Maria Duffy

Joining colleagues from across Glasgow to say how relieved we all are by yesterday’s news 😅 Grateful to all those who helped behind the scenes, everyone who signed our petition, wrote to MSPs, those who covered the story in the media, etc etc - the power of collective action ✊

A short thread about the planned @GCHSCP cuts to community links workers (CLWs) in Glasgow #GlasgowLinkWorkersCrisis heraldscotland.com/news/23741900.… 1/ 🧵

This is how one Glasgow practice has responded to planned cuts to Community Links Workers…

Illustrates why the inverse care law persists - initiatives always short term, precariously funded and never allowed to threaten the mainstream distribution of NHS power and resource (otherwise known as the inverse care law)

What's unfathomable about this decision to cut community links workers in at GP surgeries in Glasgow is their impact in reducing health inequalities is so well evidenced. theferret.scot/deep-end-pract…

Dear Twittersphere, please read and RT 🙏 “Health leaders in Glasgow are under pressure to reverse plans that would see the number of community links practitioner (CLP) posts slashed from nearly 70 full-time roles to 42 in 2024.” heraldscotland.com/news/23732583.…

The Scottish Deep End Group @deependgp, that represents GPs working in 100 socio-economically deprived areas in Scotland, shares concerns about the closure of a specialist GP practice for homeless people in Glasgow bit.ly/3nVeFSj

There was more that didn’t make the final edit, so Marianne put this short clip together, summarising the position of the Scottish Deep End GP Project

Deep End GP @mmccallum81 was interviewed for @BBCScotlandNews last night about the @MentalWelfare report on the barriers to accessing care for people who have both mental ill health and problems with substance use: mwcscot.org.uk/news/new-repor…

ICYMI - Govan GP John Montgomery was interviewed for @STVNews on Friday. #deependgp

@deependgp @mellojonny @AnnFamMed I reckon “2 or more conditions” doesn’t even register as multimorbidity in deprived areas. It’s not till you get to 3 or 4 that it even becomes a consideration. And - because of pressure of the consult itself - we often don’t read code half of them, so they become invisible.

"Reflecting the inverse care law, patients living in areas of high deprivation have poorer access to primary care, shorter consultation length, less enablement, and doctors who are more stressed compared with those working in more affluent areas" New paper annfammed.org/content/16/2/1…

Fantastic Christmas tunes from @Paragon_Music1 at Pollok Civic Realm

Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard for this. Evidence informed policy. #mupsaveslives twitter.com/scotgovhealth/…

Great news from the Supreme Court on #MUP This was our letter to @heraldscotland in July: heraldscotland.com/opinion/letter… #MUPsaveslives

I agree & a very insightful acknowledgement of the importance of the health of the Scottish people. Very proud to be CMO Scotland today #MUP twitter.com/drgarthreid/st…

What a group of dedidicated GPs can teach generalists everywhere about how to spin gold from straw. Get organized and get busy! twitter.com/deependgp/stat…

ICYMI - slides (and student feedback!) from the #deependGP Medical Student Symposium are now online: gla.ac.uk/researchinstit… @GUGPSociety