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David Blane

@dnblane.bsky.social
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GP and Senior Clinical Lecturer @UofGlasgow | Academic lead, Scottish Deep End Project (www.gla.ac.uk/deepend) | Inclusion health SIG, Society for Academic Primary Care

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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Dr Joseph Millum reflects on “what are values?” And introduces us to “thick concepts”, which are both evaluative (e.g. good, bad, right, wrong) and descriptive. Given what we know about the inadequacies & limitations of medical research… I would argue that “evidence-based” is also a “thick concept?
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Fantastic scene-setting and call to arms from @mgtmccartney.bsky.social, with numerous examples of (mostly well-intentioned) initiatives that may cause more harm than good
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
@mgtmccartney.bsky.social launching the Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare @uniofstandrews.bsky.social - I’m expecting mighty oaks to grow from these acorns 🤞
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Mogens Vestergaard outlines the major health system reforms in Denmark - incl. shifting resources from secondary to primary care. Current % of health service spend in Denmark is 8% (Scotland is approx 6.5%) - aim to increase to 13% by 2035.
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
On my way to Edinburgh for a meeting to discuss recommendations from this report, as well as other recent work on new models of primary care by Stewart Mercer and team. Great to have @kathcheckland.bsky.social, John Ford and Mogens Vestergaard joining us.
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
New book by David Walsh and Gerry McCartney @uofgshw.bsky.social helps us understand the drivers of declining UK life expectancy… TL;DR = Austerity policies
Book cover: “Social Murder? Austerity and Life Expectancy in the UK”, by David Walsh and Gerry McCartney
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David Blane @dnblane.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
This is my #firstpost on bluesky... I don't have any pets (yet!), so posting an image of the flags of the 18 different Deep End projects around the UK and internationally. I hope it's more civilised (and inclusive) here than on X/Twitter...
Text states "Deep End International" with this quote below it:
"By excluding exclusions and building relationships, inclusive health care is a civilising force in an increasingly dangerous, fragmented and uncertain world." - Watt et al, 2019
The text has 18 flags around it, each one representing a different "Deep End GP" project from across the UK and internationally.
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