Anne Marie Cunningham

@amcunningham.bsky.social

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GP, Digital health. Living in the Mournes in Co. Down with Chris and Bonny the sprocker. Working for a sustainable, equitable society. Always learning. Previously 20 years in lovely Wales :-)

Me and Bonny the sprocker - she has my shoe in her mouth
The image shows the Substack article preview card for "Why hospitals always get bailed out" with the subtitle "What a Hungarian economist and a French sociologist can tell us about NHS funding" by Anne Marie Cunningham, dated March 28, 2026. The header image is an interior photograph of a hospital corridor — tall glass walls, directional signs pointing to SDEC, outpatients, escalators, a surgical ambulatory unit, and an outpatient pharmacy. "
Screenshot of a ChatGPT Plus subscription cancellation page. The page confirms the subscription will end on March 15, 2026. It lists benefits that will be lost: access to GPT-5 with advanced reasoning, more messaging and uploads, extra image creation, and access to agent mode. A dropdown menu shows "Other" selected as the cancellation reason, with a text field below containing the user's typed reason: "doing questionable deals with US gov." Buttons at the bottom offer "Keep subscription" and "Cancel subscription."
Screenshot of a terminal-style deployment log (timestamps, ‘Downloading cache…’, ‘Uploading build…’, ‘Build successful’, then ‘Failed to start: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND …supabase.co’). Overlaid in large white text: ‘I built a full stack web app in a weekend. I’m a GP, not a developer. And it’s not about health, before you worry too much.’ ‘AMCUNNINGHAM72.SUBSTACK.COM’ appears at the bottom.
A group of people are smiling and interacting - a laptop shows computer code
Photo of book cover : The Global Casino How Wall Street Gambles With People and the Planet Ann Pettifor
Sunset on a beach - looking towards cliffs with sunset above reflect in water in rock pools on the beach
Chris and Bonny in autumn sunshine
Halo round the sun in Devon
Me and Bonny the sprocker walking up a lane which is the start of the walk up Knockcree. We pass through a gate and then the video changes to the drone circling us and you can see the Mourne Mountains behind us.
Set of stickers from Wired magazine
GIF showing people at NHS Hack Day in Cardiff..it's a full room with people at tables in a large room which then empties out.
Picture of snow topping the Mournes from Aughrim Hill
Screenshot showing request to Gemini to set up a meeting using Google meet. It can't.
Relevant section : Another secret to his good health comes in pill form: a prescription drug called metformin that works by lowering blood sugar levels. It is mainly used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes but preliminary studies suggest it may slow ageing and increase life expectancy by acting on blood sugar, and through antioxidant effects and better blood vessel health. "If there's one pill worth asking your doctor about, I would say it's metformin," Branson says.
An old stone bridge in Mourne Park, Kilkeel over the Whitewater river. There is a beautiful reflection
Map of Ireland showing a red weather warning everywhere except Northern Ireland which is orange
Group of 11 people including me on a bridge in St James Park with Buckingham Palace in the background
Ivy and maybe spruce sitting on a worktop being used to make wreaths
Large Christmas cake still in tin
Me and my dog, Bonny on Aughrim Hill in Co Down at sunset. She is a sprocker and she is licking my face.
Me and husband kissing at door of church just after we got married 18 years ago.
Moon rise at sunset over sea...start of my run
Rosehip against blue sky
Charts showing how many people in different age groups in different local authorities say they have very poor health or that their health limits their activities.
Looking towards Innisfree, near Maghery, Donegal
Panorama of rocks at beach in Mullaghderg, Donegal
Our dog Bonny lying on a bed with a sock in her mouth of course!
Cosmos, dill and sweetpeas in a small blue jug
Sunset in the Mournes looking through a gate towards the Long Mountain