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.
Joined February 2017
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Carey Lunan retweeted
16 Sep 2025
Today we have launched our manifesto for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
General practice is the solution to the NHS crisis. We're calling on political parties to make general practice and patient care a top priority.
Read the manifesto here: rcgp.org.uk/membership/scotl…
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Carey Lunan retweeted
27 Apr 2025
Don't miss the latest episode of our podcast with Dr @careylunan discussing health inequalities and the fantastic work of @deependgp in reducing health inequity.
Get the full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/0YE…
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Carey Lunan retweeted
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. @MareeToddMSP @neilcgray @ALLIANCEScot @deependgp @VHSComms @ScottishSPN
4 Mar 2025
New opinion piece in @BJGPjournal highlights some critical insights gathered during a Deep End project workshop on the importance of meaningful community engagement and effective health systems.
bjgp.org/content/75/752/126
ALT Hand drawn visual note with 'Meaningful Community Engagement' in the middle.
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Carey Lunan retweeted
9 Jan 2025
One of our wonderful Glasgow CLWs Sharon chatting about the role and impact it has for @deependgp patients, supporting them; especially during these hard winter months #makeslinks @redmond_kidd @ALLIANCEScot @GCHSCP
@careylunan @dnblane
9 Jan 2025
Glasgow link worker on winter help: ‘It can totally change your life’ ift.tt/aEnksRT
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Carey Lunan retweeted
7 Jan 2025
ICYMI
Deep End Report 42 on “What can General Practice do to strengthen Continuity of Care for those who need it most?”
@petermakeslinks @dnblane @careylunan @Stewmercer @ElspethStrang @letsmakeslinks @CatrionaMorton3 @rcgp @RCGPScotland @BMAScotland
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22 Dec 2024
Great article by Pete Blackburn of @TheDrMagazine, sharing insights from inspiring ED colleagues who established the @EMAtTheDeepEnd movement. The importance of meaningful interventions and reachable moments in the ED to mitigate Inequality.
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/article…
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Carey Lunan retweeted
18 Dec 2024
"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/a…
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Carey Lunan retweeted
28 Nov 2024
"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"
@DrAdamGWBurley writes for#NHS2048 on relational access to healthcare
reformscotland.com/nhs2048/r…
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Carey Lunan retweeted
14 Nov 2024
Thanks to @haughey_clare 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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Carey Lunan retweeted
7 Nov 2024
Thanks to @AnnieWellsMSP 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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Carey Lunan retweeted
7 Nov 2024
You can read the full report, 'The Scottish GP Workforce and Health Inequalities,' here: rcgp.org.uk/getmedia/263e368…
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Carey Lunan retweeted
12 Nov 2024
How proud I was @deependgp’s event @ScotParl 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! @careylunan @dnblane
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Carey Lunan retweeted
12 Nov 2024
Well, that went as well as we could have hoped @ScotParl 😅
Big thanks to all the study team, our funders @HealthFdn, and everyone who came along to discuss tackling the #inversecarelaw in Scottish GP
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Carey Lunan retweeted
1 Nov 2024
Chair of @deependgp, @careylunan 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 @scotgov commitments to address health inequalities, to strengthen community-based support and to eradicate child poverty’. [2/2]
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Carey Lunan retweeted
1 Nov 2024
£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 in society.
@petermblackburn reports [1/2]: thedoctor.bma.org.uk/article…
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Carey Lunan retweeted
23 Oct 2024
Missingness- an important cultural shift from DNAing, moving the emphasis from frustration and blame to curiosity and concern. Great quote from @careylunan #VHS24 #wearevital
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Carey Lunan retweeted
14 Oct 2024
The VHS Annual Conference is on 23 October at @ourdynamicearth. There's still time to book with our earlybird 20% discount (use code EARLYBIRD) tinyurl.com/ms2nk4b7. Confirmed speakers include @LindaBauld @careylunan @EwanAitken @MartynR_Evans & more. Hope to see you there.
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Carey Lunan retweeted
29 Sep 2024
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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Carey Lunan retweeted
9 Sep 2024
Come work with #teampublichealth in Lothian. Be part of our multi disciplinary screening team helping us to address inequalities in screening. Please share @careylunan @deependgp @DrAnnaBlack1 @Tasmin1974
5 Sep 2024
Exciting Job Opportunity - GP Lead for Screening Programmes, 2 Year Fixed Term Contract: Reference 195719
apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/J…
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3 Sep 2024
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
3 Sep 2024
🆕The IS today published initial findings from an evaluation of the Welfare Advice and Health Partnerships (WAHPs) funded by @scotgovhealth. The launch event was attended by @GCU_SPIRU @deependgp @dundeecouncil with a video message from @neilcgray
improvementservice.org.uk/ne…
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