Can we tackle the inverse care law in general practice?

Affiliations

¹ Senior Clinical Lecturer, School of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK david.blane@glasgow.ac.uk.
² Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Professor of Primary Care and Multimorbidity, Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Editorial

David N Blane et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 31;75(757):345-346.

doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2025.0363. Print 2025 Aug 1.

¹ Senior Clinical Lecturer, School of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK david.blane@glasgow.ac.uk.
² Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Professor of Primary Care and Multimorbidity, Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

David N Blane is Academic Lead and Carey Lunan is Chair of the Scottish Deep End Project. Stewart W Mercer has declared no competing interests.

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