
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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07-02-2017 21:57:12
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Our new paper, led by Dhan Senaratne, reports a dose-response relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and multimorbidity. Each ACE increased the odds by 13%. Chronic Pain Research Group Dundee University Bhushan Thakkar PT, PhD Dr. Louise Marryat Lesley Colvin UoD Medicine NRS Pain Research Community doi.org/10.1186/s12916…


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


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.


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


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


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.


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


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


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.

"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…

"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…

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

ICYMI Deep End Report 42 on “What can General Practice do to strengthen Continuity of Care for those who need it most?” Peter Cawston David Blane Carey Lunan Stewart Mercer Elspeth Strang Colette Mason Catriona Morton Royal College of General Practitioners RCGP Scotland BMA Scotland gla.ac.uk/media/Media_11…

One of our wonderful Glasgow CLWs Sharon chatting about the role and impact it has for Deep End GP Scotland patients, supporting them; especially during these hard winter months #makeslinks Sara Redmond The ALLIANCE Glasgow City HSCP Carey Lunan David Blane

Really interesting piece highlighting the importance of meaningful engagement and the role that CLWs can contribute to this. Relationships matter. Take a moment to read it. Maree Todd Neil Gray MSP The ALLIANCE Deep End GP Scotland Voluntary Health Scotland Scottish Social Prescribing Network

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…