GP passionate about Inclusion Health and empowering people to make change. Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellow 23/24 - CfSD and SG. Views are my own.
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined April 2013
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Great to have @neilcgray visit us at Keppoch Medical Practice yesterday, we discussed the challenges of General Practice at the Deep End, importance of Primary Care in tackling health inequalities and opportunities with the Inclusion Health Action in General Practice project.
Read more: glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2447…
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We're delighted to share the first report from @EMAtTheDeepEnd. Back in March we were kindly hosted by @deependgp, discussing health inequalities in emergency care and setting a direction for mitigating the harms.
Read the full report at
ematthedeepend.com/2024/07/1…
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‘women living in the most deprived parts of Scotland tend to remain in good health only until the age of 47 and just under 45 for men, compared to 72 and 71 respectively for those in the most affluent areas’
heraldscotland.com/news/2422…
An honor to be in the room for this brilliant discussion about how we can do things differently and work together across the system for a more inclusive front door
Big launch day for Emergency Medicine at the Deep End. Bringing together people across primary and secondary care to challenge health inequalities in emergency care. With insight from @deependgp @VP_Scot_RCEM @MAVscotland @careylunan @cruncherwax @joannaquinn1 @DrGoodalltweets
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add your support - if you haven't already - over 2,300 signatures - started by Peter Cawston on behalf of Scottish @deependgp
Stop the cuts to community link workers and help secure their long-term future within GP practice teams petitions.parliament.scot/pe…
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Taking the time to be deeply curious about the systems we work in is crucial for developing sustainable programmes @RCGPJIC @Bwindihospital
#globalprimarycare #becurious #volunteer #takepart #whatcouldyoudo #GP #PrimaryCare #sustainablehealth
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"It's the single most beneficial service that has been brought into general practice in the past decade at least"
Lives could be lost over link worker cuts, say GPs bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-6…
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“If we want to arrest the decline in life expectancy, tackling inequality is the best place to start.”
@HMcArdleHT hits the nail on the head here.
Very deep poverty has steadily increased here since late 90s.
Poverty must fall to fix this. heraldscotland.com/news/2382…
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For this week's Inside the NHS, I take a look at the row over #communitylinks cuts and the #inversecarelaw @deependgp @NalwScotland
ANALYSIS How can we solve health inequalities when resources keep flowing away from the poorest patients with most needs? heraldscotland.com/news/2374…
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Dear Twittersphere, please read and RT 🙏
“Health leaders in Glasgow are under pressure to reverse plans that would see the number of community links practitioner (CLP) posts slashed from nearly 70 full-time roles to 42 in 2024.”
heraldscotland.com/news/2373…
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Reduced service for the @deependgp patients who need our support the most -less time for community networking -staff facing redundancy Do you know about these plans? @RozaSalih @Cllr_Rashid @ChrisStephens @HumzaYousaf
📉The @GCHSCP says it recognises the benefits CLWs bring but some GPs will see reduction to a part-time worker in April.
@redmond_kidd @IanMWelsh @IreneOldfather @justine_duncan @Rob_Gowans @ALLIANCEScot @SM_GCHSCP @aewilliamsonl @CatrionaMorton3 @VHSComms
healthandcare.scot/stories/3…
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