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Carey Lunan

@careylunan

Deep End GP & Chair, Past RCGP Scotland Chair, member of RCGP Health Inequalities Standing Group. Believer in the founding principles of the NHS. Views my own.

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Socio-economic inequalities are the biggest driver of health inequalities. Put simply, poverty kills. Having welfare advisors in our general practices as part of a trusted team improves access and reduces stigma for people with financial stress impacting on health. @deependGP

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Come work with #teampublichealth in Lothian. Be part of our multi disciplinary screening team helping us to address inequalities in screening. Please share Carey Lunan Deep End GP Scotland @DrAnnaBlack1 @Tasmin1974

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Get your tickets now for RCGP West Scotland Annual Fulton Lecture! With Dr Saket Priyadarshi talking about "Alcohol and drugs - a generalist or specialist challenge?" 🗓️ Wednesday 23rd October 🕖 7-9pm 📍 1599 at the Royal College, Glasgow 🎟️ shorturl.at/gjZZi

Get your tickets now for RCGP West Scotland Annual Fulton Lecture!

With Dr Saket Priyadarshi talking about "Alcohol and drugs - a generalist or specialist challenge?"

🗓️ Wednesday 23rd October
🕖 7-9pm
📍 1599 at the Royal College, Glasgow
🎟️ shorturl.at/gjZZi
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The VHS Annual Conference is on 23 October at Dynamic Earth. There's still time to book with our earlybird 20% discount (use code EARLYBIRD) tinyurl.com/ms2nk4b7. Confirmed speakers include Linda Bauld Carey Lunan Ewan Aitken 🇺🇦 Martyn Evans & more. Hope to see you there.

The VHS Annual Conference is on 23 October at <a href="/ourdynamicearth/">Dynamic Earth</a>. There's still time to book with our earlybird 20% discount (use code EARLYBIRD) tinyurl.com/ms2nk4b7. Confirmed speakers include <a href="/LindaBauld/">Linda Bauld</a>  <a href="/careylunan/">Carey Lunan</a> <a href="/EwanAitken/">Ewan Aitken 🇺🇦</a> <a href="/MartynR_Evans/">Martyn Evans</a> &amp; more. Hope to see you there.
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Missingness- an important cultural shift from DNAing, moving the emphasis from frustration and blame to curiosity and concern. Great quote from Carey Lunan #VHS24 #wearevital

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£4.5m of grants for 64 third-sector organisations in Edinburgh are to be removed. Health professionals warn the ‘catastrophic’ cuts will see charities close, health inequalities exacerbated, and doctors struggle to offer appropriate care to some of the most marginalised people

£4.5m of grants for 64 third-sector organisations in Edinburgh are to be removed.

Health professionals warn the ‘catastrophic’ cuts will see charities close, health inequalities exacerbated, and doctors struggle to offer appropriate care to some of the most marginalised people
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Chair of Deep End GP Scotland, Carey Lunan said GPs were ‘dismayed’ by the news. She said GPs recognise the ‘significant’ financial pressures facing public services across Scotland but that these decisions ‘fly in face of Scottish Government commitments to address health inequalities, to strengthen

Chair of <a href="/deependgp/">Deep End GP Scotland</a>, <a href="/careylunan/">Carey Lunan</a> said GPs were ‘dismayed’ by the news.

She said GPs recognise the ‘significant’ financial pressures facing public services across Scotland but that these decisions ‘fly in face of <a href="/scotgov/">Scottish Government</a>  commitments to address health inequalities, to strengthen
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Thanks to Annie Wells MSP for raising our latest report's calls for increased investment in general practice and a review of funding streams to channel spending to the areas of greatest deprivation in line with proportionate universalism principles.

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Well, that went as well as we could have hoped Scottish Parliament 😅 Big thanks to all the study team, our funders The Health Foundation, and everyone who came along to discuss tackling the #inversecarelaw in Scottish GP

Well, that went as well as we could have hoped <a href="/ScotParl/">Scottish Parliament</a> 😅

Big thanks to all the study team, our funders <a href="/HealthFdn/">The Health Foundation</a>, and everyone who came along to discuss tackling the #inversecarelaw in Scottish GP
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How proud I was Deep End GP Scotland’s event Scottish Parliament this evening “Tackling the Inverse Care Law in Scottish General Practice”. Fantastic report. Carey Lunan and David Blane did an excellent, thoughtful & thoughtprovoking job presenting. #WesterHailes got a mention! Carey Lunan David Blane

How proud I was <a href="/deependgp/">Deep End GP Scotland</a>’s event <a href="/ScotParl/">Scottish Parliament</a> this evening “Tackling the Inverse Care Law in Scottish General Practice”. Fantastic report. Carey Lunan and David Blane did an excellent, thoughtful &amp; thoughtprovoking job presenting. #WesterHailes got a mention! <a href="/careylunan/">Carey Lunan</a> <a href="/dnblane/">David Blane</a>
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Thanks to Clare Haughey MSP for raising the inclusion health and general practice programme in the Scottish Parliament. This project in Greater Glasgow & Clyde shows the positive health equity impact general practice can drive when supported to do so.

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"We need to recognise that our healthcare systems...typically make little or no allowance for those who have been most psychologically harmed in their earliest experiences of care" Dr Adam G W Burley 💜 writes for#NHS2048 on relational access to healthcare reformscotland.com/nhs2048/relati…

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"NHS services have often specific, inflexible rules for how they are used, making it hard for patients to arrange the right appointment for them–at the right time, by the right method, with the right person" Professor Andrea Williamson writes for #NHS2048 reformscotland.com/nhs2048/applyi…

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Great article by Pete Blackburn of The Doctor Magazine, sharing insights from inspiring ED colleagues who established the Emergency Medicine at the Deep End movement. The importance of meaningful interventions and reachable moments in the ED to mitigate Inequality. thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/healt… Deep End GP Scotland

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Don't miss the latest episode of our podcast with Dr Carey Lunan discussing health inequalities and the fantastic work of Deep End GP Scotland in reducing health inequity. Get the full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/0YE9U5…