SAPC Role
ASM 2026 Speaker
Stewart Mercer is an academic GP and Professor of Primary care and multimorbidity at the University of Edinburgh. Stewart has extensively researched multimorbidity, especially in relation to deprivation where the inverse care law continues to limit what general practice can do to help reduce health inequalities. Stewart was a founding member of the Scottish Deep End project, and remains actively involved in Deep End matters. Over the last 5 years, with his team in Edinburgh, he has evaluated the 2018 Scottish GP contract including progress on Cluster working and the extension of the primary care multidisciplinary team, including social prescribing link workers.