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David Blane
@dnblane.bsky.social
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GP and Senior Clinical Lecturer @UofGlasgow | Academic lead, Scottish Deep End Project (www.gla.ac.uk/deepend) | Inclusion health SIG, Society for Academic Primary Care

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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Sep 1
On my way to Edinburgh for a meeting to discuss recommendations from this report, as well as other recent work on new models of primary care by Stewart Mercer and team.

Great to have @kathcheckland.bsky.social, John Ford and Mogens Vestergaard joining us.
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Sep 1
Mogens Vestergaard outlines the major health system reforms in Denmark - incl. shifting resources from secondary to primary care.

Current % of health service spend in Denmark is 8% (Scotland is approx 6.5%) - aim to increase to 13% by 2035.

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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Sep 1
Fantastic presentation by @kathcheckland.bsky.social on recent developments in primary care in England, including widening skill mix (e.g. ARRS) - bjgp.org/content/75/7...
Employment and deployment of additional staff roles in general practice: a realist evaluation of what works for whom, how, and why
Background The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) was introduced in England in 2019 to alleviate workforce pressures in general practice by funding additional staff such as clinical pharmaci...
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Sep 1
Now Eddie Donaghy giving headline findings from this qualitative work - bjgp.org/content/74/7...
Primary care transformation in Scotland: a qualitative evaluation of the views of patients
Background The new Scottish GP contract introduced in April 2018 aims to improve quality of care through expansion of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to enable GPs to spend more time as expert medica...
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Sep 1
Leigh Johnston from @auditscotland.bsky.social summarising this report - audit.scot/publications...
General practice: Progress since the 2018 General Medical Services contract | Audit Scotland
A Scottish Government agreement with GPs to improve general practice has failed to deliver on several of its commitments
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Sep 1
Stewart Mercer opens with a whistlestop overview of work on “primary care transformation” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37620865/
Understanding primary care transformation and implications for ageing populations and health inequalities: a systematic scoping review of new models of primary health care in OECD countries and China ...
Countries identified in this review have used a range of approaches to PCT with marked heterogeneity in methods of evaluation and mixed findings on impacts. Only a minority of studies described the im...
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Aug 22
"The future doctor may be less the sole expert and more a kind of relational anchor... open to ideas from patient, family, colleague, or algorithm. We bring discernment, perspective, humanity. We’re invested." @deependgp.bsky.social
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Still in the room: When AI Knows the answers, what will we bring?
The future doctor may be less the sole expert and more a kind of relational anchor—someone grounded in science but unshaken by challenge, open to ideas from patient, family, colleague, or algorithm.
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efpc.bsky.social @efpc.bsky.social · Aug 22
🚨 Big news! The EFPC has been granted special consultative status with @UN_ECOSOC 🎉

🔗 Learn more: euprimarycare.org/2025/08/22/e...
EFPC Gains Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC
The UN Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development decided to grant special consultative status to the EFPC for the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Consulta...
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Aug 4
www.healthandcare.scot/stories/4235...
Doctors to shape medical workforce reforms
Doctors are being invited to help shape NHS staffing reforms, as the Scottish government commits to two months of engagement as part of its Future Medical Workforce project. Scotland’s resident doctor...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Nov 24
Starting my background reading for a new research study this week. It's on the philosophy of causality in public health. Working with some great philosophers. But this medic needs Causality 101 to get up to speed before our January kick-off meeting. #PhilSci what texts do you recommend? Thanks!
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Lisa Kidd @lisakidd22.bsky.social · Dec 3
@dnblane.bsky.social @dnblane highlights the need for a greater inequalities and inclusion focus in stroke care & research #uksf24
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Jul 1
Latest Deep End International Bulletin (no. 13), expertly curated by Prof Graham Watt, now online - www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_...
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Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · Jun 2
How do we 'create health'?💡

Dr @dnblane.bsky.social leads this afternoon's first panel w/ Dr Carey Lunan of @deependgp.bsky.social, @tejeshm.bsky.social of @vhscotland.bsky.social, and Leanne McBride of Chance 2 Change on the role of primary care and voluntary sector in healthy communities 💬
A photo of the panel, L-R Dr Carey Lunan, Tejesh Mistry, David Blane, Leane McBride.
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Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · May 7
Read Dr @dnblane.bsky.social's Quick Insight on the Programme for Government📝

Dr Blane, @deependgp.bsky.social, looks at the FM's health pledges, focusing on new GP appointment plans and growing concerns around access and investment in general practice.

🔗 Read more: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
graphic: The Scottish Government's Plan for General Practice Under Scrutiny
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Apr 10
9/ The full paper can be read here: www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Dispute over sentencing guidelines is warning for England’s public health community
Faced with a row over guidance to improve consistency on sentencing by the courts, the British government chose a populist narrative. This sends a worrying message to public health professionals promo...
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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · Mar 31
Proud to have supported this letter to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social

The UK (& Ireland) need a conflict of interest disclosure system detailing the payments that pharmaceutical & medical device companies make to healthcare professionals, healthcare organisations and patient organisations
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Professor Frances Mair @francesmair.bsky.social · Mar 22
#HealthCare Bridges — Pathways toward #Trust in Gaza and Beyond www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... -positive piece in grim times. "..findings suggest that cross-national #health care programs can overcome formal & informal segregation, establish connections, & help build trust between groups in conflict."
Health Care Bridges — Pathways toward Trust in Gaza and Beyond | NEJM
Even as hospitals in Gaza were turned into battlefields, some Palestinian–Israeli health care programs bridged the deep divides and continued to build trust between the populations in conflict.
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Mar 22
Austerity kills.

“For society’s sake, we need to reverse these cuts, not add more. We need to use the power within our communities – our collective voice – to demand that austerity policies are reversed.”

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The outrage of austerity — CHEX
In this blog, David Walsh and Gerry McCartney discuss the disastrous effects that austerity policies have had on life expectancy - exacerbating health inequalities and causing many people in our most ...
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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · Mar 14
Special thanks to @dnblane.bsky.social, @dremekadumbili.bsky.social and @maizie333.bsky.social with episodes ranging from Deep End GPs in the south side of Glasgow, to alcohol marketing in Nigeria, to industry-sponsored gambling, alcohol fossil fuel and firearm education materials in schools.
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ESM2025 @esm2025.bsky.social · Mar 4
🧐 Curious about the #ClimateResearchNet? Our interactive network map is here!

🔍 See which research themes connect our different projects!
🌐 Start exploring now: bit.ly/climaterese...

Thanks to @eerie-project.bsky.social for this cool map!
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NPR @npr.org · Mar 4
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Mar 3
This is why @kityates.bsky.social post is so relevant today

kityates.substack.com/p/science-is...

and why my dystopian piece is perfectly plausible.

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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Feb 26
Sharing this short (10mins) survey by colleagues working to improve care for people with liver disease.

📢 Clinicians (doctors and nurses) in primary and secondary care, in the UK.

🏅Prize draw to win one of five £75 High Street shopping vouchers.

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dundee/adi...
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dundee/adipo…
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Feb 25
Something positive to share... short video accounts from GPs, patients, and community links workers... vhscotland.org.uk/cabinet-secr... @deependgp.bsky.social
Cabinet Secretary welcomes launch of new films celebrating Community Link Workers in ScotlandBlueskyE-mailLinkedInTwitterE-mailFacebookLinkedInRSSTwitter
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Aberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · Feb 25
📢ANNOUNCEMENT 📢due to incredible demand, we've expanded our capacity for our #DebtAwarenessWeek2025 Child Poverty and Public Debt: National Conference! Our conference is held in partnership with @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Book now to avoid disappointment: www.aberlour.org.uk/about-us/pol...
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Jan 23
Second keynote at #NADEGS2025 is Prof Lesley Colvin on chronic pain. Discussing 2 projects:
1) C-PICTURE study – Chronic Pain identification through patient records www.dundee.ac.uk/projects/c-p... (algorithm to identify chronic pain).
2) CAPE – Consortium Against Pain inEquality dundee-cape.ac.uk
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Jan 23
My colleague Dr Susan Browne now presenting "Navigating the Maze: Long COVID Care in Scotland" - qualitative research led by Prof Kate O'Donnell, using the candidacy framework to articulate the many barriers to care for people living with Long COVID... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16872487/
Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups - PubMed
By innovating with existing methods for interpretive synthesis, it was possible to produce not only new methods for conducting what we have termed critical interpretive synthesis, but also a new theor...
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Jan 23
Dr Zoe McElhinney, University of St Andrews, explores "GPs’ and GP Trainees’ Perceptions of Their Preparedness to Meet Women’s Health Needs" - much scope for improvement across undergraduate, postgraduate, and lifelong learning
www.gov.scot/publications...
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Jan 23
Exemplars of innovative medical education in Scotland at #NADEGS2025
- Community engagement in ScotGEM
- Outcomes of Post-CCT GP Fellowships
- Communications Masterclass
- Graphic Medicine (e.g. figshare.arts.ac.uk/articles/pre...)
Lottie Corr - A Picture of Health: Using Graphic Medicine to widen student perspectives at medical school
03/07/2020 10:00 Room 1 #appimrEmpathy is a crucial clinician skill correlated with patient satisfaction, compliance and outcomes as well as doctors’ wellbeing. Rising empathy fatigue has been found a...
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · Jan 23
Highly recommend Gwen Adshead’s Reith Lectures from the end of last year on “Four Questions about Violence”

“Violence is contextual and relational” - these lectures build empathy and understanding of complex behaviours
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Reith Lectures - Gwen Adshead - Four Questions about Violence - Is Violence Normal? - BBC Sounds
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead asks if violence is normal.
www.bbc.co.uk