David Blane
@dnblane.bsky.social
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.
Great to have @kathcheckland.bsky.social, John Ford and Mogens Vestergaard joining us.
@mgtmccartney.bsky.social launching the Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare @uniofstandrews.bsky.social - I’m expecting mighty oaks to grow from these acorns 🤞
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM
@mgtmccartney.bsky.social launching the Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare @uniofstandrews.bsky.social - I’m expecting mighty oaks to grow from these acorns 🤞
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On a recent visit to Poland @robinireland.bsky.social
recorded a conversation on the impact of sport on public health, and the challenges that the commercialisation and commodification of sport present.
🎧 youtu.be/qGAYdmNW2cI?...
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
recorded a conversation on the impact of sport on public health, and the challenges that the commercialisation and commodification of sport present.
🎧 youtu.be/qGAYdmNW2cI?...
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
The unhealthy side of sport - conversation with Dr Robin Ireland
YouTube video by Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
On a recent visit to Poland @robinireland.bsky.social
recorded a conversation on the impact of sport on public health, and the challenges that the commercialisation and commodification of sport present.
🎧 youtu.be/qGAYdmNW2cI?...
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
recorded a conversation on the impact of sport on public health, and the challenges that the commercialisation and commodification of sport present.
🎧 youtu.be/qGAYdmNW2cI?...
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
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🎧 New season of Spotlight kicks off with a deep dive into Scotland’s health future.
With the Chief Medical Officer on prevention, Realistic Medicine & the long-term challenges facing the NHS.
Alongside UofG experts @pmeierprof.bsky.social & @dnblane.bsky.social
🔗 Tune in: www.uofgspotlight.com
With the Chief Medical Officer on prevention, Realistic Medicine & the long-term challenges facing the NHS.
Alongside UofG experts @pmeierprof.bsky.social & @dnblane.bsky.social
🔗 Tune in: www.uofgspotlight.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🎧 New season of Spotlight kicks off with a deep dive into Scotland’s health future.
With the Chief Medical Officer on prevention, Realistic Medicine & the long-term challenges facing the NHS.
Alongside UofG experts @pmeierprof.bsky.social & @dnblane.bsky.social
🔗 Tune in: www.uofgspotlight.com
With the Chief Medical Officer on prevention, Realistic Medicine & the long-term challenges facing the NHS.
Alongside UofG experts @pmeierprof.bsky.social & @dnblane.bsky.social
🔗 Tune in: www.uofgspotlight.com
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.
Great to have @kathcheckland.bsky.social, John Ford and Mogens Vestergaard joining us.
September 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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.
Great to have @kathcheckland.bsky.social, John Ford and Mogens Vestergaard joining us.
"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
bjgplife.com/still-in-the...
bjgplife.com/still-in-the...
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.
bjgplife.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"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
bjgplife.com/still-in-the...
bjgplife.com/still-in-the...
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🚨 Big news! The EFPC has been granted special consultative status with @UN_ECOSOC 🎉
🔗 Learn more: euprimarycare.org/2025/08/22/e...
🔗 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...
euprimarycare.org
August 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🚨 Big news! The EFPC has been granted special consultative status with @UN_ECOSOC 🎉
🔗 Learn more: euprimarycare.org/2025/08/22/e...
🔗 Learn more: euprimarycare.org/2025/08/22/e...
Latest Deep End International Bulletin (no. 13), expertly curated by Prof Graham Watt, now online - www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_...
www.gla.ac.uk
July 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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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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 💬
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 💬
June 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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 💬
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 💬
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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/...
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/...
May 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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/...
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/...
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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
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
March 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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
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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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...
www.bmj.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
9/ The full paper can be read here: www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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#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.
www.nejm.org
March 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#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."
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.”
@gerrymccartney1.bsky.social
@deependgp.bsky.social
www.chex.org.uk/latest/artic...
“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.”
@gerrymccartney1.bsky.social
@deependgp.bsky.social
www.chex.org.uk/latest/artic...
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 ...
www.chex.org.uk
March 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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.”
@gerrymccartney1.bsky.social
@deependgp.bsky.social
www.chex.org.uk/latest/artic...
“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.”
@gerrymccartney1.bsky.social
@deependgp.bsky.social
www.chex.org.uk/latest/artic...
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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.
March 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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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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.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-dystopia...
kityates.substack.com/p/science-is...
and why my dystopian piece is perfectly plausible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-dystopia...
March 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-dystopia...
kityates.substack.com/p/science-is...
and why my dystopian piece is perfectly plausible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-dystopia...
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People help people.
A hero has passed.
A hero has passed.
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.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
People help people.
A hero has passed.
A hero has passed.
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🧐 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!
🔍 See which research themes connect our different projects!
🌐 Start exploring now: bit.ly/climaterese...
Thanks to @eerie-project.bsky.social for this cool map!
March 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🧐 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!
🔍 See which research themes connect our different projects!
🌐 Start exploring now: bit.ly/climaterese...
Thanks to @eerie-project.bsky.social for this cool map!
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...
📢 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…
February 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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...
📢 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...
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My partner is a community link worker, they do absolutely brilliant work for people 👍🏻
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
vhscotland.org.uk
February 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My partner is a community link worker, they do absolutely brilliant work for people 👍🏻
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
vhscotland.org.uk
February 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Something positive to share... short video accounts from GPs, patients, and community links workers... vhscotland.org.uk/cabinet-secr... @deependgp.bsky.social
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Exciting times, calling all third sector, policy, public affairs and academic bods interested in child poverty 👇
📢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...
February 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Exciting times, calling all third sector, policy, public affairs and academic bods interested in child poverty 👇
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...)
- 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...
figshare.arts.ac.uk
January 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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...)
- Community engagement in ScotGEM
- Outcomes of Post-CCT GP Fellowships
- Communications Masterclass
- Graphic Medicine (e.g. figshare.arts.ac.uk/articles/pre...)
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/...
“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
January 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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/...
“Violence is contextual and relational” - these lectures build empathy and understanding of complex behaviours
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Two key papers from @euanlawson.social (BJGP editor) keynote talk at #NADGES2025:
1) Rein in the four horsemen of irreproducibility - www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2) Is something rotten in the state of Denmark? journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
1) Rein in the four horsemen of irreproducibility - www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2) Is something rotten in the state of Denmark? journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Rein in the four horsemen of irreproducibility
Dorothy Bishop describes how threats to reproducibility, recognized but unaddressed for decades, might finally be brought under control.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Two key papers from @euanlawson.social (BJGP editor) keynote talk at #NADGES2025:
1) Rein in the four horsemen of irreproducibility - www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2) Is something rotten in the state of Denmark? journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
1) Rein in the four horsemen of irreproducibility - www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2) Is something rotten in the state of Denmark? journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...