The glow plug light flashes to show that there is currently a fault with your car, not necessarily glow plug related. I agree you should get the fault codes read to give you an idea of what the issue might be. A common issue that causes this is oil getting in to the electrics on the anti shudder valve which can restrict flow through intake and EGR. DPF has it's own light so probably not that. Might be as simple as needing a good fuel cleaner run through the system.