating intentions to increase GPs' autonomy and improve access to care. Meanwhile, GPs' levels of job satisfaction are low, while stress levels are high. PulseToday is a popular UK general practice online magazine that provides a key discussion forum on news relevant to general practice. To analyse readers' reactions to news stories about health policy changes published in an online general practice magazine. A qualitative 'netnography' was undertaken of readers' comments to PulseToday. METHOD: A sample of readers' comments on articles published in PulseToday was collated and subjected to thematic analysis. Around 300 comments on articles published between January 2012 and March 2016 were included in the analysis, using 'access to care' as a tracer theme. Concern about the demand and strain on general practice was perhaps to be expected. However, analysis revealed various dimensions to this concern: GPs' underlying feelings about their work and place in the NHS; constraints to GPs' control of their own working practices; a perceived loss of respect for the role of GP; and disappointment with representative bodies and GP leadership. This study shows a complex mix of resistance and resignation in general practice about the changing character of GPs' roles. This ambivalence deserves further attention because it could potentially shape responses to further change in primary care in ways that are as yet unknown.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 52 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 13%
Student > Master 6 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 6%
Other 11 21%
Unknown 16 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 6 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 10%
Psychology 4 8%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 6%
Other 13 25%
Unknown 15 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 July 2018.
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#1,127,620
of 23,511,526 outputs
Outputs from British Journal of General Practice
#536
of 4,382 outputs
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#26,397
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Outputs of similar age from British Journal of General Practice
#14
of 111 outputs
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