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Social Accountability of Medical Schools The purpose of this book is to contribute to the advancement of social accountability in medical education. By offering insights, case studies

Important reading for those involved in #MedicalEducation
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Fantastic news for @jmultimorbidity.bsky.social - first ever #ImpactFactor coming in a 3.0! Well done to all involved

Has anyone seen any journals do
That yet?

Always a pleasure to speak about what a great and important job being a #GP and #GPAcademic and need to address health inequities
@tcddublin.bsky.social @deependgp.bsky.social

3. Average annual expenditure was €320 for people with ≥5 chronic conditions, €187 for 2 conditions and €44 for 0 conditions. Compounded by likelihood that those with highest number of conditions are generally poorer

2. Even in a system with universal access and excellent primary care - people with multiple conditions or #Multimorbidity experience much higher out of pocket expenses for their healthcare

The association between multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure for prescription medicines among adults in Denmark: A population-based register study Multimorbidity, defined as two or more chronic conditions in an individual, is increasing in prevalence and is associated with polypharmacy. Polypharm…

This publication led by James Larkin reports an analysis of out of pocket expenditure across the whole Danish population, supported by Anders Prior and his colleagues.

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Deep End Ireland Policy Document on Drug Services in Ireland — Deep End Ireland It has been shown in the international literature that people living in deprived circumstances have worse health outcomes and endure more complex multimorbidity than the general population. In Ireland...

Deep End Ireland highlighting the devastating gaps in addiction care and lack of dual diagnosis supports in Ireland. Likely same in other countries?
We won't improve population level health without supporting the most vulnerable #InverseCareLaw
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Are the proposed #NHSEngland reforms a brave and sensible move by @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
What do UK colleagues think? @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social @francesmair.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @dnblane.bsky.social

How did Andrew Lansley reorganise health and create NHS England? Former Tory health minister’s 2012 scheme marked the biggest reorganisation in NHS history

Useful explainer about #NHSEngland
How did Andrew Lansley create NHS England? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

What a way for @academicgpirl.bsky.social to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay
Incredible role models Prof Margaret Cupples and Prof Louise DuBras present copies of a very relevant book to the next generation

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To all my colleagues on @academicgpirl.bsky.social and joining @bsky.app The pinned thread from @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social is a great starter

Prof Andrew Murphy introducing Prof Caroline Mitchell at the agpi 2025 conference in Queens university Belfast

Delighted to be here with colleagues in @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for #AGPI25 @academicgpirl.bsky.social and settling in for 2 busy days, starting with @dclovesgp.bsky.social introduced by our own Prof Andrew Murphy

A fantastic day of insightful discussions, innovative ideas and plenty of inspiration with our early career researchers! #AGPI25

This is an extra ordinary step towards addressing the Inverse Research Law #AGPI25 led by Prof Caroline Mitchell
Published in @bjgp.bsky.social

Looking forward to renewing my vision over next 2 days at #AGPI25

National Children’s Hospital not world’s most expensive healthcare facility, report finds New children’s hospital being built in Belfast more expensive per square metre and per bed

#Sphere25
Ireland's new Children's Hospital is not the most expensive in the world and more complex than many other builds
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People with chronic conditions forced to reduce basic living expenses to afford health costs, says study Research from RCSI highlights financial difficulties facing those with chronic health conditions.

Proud to see our study covered in the @irishtimes.com
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People with chronic conditions forced to reduce basic living expenses to afford health costs, says study Research from RCSI highlights financial difficulties facing those with chronic health conditions.

@sphereprogramme.bsky.social alumnus @jameslarkin13.bsky.social work on financial burden in #Multimorbidity covered in @irishtimes.com
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#Sphere25

Fantastic to be at #sphere25 in Dublin - amazing community of practice for population health, policy and health services research and education thanks @sphereprogramme

General Practice is the silver bullet that can improve health outcomes if resourced adequately in deprived areas

🚨Publication🚨

🔎We critically examine industry's influence on the public and patient involvement (PPI) landscape

🔎We highlight the need to ensure independence, power and legitimacy of PPI activities

📢We call on non-industry organisations to adequately fund PPI

Ably led by Marita Hennessy

Health outcome priorities of people with multiple long-term conditions using the outcome prioritisation tool in the UK: A survey study and feasibility assessment Background The outcome prioritisation tool (OPT) is a simple tool to ascertain the health outcome priorities of people with MLTC. Use of this tool in people aged under 65 years with MLTC has not previ...

Interesting paper on a prioritisation tool for #MLTCs #Multimorbidity
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Great opportunity here - significant seed funding support for primary care research @tcddublin.bsky.social

The Association between Multimorbidity and Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Prescription Medicines among Adults in Denmark: A Population-Based Register Study https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.21.23298458v1 Background Multimorbidity, defined as two or more chronic conditions in an individual, is increasing

The Association between Multimorbidity and Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Prescription Medicines among Adults in Denmark: A Population-Based Register Study https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.21.23298458v1

Medical Schools can have impact way beyond direct patient care, research and teaching
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Still recruiting an RA - if interested please DM

Slide with three column table. The first column presents the core outcomes of COSmm (Smith et al., 2018) Health-related quality of life Mental health Mortality For multimorbidity prevention studies in LMICs COSMOS (Vidyasagaran et al., 2024) suggests Health-related quality of life Adverse events Development of new comorbidity Health-risk behaviours For multimorbidity intervention studies in LMICs COSMOS (Vidyasagaran et al., 2024) suggests Health-related quality of life Adverse events Adherence to treatment Health-care cost (out of pocket)

Core outcome sets for interventions to prevent & treat #multimorbidity in adults in low and middle-income countries

Enormous thanks to all who made this possible!🙇

Summary of core outcomes 👇 incl. earlier seminal #COSmm work in #HIC. @susmith.bsky.social

#GlobalHealth #Multimorbidity #HRQL #LMIC

GPs or GP Trainees in Ireland - please consider being interviewed for this PhD study...
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