@dnblane

GP and Senior Clinical Lecturer in General Practice @UofGSHW | @deependgp | @RCGPHI | Bluesky - https://xitter.cf/t.co/RmWjcWFy5I

 Glasgow, Scotland
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Joined October 2009
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GPs in Scotland! final call = we have great responses so far but can always do with more.....thankyou
Margaret McCartney@mgtmccartneyJul 20
are you a GP working in the NHS in Scotland? Please consider taking part in this short survey; much appreciated standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/j…
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great BMJ paper about the decimation of NHS dentistry. bmj.com/content/393/bmj-2025… if this interests you come and talk about the way that we are paid and how it affects what we do - whether under our 'control' or not medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/ce…

Overcommercialisation of dental practice in England and decline in oral health

Rizwana Lala and colleagues call for the restoration of universal free access to dental healthcare in England to combat the overcommercialisation of dentistry that is affecting vulnerable people the...

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the @CHPIthinktank consistently does great work and this is worth you time
CHPI
@CHPIthinktankApr 13
Our research into the profits leaking out of the NHS to private companies is out today. Find out how much profit is leaking out of the NHS in your area here nhsprofitmap.org.uk
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Carl Reynolds@drcjarMar 20
another tragic sickle cell case with too familiar themes including of not being listened to and lack of clinical curiosity from staff bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn48… clear need for improved accountability and assurance mechanisms bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q118…

Gross failings at Frimley Park Hospital led to woman's death, coroner says

A coroner says Irene Dzifa King Arthur death at Frimley Park Hospital had been preventable.

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I completely agree HOWEVER the vast majority of excellent palliative care is provided not in hospices/ specialist services but in homes by amazing DISTRICT NURSES, the unsung sheros here. yet their numbers have been decimated and working arrangements trashed. RESTORE THE DNs.
Gordon Brown@GordonBrownMar 18
Replying to @GordonBrown
We owe it as a moral duty to all those people who fear they may experience avoidable pain in the last days of their lives. 4/4
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CMA investigation into private dentistry following one on vets. thetimes.com/business/compan… Treating healthcare as a market doesn't work. From 2016: GP is going to do a dentist- we are headed that way bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i481… (medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/ce… opening for booking soon)
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Yesterday we held further evidence sessions with Professor of General Practice: Adrian Edwards, of @cardiffuni and @PRIMECentre,@DeepEndWales and @DHCWales to inform our inquiry into 'the future of general practice in Wales Missed it? Catch up here👇 senedd.tv/Meeting/Archive/a2…
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Scotland have qualified for their first #FIFAWorldCup since 1998! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #WeAre26
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Thanks to @pauline4glasgow for raising our concerns about the proposed walk-in clinics and the impact they may have on health inequalities. Evidence from England showed they do not reduce demand, are used by relatively healthy individuals and may worsen health inequity.
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🎥WATCH Chair of Scottish GP committee @DrIMChairSGPC explains the deal negotiated with the Scottish Government which will see additional funding being put directly into general practice
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Fragmenting care costs more+ lower quality care. meantime qualified GPs can't get jobs in practices (complex but increased costs of running practices, underfunding /instability). far better to invest in stable core NHS GP (and read evidence on walk in services!)
Conor Matchett@conor_matchett13 Oct 2025
NEW: John Swinney announces a network of 15 walk-in GP services to deliver 1m extra appointments Open 7 days a week, open 12 to 8. No appointment needed "They will break from the status quo," he tells SNP conference BUT, only ONE open by the end of the year, + Qs about cash
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Join us for an applicant webinar with Professor Frances Mair and Multimorbidity Team! Learn more about our programme and application process. Please register interest here forms.office.com/e/eQ4C3T2QR…
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Incidentally, I wrote this in the BMJ about celebrity calls for PSA screening a while back. bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q260…. it won a prize from the @RoyalStatSoc last week.

Chris Hoy and cancer screening: is celebrity campaigning a bad way to make policy?

The response to the Olympian’s call for wider access to prostate cancer screening has been largely uncritical, Margaret McCartney finds Media coverage has been rightly sympathetic to Chris Hoy, one...

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Margaret McCartney@mgtmccartney23 Jul 2025
This is how @gilescoren decides to respond to polite and evidence based challenge about him misleading men with inaccurate advice about PSA testing.
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Brilliant interview with a wonderful colleague and friend
Editor@MedicsVoices4 Jul 2025
What is compassion? @lizgrant360 @JohnGillies6 @Stewmercer @MDDUS_CEO @RCGPScotland @SSPC_news @rcgp @BJGP @sapcacuk @KamilaRCGP @NIHRSPCR
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David Blane@dnblane9 May 2025
Great to see this guidance on “proportionate universalism” out today on @P_H_S_Official website: publichealthscotland.scot/me… FYI @deependgp @MichaelMarmot
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Like this 👇... blown away to be nominated & make finalist Big thanks to @JulietMacArthur @NHS_Lothian @martwillsuk @dnblane for all the support over the years
UofG School of Health & Wellbeing@UofGSHW25 Apr 2025
Congrats to @kathwills1 on her Royal College of Nursing Scotland award nomination! Kath is improving the lives of people with severe obesity through @CSO_Scotland Research Fellowship & her role as Clinical Nurse Specialist for Bariatric Care (Community) tinyurl.com/4npr3crh
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No Other Land airs on Channel 4 at 11.15pm, Tuesday 4 March. Please share widely so as many people as possible can witness how Israel steals Palestinian land and destroys homes and lives, shown through the eyes of Basel, a Palestinian filmmaker, and Yuval, an Israeli journalist. Bafta and Oscar winning : BEST DOCUMENTARY.
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oh for goodness sake @RishiSunak @Keir_Starmer ! if there was data showing a clear benefit of screening it would already be being done. this is not the way to generate evidence based safe healthcare. the UK National Screening Committee exists - use it!
Rishi Sunak
@RishiSunak26 Feb 2025
Prostate cancer is now the UK’s most common cancer - yet there’s still no national screening programme for the most at-risk groups. Today, I asked the Prime Minister to change that 👇

Too many men are dying of embarrassment over prostate cancer.

Today, I called on the Prime Minister to ensure Britain has a national screening programme for prostate cancer - a vital step to catching the disease earlier and saving lives.

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This isn’t getting enough attention. JD Vance recently said that “stupid social media activity shouldn’t ruin” someone’s life. Yet, here’s JD a couples years ago saying Gigi Sohn shouldn’t be nominated to the FCC because of her social media posts. Hypocrisy is dead.
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