Dr David Blane

Senior Clinical Lecturer (General Practice & Primary Care)

email: David.Blane@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

General Practice & Primary Care, School of Health & Wellbeing, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, University of Glasgow, G12 8TB

Import to contacts

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621

Biography

I am an academic GP with expertise in mixed methods research. I am the Academic Lead for the Deep End GP project in Scotland, a collaboration between academics and frontline GPs working in areas of concentrated socio-economic disadvantage. Within the School of Health and Wellbeing, I am co-lead for the Determinants of Health and Health Inequalities (DHHI) theme. I am also the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) representative for Obesity Action Scotland and I am on the RCGP Health Inequalities Standing Group.

Education

BSc in International Health, University College London (2003)
MBChB, University of Dundee (2005)
MRCGP (2010)
MPH, University of Glasgow (2012)
PhD, University of Glasgow (2018)

I joined General Practice and Primary Care in August 2011 as a clinical academic fellow and, in 2013, was awarded a CSO Clinical Academic Training Fellowship to undertake a PhD on "understanding the role of primary care in the management of co-morbid obesity: a mixed methods programme".

I have been involved in undergraduate teaching at the University of Glasgow Medical School since 2012, including leading a module on international primary care systems for the Global Health Intercalated BSc and running the Student Selected Component (SSC) in Social Determinants of Health for three years. My postgraduate teaching is detailed in the 'teaching' section below.

Since 2010, I have been involved in the Deep End project, which represents GPs working in the most socio-economically deprived practices in Scotland, and I am co-author of

Deep End Report 16 (austerity)
Deep End Report 19 (access to specialists)
Deep End Report 28 (GP recruitment and retention in deprived areas)
Deep End Report 32 8 years of the Deep End project (8 years of Deep End)
Deep End Report 33 Undergraduate education in primary care (undergraduate education in primary care in areas of socio-economic deprivation)
Deep End Summary 34 Planning for 2019 to 2022 (planning for 2019-2022)
Deep End Report 35 (Plans for advocacy and engagement by the Scottish Deep End Project)
Deep End Report 36 (General practice in the time of COVID-19)
Deep End Report 37 (COVID-19 vaccine deployment for marginalised groups in Scotland)

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Research interests

I am interested in the interface between general practice and public health and in the role of primary care in mitigating health inequalities.

As such, I use mixed methods and realist research methods to explore issues related to:

Impact of food insecurity and other social risk factors on health
Access to health care
Supporting health behaviour change
Organisation and delivery of care for people with multiple long-term conditions (Multimorbidity)
Implementation of new practices and technologies in primary care

Publications

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Number of items: 104.

2025

Fraser, H. L. et al. (2025) Cost-effectiveness of the ReDIRECT/counterweight-plus weight management programme to alleviate symptoms of long COVID. Nature Communications, 16(1), 5592. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59909-6) (PMID:40593486) (PMCID:PMC12218384)

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Lunan, Carey and Mercer, Stewart W. (2025) Can we tackle the Inverse Care Law in general practice? British Journal of General Practice, (Accepted for Publication)

Bogie, James, van Dijk, Meike, Bezzina, Cara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4897-0850, Lunan, Carey, Henderson, David, Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 and Blane, David Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2025) Addressing the inverse care law in Scottish general practice: systematic scoping review. British Journal of General Practice, (doi: 10.3399/bjgp.2024.0622) (PMID:40355249) (Early Online Publication)

Allen, Luke N., Turner-Moss, Eleanor, Thomas, Kathrin, Pettigrew, Luisa, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Honney, Rory, Hobbs, Richard and Sheikh, Aziz (2025) Public health and general practice working together. British Journal of General Practice, 75(753), pp. 154-155. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp25X741105) (PMID:40147977)

Womersley, T., Lunan, C., McMahon, A. and Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2025) GPs at the Deep End Report 43: Language and Cultural health inequalities. Documentation. The Scottish Deep End Project.

2024

Lynch, Ruairi, Fallowfield, Jonathan, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Swann, Rachael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3945-2253, Mills, Kirsty, Cordwell, Amy and Forrest, Ewan (2024) The Scottish Hepatology Access Research Partnership (SHARP) improving access to liver services throughout Scotland. NIHR Open Research, 4, 58. (doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13650.2)

Barry, Eleanor, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Ross, Jamie and Freeman, Jenifer (2024) Conversations matter: improving the diagnosis experience for people with type 2 diabetes. British Journal of General Practice, 74(748), pp. 489-490. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X739713) (PMID:39481904)

Hunik, L. et al. (2024) The role of the primary healthcare research community in addressing the social and structural determinants of health: a call to action from NAPCRG 2023. Family Medicine and Community Health, 12(4), e003137. (doi: 10.1136/fmch-2024-003137) (PMID:39488442) (PMCID:PMC11535704)

Grant, A. et al. (2024) Four years in, what are the research priorities for Long COVID? a research priority setting partnership between people with lived experience, carers, clinicians, and researchers. Health Expectations, 27(5), e70072. (doi: 10.1111/hex.70072) (PMID:39445814) (PMCID:PMC11500202)

Combet, E. et al. (2024) Remotely delivered weight management for people with long COVID and overweight: the randomized wait-list-controlled ReDIRECT trial. Nature Medicine, 31(1), pp. 258-266. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03384-x) (PMID:39779922) (PMCID:PMC11750722)

Dunphy, Rebekah and Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2024) Understanding exercise referrals in primary care: a qualitative study of General Practitioners and physiotherapists. Physiotherapy, 124, pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2024.04.348)

Hanlon, P. et al. (2024) Frailty and socioeconomic position: a systematic review of observational studies. Ageing Research Reviews, 100, 102420. (doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2024.102420)

Rai, Navneet and Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2024) Addressing food insecurity: what is the role of healthcare? Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 83(3), pp. 151-156. (doi: 10.1017/S002966512300366X) (PMID:37746715)

Macgregor, Cassandra, Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Tulle, Emmanuelle, Campbell, Claire L., Barber, Ruth J., Hill O'Connor, Clementine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-1697 and Seenan, Christopher (2024) An ecosystem of accepting life with chronic pain: a meta-ethnography. British Journal of Pain, 18(4), pp. 365-381. (doi: 10.1177/20494637241250271)

Williamson, Kath, Lean, Michael E.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2216-0083 and Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2024) The lived experiences of people with severe obesity who use community health and social care services: a qualitative interview study. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2024(1), 5520608. (doi: 10.1155/2024/5520608)

Ventres, W. B. et al. (2024) Storylines of family medicine X: Standing up for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Family Medicine and Community Health, 12(S3), e002828. (doi: 10.1136/fmch-2024-002828) (PMID:38609082)

Haag, L. et al. (2024) Baseline characteristics in the Remote Diet Intervention to REduce long-COVID Symptoms Trial (ReDIRECT). NIHR Open Research, 4, 7. (doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13522.1) (PMID:39145102) (PMCID:PMC11320183)

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Lunan, Carey, Bogie, James, Albanese, Alessio, Henderson, David and Mercer, Stewart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2024) Tackling the inverse care law in Scottish general practice: policies, interventions and the Scottish Deep End Project. Project Report. University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh.

Cawston, Peter, Lunan, C. and Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2024) GPs at the Deep End Report 42: What can General Practice do to Strengthen Continuity of GP Care for those who Need it Most? Documentation. The Scottish Deep End Project.

Quinn, Joanna and Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2024) GPs at the Deep End Report 41: Emergency Medicine at the Deep End. Documentation. The Scottish Deep End Project.

2023

Ng, Raeann, Gunatillaka, Nilakshi, Skouteris, Helen, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Blewitt, Claire, Nielsen, Suzanne and Sturgiss, Elizabeth (2023) Screening for unstable housing in a healthcare setting. Public Health Reviews, 44, 1606438. (doi: 10.3389/phrs.2023.1606438)

Hastie, C. E. et al. (2023) True prevalence of long-COVID in a nationwide, population cohort study. Nature Communications, 14, 7892. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43661-w) (PMID:38036541) (PMCID:PMC10689486)

Mercer, Stewart, Lunan, Carey, Henderson, David and Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2023) Is Scotland’s new GP contract addressing the inverse care law? Future Healthcare Journal, 10(3), pp. 287-290. (doi: 10.7861/fhj.2023-0068) (PMID:38162197) (PMCID:PMC10753203)

Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Donaghy, Eddie, Henderson, David, Lunan, Carey and Sweeney, Kieran (2023) Health inequalities, multimorbidity, and primary care in Scotland. Future Healthcare Journal, 10(3), pp. 219-225. (doi: 10.7861/fhj.2023-0069) (PMID:38162206) (PMCID:PMC10753226)

Macgregor, Cassandra, Walumbe, Jackie, Tulle, Emmanuelle, Seenan, Christopher and Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2023) Intersectionality as a theoretical framework for researching health inequities in chronic pain. British Journal of Pain, 17(5), pp. 479-490. (doi: 10.1177/20494637231188583)

Haag, L. et al. (2023) The remote diet intervention to reduce Long COVID symptoms trial (ReDIRECT): protocol for a randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a remotely delivered supported weight management programme for people with Long COVID and excess weight, with personalised improvement goals. NIHR Open Research, 2, 57. (doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13315.2) (PMID:37881302) (PMCID:PMC10593354)

Williamson, Kath, Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Lean, Michael E.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2216-0083 (2023) Challenges in obtaining accurate anthropometric measures for adults with severe obesity: a community-based study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 51(6), pp. 935-943. (doi: 10.1177/14034948221089111) (PMID:35491931) (PMCID:PMC10350700)

Phang, Fifi T. H., Weaver, Alicia, Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Murphy, Fionnghuala, Dawson, Andrew, Hall, Sophie, De Natale, Anna, Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 and McFadyen, Anne (2023) Using the candidacy framework to conceptualize systems and gaps when developing infant mental health (IMH) services: a qualitative study. Infant Mental Health Journal, 44(4), pp. 480-494. (doi: 10.1002/imhj.22072) (PMID:37339006)

Hastie, C. E. et al. (2023) Natural history of long-COVID in a nationwide, population cohort study. Nature Communications, 14, 3504. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39193-y) (PMID:37311808) (PMCID:PMC10263377)

De Natale, Anna, Hall, Sophie, McFadyen, Anne, Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 and Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2023) "Breaking the cycle": a qualitative study exploring General Practitioners’ views of infant mental health. BJGP Open, (doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0009) (PMID:37263743) (In Press)

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Basu, Nayanika (2023) Tackling climate change and health inequalities in primary care. Family Practice, 40(3), pp. 498-501. (doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmac146) (PMID:36541280) (PMCID:PMC10231381)

Macgregor, Cassandra, Seenan, Christopher and Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2023) Delivering equitable pain care: lessons from the Scottish Service Model for Chronic Pain. British Journal of Pain, 17(3), pp. 222-225. (doi: 10.1177/20494637231180485) (PMID:37342395) (PMCID:PMC10278449)

Gopal, Dipesh P, Hunter, Manuela, Butler, Daniel, O’Donovan, Diarmuid, Hart, Nigel, Kearney, Grainne and Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2023) Trauma-informed care: what does it mean for general practice? British Journal of General Practice, 73(730), pp. 229-231. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp23X732837) (PMID:37105741)

Macgregor, Cassandra, Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Pravinkumar, S. Josephine and Booth, Gregory (2023) Chronic pain and health inequalities: why we need to act. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 23(2), pp. 225-227. (doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2022-0148) (PMID:36538024)

Chan, J. et al. (2023) Addressing health inequalities in diabetes through research: recommendations from Diabetes UK’s 2022 health inequalities in diabetes workshop. Diabetic Medicine, 40(4), e15024. (doi: 10.1111/dme.15024) (PMID:36508339)

Williamson, Kath, Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Grieve, Eleanor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4115-2882 and Lean, Michael E. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2216-0083 (2023) Overlooked and under-evidenced: community health and long-term care service needs, utilization, and costs incurred by people with severe obesity. Clinical Obesity, 13(2), e12570. (doi: 10.1111/cob.12570) (PMID:36447339)

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Lunan, Carey and Jobling, Katherine (2023) GPs at the Deep End Report 40: What can general practice do to mitigate the effects of the cost-of-living crisis? Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Sood, Mehika, Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Williamson, Andrea E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8981-9068 (2023) ‘A drive to make change’ - exploring the views and experiences of medical students engaging in advocacy: a qualitative study in a UK medical school. Education for Primary Care, 34(1), pp. 4-46. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2022.2161071) (PMID:36604817)

Dhanani, Safiya and Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2023) The Deep End GP Pioneer Scheme: a qualitative evaluation. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 29(2), pp. 155-164. (doi: 10.1071/PY22162) (PMID:36220129)

2022

O'Donnell, Catherine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779, Macdonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943, Browne, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1785-1429, Albanese, Alessio, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Ibbotson, Tracy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9224-6467, Laidlaw, Lynn, Heaney, David and Lowe, David J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4866-2049 (2022) Widening or narrowing inequalities? The equity implications of digital tools to support COVID-19 contact tracing: a qualitative study. Health Expectations, 25(6), pp. 2851-2861. (doi: 10.1111/hex.13593) (PMID:36063060) (PMCID:PMC9538145)

Allen, L. N. et al. (2022) Performance and resource requirements of in-person, voice call, and automated telephone-based socioeconomic data collection modalities for community-based health programs. JAMA Network Open, 5(11), e2243883. (doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.43883) (PMID:36441550) (PMCID:PMC9706363)

Hastie, C. E. et al. (2022) Outcomes among confirmed cases and a matched comparison group in the Long-COVID in Scotland Study. Nature Communications, 13, 5663. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33415-5) (PMID:36224173) (PMCID:PMC9556711)

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2022) International reflections on NAPCRG: celebrating 50 years of learning and connecting. Family Medicine and Community Health, 10(3), e001880. (doi: 10.1136/fmch-2022-001880) (PMCID:PMC946210)

Hastie, C. E. et al. (2022) Do we need consent to obtain consent? Public and participant feedback to using personal health data for recruitment. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(8), pp. 697-698. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219214) (PMID:35672086) (PMCID:PMC9279750)

Sturgiss, Elizabeth, Ball, Lauren, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Hennessy, Marita and Quigley, Fiona (2022) In response to: Pharmacotherapy for adults with overweight and obesity. Lancet, 399(10341), pp. 2100-2101. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00787-5)

Lunan, Carey, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Hillhouse, J. (2022) GPs at the Deep End Report 39: Prison health. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Allen, L. N. et al. (2022) Performance and resource requirements of in-person versus voice call versus automated telephone-based socioeconomic data collection modalities for community-based health programmes: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(4), e057410. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057410) (PMID:35428640)

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Macdonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943 and O'Donnell, Catherine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779 (2022) Patient and practitioner views on cancer risk discussions in primary care: a qualitative study. BJGP Open, 6(1), BJGPO.2021.0108. (doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0108) (PMID:34645652)

Ciftci, Yusuf and Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2022) Improving GP registration and access for migrant health. British Journal of General Practice, 72(715), pp. 56-57. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp22X718301) (PMID:35091400)

2021

Albanese, Alessio, Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Williamson, Andrea E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8981-9068 (2021) Mental health in context: structural vulnerability and support in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 71(713), pp. 565-567. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp21X717965) (PMID:34824078)

Basu, Noy, McMahon, Anthony, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Lunan, Carey and Ashby, Sian (2021) GPs at the Deep End Report 38: Climate Change and Health Inequalities. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Patterson, Dom and Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2021) Training for purpose - a blueprint for social accountability and health equity focused GP training. Education for Primary Care, 32(6), pp. 318-321. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2021.1966652) (PMID:34486945)

Parker, Ruth, Figures, Emma, Paddison, Charlotte, Matheson, James, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Ford, John (2021) Inequalities in general practice remote consultations: a systematic review. BJGP Open, 5(3), (doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0040) (PMID:33712502)

Taylor, Anna K., Kingstone, Tom, Briggs, Tracy A., O'Donnell, Catherine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779, Atherton, Helen, Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Chew‐Graham, Carolyn A. (2021) 'Reluctant pioneer’: a qualitative study of doctors’ experiences as patients with long-COVID. Health Expectations, 24(3), pp. 833-842. (doi: 10.1111/hex.13223) (PMID:33749957) (PMCID:PMC8235894)

Hanlon, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5828-3934, Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Macdonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943, Mair, Frances S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-1135 and O'Donnell, Catherine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779 (2021) Our response to rising frailty in younger people must address prevention burden. Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2(5), e245. (doi: 10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00052-0)

Nunan, David, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and McCartney, Margaret (2021) Exemplary medical care or Trojan horse? An analysis of the ‘Lifestyle Medicine’ movement. British Journal of General Practice, 71(706), pp. 229-232. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp21X715721) (PMID:33926883)

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, McMahon, Anthony, Lunan, Carey, Montgomery, John and Richardson, Helen (2021) GPs at the Deep End Report 37: COVID-19 vaccine deployment for marginalised groups in Scotland. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Bouttell, J. et al. (2021) Assessment of COVID-19 in primary care: the identification of symptoms, signs, characteristics, comorbidities and clinical signs in adults which may indicate a higher risk of progression to severe disease. Other. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Edinburgh.

2020

Kingstone, Tom, Taylor, Anna K., O'Donnell, Catherine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779, Atherton, Helen, Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Chew-Graham, Carolyn A. (2020) Finding the 'right' GP: a qualitative study of the experiences of people with long-COVID. BJGP Open, 4(5), bjgpopen20X101143. (doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101143) (PMID:33051223) (PMCID:PMC7880173)

Ashwell, Gemma, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Lunan, Carey and Matheson, James (2020) General practice post-COVID-19: time to put equity at the heart of health systems? British Journal of General Practice, 70(697), p. 400. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp20X712001) (PMID:32732207)

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Williamson, Andrea E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8981-9068, MacDonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943 and O'Donnell, Catherine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779 (2020) Prevention in the 2020s: where is primary care? British Journal of General Practice, 70(697), pp. 376-377. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp20x711809) (PMID:32732193)

Watt, Graham, Mullin, Anne and Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2020) GPs at the Deep End Report 36: General Practice in the time of COVID-19. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Bouttell, J. et al. (2020) Evidence Review: Assessment of COVID-19 in Primary Care: The identification of symptoms, clinical signs, characteristics, and comorbidities in adults, children and young people, which may indicate a higher risk of progression to severe disease. Other. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Edinburgh.

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Macdonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943 and O'Donnell, Catherine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779 (2020) What works and why in the identification and referral of adults with comorbid obesity in primary care: a realist review. Obesity Reviews, 21(4), e12979. (doi: 10.1111/obr.12979) (PMID:31867842) (PMCID:PMC7078935)

Mullin, Anne and Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2020) GPs at the Deep End Report 35: Plans for advocacy and engagement by the Scottish Deep End Project. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2020) What more could we have done? In: Alma, Deborah and Amiel, Katie (eds.) These Are The Hands – Poems from the Heart of the NHS. Fair Acre Press, p. 135. ISBN 9781911048404

2019

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Lewandowska, Marta (2019) Living with cancer and multi-morbidity: the role of primary care. Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, 13(3), pp. 213-219. (doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000454) (PMID:31348011)

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2019) Cardiovascular problems. In: Staten, Adam and Staten, Paul (eds.) Practical General Practice. Elsevier. ISBN 9780702055522

Mullin, Anne and Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2019) GPs at the Deep End Report 34: The Deep End Project for 2019-2022. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Brooksbank, K. et al. (2019) Discussing weight management with type 2 diabetes patients in primary care using the Small Talk Big Difference intervention: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 8(2), e12162. (doi: 10.2196/12162) (PMID:30767902)

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2019) Commentary: Supporting GP training in areas of socio-economic deprivation. Education for Primary Care, 30(3), pp. 165-166. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2019.1600047) (PMID:30961452)

2018

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2018) The Deep End GP Pioneer Scheme. In: Watt, Graham (ed.) The Exceptional Potential of General Practice: Making a Difference in Primary Care. CRC Press. ISBN 9781785231582

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2018) GP training in the Deep End. In: Watt, Graham (ed.) The Exceptional Potential of General Practice: Making a Difference in Primary Care. CRC Press. ISBN 9781785231582

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2018) Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass. British Journal of General Practice, 68(674), p. 435. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X698753)[Book Review]

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Budd, John, Burley, Adam, Langridge, Susan, Melville, Claire, Mullin, Anne and Sambale, Petra (2018) GPs at the Deep End Report 33: Increasing undergraduate education in primary care in areas of socio-economic deprivation (the Deep End). Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2018) Medical education in (and for) areas of socio-economic deprivation in the UK. Education for Primary Care, 29(5), pp. 255-258. (doi: 10.1080/14739879.2018.1512056) (PMID:30383516)

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Gillies, John C.M., Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 and Smith, Gregor I. (2018) 'Learning together': Sharing international experience on new models of primary care. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 36(1), pp. 3-4. (doi: 10.1080/02813432.2018.1426152) (PMID:29385879)

2017

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Macdonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943, Morrison, David and O'Donnell, Catherine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779 (2017) The role of primary care in adult weight management: qualitative interviews with key stakeholders in weight management services. BMC Health Services Research, 17, 764. (doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2729-7) (PMID:29162111) (PMCID:PMC5698950)

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, McLoone, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8700, Morrison, David, Macdonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943 and O'Donnell, Catherine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779 (2017) Patient and practice characteristics predicting attendance and completion at a specialist weight management service in the UK: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 7(11), e018286. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018286) (PMID:29162575) (PMCID:PMC5719278)

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Sambale, Petra, Williamson, Andrea E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8981-9068 and Watt, Graham C.M. (2017) A change model for GPs serving deprived areas. Annals of Family Medicine, 15(3), p. 277. (doi: 10.1370/afm.2064) (PMID:28483897)

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Mackay, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Guthrie, Bruce and Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2017) Smoking cessation interventions for patients with coronary heart disease and comorbidities: an observational cross-sectional study in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 67(655), e118-e129. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp16X688405) (PMID:27919936)

2016

Macdonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Browne, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1785-1429, Conway, Ellie, Macleod, Una, May, Carl and Mair, Frances ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-1135 (2016) Illness identity as an important component of candidacy: Contrasting experiences of help-seeking and access to care in cancer and heart disease. Social Science and Medicine, 168, pp. 101-110. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.022) (PMID:27643844)

Chetty, Ula Jan, O’Donnell, Patrick, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Willems, Sara (2016) The role of primary care in improving health equity: report of a workshop held by the WONCA health equity special interest group at the 2015 WONCA Europe conference in Istanbul, Turkey. International Journal for Equity in Health, 15, 128. (doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0415-8) (PMID:27496027) (PMCID:PMC4975904)

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Babbel, Breannon and Watt, Graham (2016) GPs at the Deep End Report 28: GP recruitment and retention in deprived areas. Discussion Paper. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

2015

Blane, D.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, McLean, G. and Watt, G. (2015) Distribution of GPs in Scotland by age, gender and deprivation. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(4), pp. 214-219. (doi: 10.1177/0036933015606592) (PMID:26403569)

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Macdonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943, Morrison, David and O'Donnell, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779 (2015) Interventions targeted at primary care practitioners to improve the identification and referral of patients with co-morbid obesity: a realist review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 4, 61. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-015-0046-y) (PMID:25927993) (PMCID:PMC4426175)

2014

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Williams, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5387-2863, Morrison, Jill ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3965-1516, Wilson, Alistair and Mercer, Stewart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2014) Psychological therapies in primary care: a progress report. British Journal of General Practice, 64(628), pp. 556-557. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp14X682117)

McLean, Gary, Gunn, Jane, Wyke, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-8247, Guthrie, Bruce, Watt, Graham C.M., Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2014) The influence of socioeconomic deprivation on multimorbidity at different ages: a cross-sectional study. British Journal of General Practice, 64(624), e440-e447. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp14X680545) (PMID:24982497) (PMCID:PMC4073730)

Ramsay, Robin, Sharma, Vikesh and Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2014) RCGP Junior International Committee: a global approach to primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 64(623), p. 297. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp14X680197)

Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2014) Jack Vettriano: a retrospective. British Journal of General Practice, 64(618), p. 41.

Young, Peter, Smith, Chris, Pettigrew, Luisa, Seo, Ha-Neul and Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2014) International work and leadership in UK general practice. Leadership in Health Services, 27(2), pp. 87-103. (doi: 10.1108/LHS-01-2013-0003)

2013

Orr, R., Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Budd, J., Williamson, A.E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8981-9068, Sambale, P. and Watt, G. (2013) GPs at the Deep End Report 21: GP experience of welfare reform in very deprived areas. Discussion Paper. General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Welsh, V.K., Irving, G.J. and Blane, D.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2013) NAPCRG 2012: reflections from across the pond. British Journal of General Practice, 63(613), pp. 428-429. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp13X670778)

Blane, D.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Hesselgreaves, Hannah, McLean, G., Lough, M. and Watt, G.C.M. (2013) Attitudes towards health inequalities amongst GP trainers in Glasgow, and their ideas for changes in training. Education for Primary Care, 24(2), pp. 97-104.

Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Williams, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5387-2863, Morrison, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3965-1516, Wilson, A. and Mercer, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2013) Cognitive behavioural therapy: why primary care should have it all. British Journal of General Practice, 63(607), pp. 103-104. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp13X663235)

Watt, G. and Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2013) GPs at the Deep End Report 19: Access to specialists. Discussion Paper. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Gallacher, K. et al. (2013) Qualitative systematic reviews of treatment burden in stroke, heart failure and diabetes: methodological challenges and solutions. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13(10), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-10)

Jani, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X, Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Browne, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1785-1429, Montori, V., May, C., Shippee, N. and Mair, F.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-1135 (2013) Identifying treatment burden as an important concept for end of life care in those with advanced heart failure. Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, 7(1), pp. 3-7. (doi: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32835c071f.)

2012

Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Watt, G. (2012) Altogether now? Austerity at the deep end. British Journal of General Practice, 62(600), pp. 374-375. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X652463)

Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Watt, G. (2012) GP experience of the impact of austerity on patients and general practices in very deprived areas. Discussion Paper. University of Glasgow.

Jani, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X, Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Mercer, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2012) The role of empathy in therapy and the physician-patient relationship. Forschende Komplementarmedizin / Research in Complementary Medicine, 19(5), pp. 252-257. (doi: 10.1159/000342998)

2011

Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Mercer, S.W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2011) Compassionate health care: is empathy the key? Journal of Holistic Healthcare, 8(3),

2008

Barr, D.A., Fenton, L. and Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2008) The claim for patient choice and equity. Journal of Medical Ethics, 34(4), pp. 271-274. (doi: 10.1136/jme.2006.019570)

2004

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2004) In WHO's interest: the debate surrounding the 2003 election of the Director-General of WHO. Lancet, 364(9440), pp. 1188-1189. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17110-9)

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Articles

Hanlon, P. et al. (2024) Frailty and socioeconomic position: a systematic review of observational studies. Ageing Research Reviews, 100, 102420. (doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2024.102420)

Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Macdonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943, Morrison, David and O'Donnell, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779 (2015) Interventions targeted at primary care practitioners to improve the identification and referral of patients with co-morbid obesity: a realist review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 4, 61. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-015-0046-y) (PMID:25927993) (PMCID:PMC4426175)

Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2014) Jack Vettriano: a retrospective. British Journal of General Practice, 64(618), p. 41.

Book Sections

Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2019) Cardiovascular problems. In: Staten, Adam and Staten, Paul (eds.) Practical General Practice. Elsevier. ISBN 9780702055522

Book Reviews

Research Reports or Papers

Quinn, Joanna and Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2024) GPs at the Deep End Report 41: Emergency Medicine at the Deep End. Documentation. The Scottish Deep End Project.

Lunan, Carey, Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 and Hillhouse, J. (2022) GPs at the Deep End Report 39: Prison health. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Mullin, Anne and Blane, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2019) GPs at the Deep End Report 34: The Deep End Project for 2019-2022. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Watt, G. and Blane, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621 (2013) GPs at the Deep End Report 19: Access to specialists. Discussion Paper. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

i PREVENT
National Institute for Health Research
2025 - 2025
Whole Family Wellbeing Fund-Primary Care evaluation
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2025 - 2026
Caring for Long COVID in primary care: Using patient and professional experience to build co-designed solutions
Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
2023 - 2024
Providing services as the academic lead for the Deep End Project
Royal College of General Practitioners
2023 - 2024
Scottish Hepatology Access Research Partnership
National Institute for Health Research
2023 - 2024
Improving patient safety in post-pandemic: using patient and professional experience to improve primary care safety-netting in remote consultations?
Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
2022 - 2023
Responses to the inverse care law in Scotland over the last 20 years.
The Health Foundation
2021 - 2022
REDIRECT: REmote Diet Intervention to REduce long Covid symptoms Trial
National Institute for Health Research
2021 - 2023
Defining and understanding the longer-term effects of COVID-19: A mixed methods study exploring the frequency, nature, and impact of 'long COVID' in the Scottish population.
Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
2021 - 2023
Defining and understanding the longer-term effects of COVID-19: A mixed methods study exploring the frequency, nature, and impact of 'long COVID' in the Scottish population.
Public Health Scotland
2021 - 2023
Making contacts count: how can we improve cancer prevention through primary care?
Royal College of General Practitioners
2018 - 2019
Improving sedentary behaviour and physical activity in community-dwelling older adults: development
Chief Scientist Office
2017 - 2020

Supervision

I am keen to supervise students doing health services research in any of the areas outlined in my research interests above. Please contact me by email (david.blane@glasgow.ac.uk) to discuss your proposal.

Downham, Esther
Advanced lung cancer care
Friday Sihombing, Lastdes Cristiany
Weight management in the inter-pregnancy period

Teaching

MSc in Primary Care

- Co-convenor of Non-Communicable Diseases and Multimorbidity course

Master of Public Health

- Co-convenor of Social Determinants of health course

I have been involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in relation to social determinants of health and health inequalities since 2010 and was the Academic Co-ordinator for the Deep End GP Pioneer Scheme between 2016 and 2020.

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

2024: Senior Investigator Award (SAPC)
2023: John Fry Award (RCGP)
2022: Early Career Researcher Award (RCGP/SAPC)

Grant committees & research advisory boards

2021 - 2021: NICE/RCGP/SIGN, Managing the long-term effects of COVID-19

Editorial boards

2020 - 2024: British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) Open

Professional & learned societies

2021: International Committee member, North American Primary Care Research Group
2019: Health Inequalities Standing Group member, Royal College of General Practitioners

Supplementary

Associate Editor, Australian Journal of Primary Health

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