Francesca Dakin
Francesca is a postdoctoral Qualitative Researcher (with IRIHS) and Researcher in Digital Health (with the ARC’s Digital Health stream). She is also a Mildred Blaxter Fellow, and a Junior Research Fellow at St Anne’s College and The Centre for Personalised Medicine.
She is currently working on:
- AI-enabled tools in access and triage in UK general practice
- Virtual palliative care
- Remote and digitalised primary care
Interests:
Digital health technologies; remote consulting; applied artificial intelligence; healthcare organisations; change/innovation; inequalities; patient access; digital triage
Recent publications
Social and Ethical Aspects of Remote and Hybrid Care in the Special Allocation Scheme in general practice (SEARCH): A mixed methods feasibility study protocol
Natassia Brenman, Jackie van Dael, Francesca Dakin, et al (2025), NIHR Open Research, 5
Supporting your support staff during crises: recommendations for practice leaders to develop a relational workplace
Francesca Dakin, Tanvi Rai, Sara Paparini, et al (2023), BMJ Leader, 7
Quality framework for remote antenatal care: qualitative study with women, healthcare professionals and system-level stakeholders
Lisa Hinton, Francesca H Dakin, Karolina Kuberska, et al (2022), BMJ Quality & Safety, 33