'I can’t imagine how hard it must be to trust anyone given what my patients have been through.'

In the second of a two-part series shadowing doctors working in the most deprived communities in Scotland I joined David Blane in his Glasgow practice. The complexity was overwhelming.

FT – Caberfeidh 2 (Seumas Henderson 6, 48) Lewis 1 (Callum MacRitchie 9) - HIGHLAND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES Sutherland Cup 1stRound #shinty

🧵A long thread on last week's report on adolescent drinking from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. I have many questions...🧵

TLDR: There's a good chance the trends are spurious and we should be cautious about claims English children are drinking more

PhD studentships funded by Cancer Research UK in Scotland working on long-term care for people living with cancer supervised by Elizabeth Lemmon Prof Peter Hall and me. Find out more at: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%… #careaboutcare

Our mixed-methods evaluation of patients’ views on primary care multi-disciplinary teams in Scotland

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Brilliant work from Deep End GP Scotland team, looking at the (persistent) inverse care law in Scottish general practice 🔽

New report on the inverse care law in Scottish general practice, produced by David Blane Carey Lunan Stewart Mercer and colleagues which we have funded.

Find out about the inequalities facing Scottish primary care and what needs to happen to address them ⬇️
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Pinging Colin Angus

The Times view on minimum pricing of alcohol: Getting the measure

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Proud to have led this research on responses to #inversecarelaw in Scottish general practice, funded by The Health Foundation, launched Deep End GP Scotland conf.

Great working with Stewart Mercer Carey Lunan Dr David Henderson Alessio Albanese James, with input from Cara ✨ 🙏
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'Research has become gripped by an audit culture which is holding people back from doing their best work'.

Only just seen this but hopefully no more research fish from next year. We can hope....

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No escaping the big, depressing NHS story today. But the British Social Attitudes research finds that satisfaction with #socialcare is even lower than for the NHS. There’s also new data e.g. about the amount of contact the public has with social care. A thread >>>

🚨🚨🚨Francis Maude backs liberating the Postcode Address File!!🚨🚨🚨

Some local authorities really need to publish their criteria for nursing care funding...twice in a week I've heard of people being told they don't qualify for nursing care because they present better than on admission (⬇️ falls, weight ⬆️, distress ⬇️) BECAUSE of nursing care! 🤬

Access to general practice: it's not all about supply. Great team effort between THIS Institute and The Health Foundation, featuring an extraordinary catalogue of all the things that have been tried or proposed to 'fix' access issues in primary care. health.org.uk/publications/l…

Thanks British Geriatrics Society for sharing our Age_and_Ageing #carehome #research paper doi.org/10.1093/ageing… UofG MVLS UofG SCMH ACRC Usher Institute Public Health Scotland CSO(Health)Scotland #datachangeslives #datasaveslives #careaboutcare Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry UK Covid-19 Inquiry

This is really important research from Jenni Burton 💙💚 and Bruce Guthrie. #Covid #Carehome deaths plunged after vaccines - sad to see professional respect still an issue! The Herald heraldscotland.com/news/24143682.…

LIVE NOW: discussion of our new report on making care closer to home a reality. So a chance to repeat a graph from the report showing the funding dominance of NHS acute trusts and how little funding goes to #socialcare , primary care and public health.

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Treating my spouse this Valentine’s evening with a spiced lamb pâté en croûte, served with warm Scottish potato salad and haricot beans in a tomato jus.

I was proud to co-author this with colleagues, adding to Nursing and Midwifery Council reading list, and continuing to draw attention to the scandal of diluted #MentalHealth nurse education in the UK. Some highlights (with gifs). (1/10) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/in…