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Ellen MacIver
MRCGP MA MBChB BSc (Hons) DRCOG
NIHR In-Practice Fellow
Ellen is an NIHR funded In Practice Fellow working as part of the Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences Group. Ellen qualified from the University of Leeds Medical School in 2015, working in Aylesbury and Oxford before completing her GP training in 2020. She is a currently a salaried GP working in Abingdon.
Ellen has a particular interest in medical humanities and completed a Master’s degree in Applied Medical Humanities in 2022 at Birkbeck College, University of London. Her main research focus relates to gender based inequalities within the healthcare workforce.
Current projects include:
- What are the experiences of early-career female academic GPs of combining clinical, academic and other commitments, and what would an effective support programme for them look like? This is a qualitative research project using biographical life narrative interviews.
- Challenges to quality in modern, hybrid general practice
Supervisor: Professor Trish Greenhalgh
Recent publications
Exploring the lived experiences of early- and mid-career female academic GPs in the UK: a biographical narrative interview study
Journal article
MacIver E. et al, (2025), British Journal of General Practice the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 75, e870 - e876
Remote and digital services in UK general practice 2021-2023: the Remote by Default 2 longitudinal qualitative study synopsis
Journal article
Greenhalgh T. et al, (2025), Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 13, 1 - 49
er the disruptive innovation: How remote and digital services were embedded, blended and abandoned in UK general practice - longitudinal study
Journal article
Greenhalgh T. et al, (2025), Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 13, 1 - 37
Challenges to quality in contemporary, hybrid general practice: a multi-site longitudinal case study
Journal article
Payne R. et al, (2025), British Journal of General Practice, 75, e1 - e11
Do new models of primary care risk exacerbating existing inequity?
Journal article
Payne R. et al, (2024), British Journal of General Practice, 74, 436 - 437