The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) have awarded the Primary Healthcare Scientist category to Dr Francesca Dakin, Senior Researcher, Mildred Blaxter Fellow and Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. This award recognises the contribution of early career researchers to advancing primary care theory and practice.
Dr Francesca Dakin is a primary care researcher whose work focuses on improving patient care and outcomes through better understanding and use of health data in primary care. She completed her DPhil, funded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR), exploring the implementation and impact of interventions aimed at improving healthcare delivery within general practice settings. Her research interests include applied primary care research, health services improvement, and the translation of evidence into practice to support more effective, equitable care.
For more details on Dr Dakin’s award and her contributions to primary care research, please visit the official RCGP announcement.
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