Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
I am a social scientist with over 15 years of experience in health policy research. I have a broad and deep understanding of the current health system in the UK, having led research in this area. I have a strong publication record, ensuring timely dissemination at academic and professional conferences, and effective engagement with policymakers.
My main area of research is in primary care policy, specifically workforce and commissioning.
I have worked as a core member of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) funded Policy Research Unit in Commissioning and the Healthcare System (PRUComm) and currently lead research projects and evaluations funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and NHS England.
Paper awards
The Role of Routines in the Implementation of Skill-mix Change in General Practice.
Best paper award winner at the 14th Organisational Behaviour in Health Care Conference. This paper is based on an NIHR-funded research project studying skill mix change in general practice. The OBHC 24 Scientific Committee’s Best Paper judges commented that this paper “explores an important topic, which is also of great practical interest to those leading the organisation of primary healthcare in the context of an ongoing workforce crisis. It is novel and original in its attempt to leverage the routine theory for illuminating the issues related to skill-mix, and the authors should be commended for collecting, analysing and presenting a rich data set.”
Highly Commended Paper by the Journal of Health Organisation & Management. The Editors thought the paper was “one of the most impressive pieces of work the [Editorial] team has seen in the year”. In this paper, I introduced a novel approach analysing health policy and health services research.
Health Policy & Politics Network
Member of the University of Manchester Research Ethics Committee (January 2013 - October 2015)
Realist Evaluation, Normalisation Process Theory, Linguistic Ethnography, (Critical) Discourse Analysis, Argumentation Theory, Systemic Functional Linguistics.
PhD Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
Graduate Diploma in Psychology, Monash University
BSc (Hons) in Banking and Finance, London School of Economics
Ongoing projects
Assessing the Contributions of Additional Role Practitioners to general practice in England (CARPE)
Evaluation of independent prescribing in community pharmacy pathfinders
Pharmacist personas
Realist evaluation of the NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) for urgent, low acuity conditions, how, when, why, for whom and to what extent does it work to benefit patients.
Completed project
Evaluation of Newly Qualified Pharmacists Pathway
Market Research to understand what motivates people to choose a career as a Pharmacy Technician.
Market Research to understand factors contributing to pharmacy technician attrition from the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) register.
Evaluation of the Integrated Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician (IPTPT) Training Pilot
An investigation of the scale, scope and impact of skill mix change in primary care
Investigating recent developments in the new commissioning system
Exploring the ongoing development and impact of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG2)
Exploring the early workings and impact of emerging Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG1)
Management practice in PCTs: the role of middle managers
Alternative providers of Primary Care (APPC)
Professional attitudes and behaviours of doctors in the United Kingdom and the United States
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Schafheutle, E. (PI) & Mcdermott, I. (CoI)
1/01/04 → …
Project: Research
Schafheutle, E. (PI), Mcdermott, I. (CoI), Willis, S. (CoI), Lewis, P. (CoI) & Spooner, S. (CoI)
Project: Research
Mcdermott, I. (Recipient), Hogdson, D. (Recipient), Spooner, S. (Recipient), Checkland, K. (Recipient), Goff, M. (Recipient) & Mcbride, A. (Recipient), 5 Apr 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Mcdermott, I. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Mcdermott, I. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Mcdermott, I. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Mcdermott, I. (Speaker) & Schafheutle, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Mcdermott, I. (Discussant)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
5/05/24 → 18/11/24
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
Mcdermott, I. & Schafheutle, E.
13/11/24 → 14/11/24
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Mcdermott, I., Spooner, S. & Van Marwijk, H.
30/06/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media