192.
Christmas break, and a return in 2024 with a new podcast!
191.
Getting ‘bang for your buck’ for good quality general practice, and why hybrid working leads to fragmented and inefficient care
190.
What's it like working in the Deep End Network in Northern Ireland? It's challenging, but ultimately rewarding
189.
Looking at how people access (and can’t access) general practice – lessons to take into action
188.
Predicting psychosis in general practice - opportunities for earlier diagnosis using PRisk
187.
What’s behind decisions to do a diagnostic test in a child in general practice? Lessons from the Netherlands
186.
Why current clinical scoring systems don’t work when assessing acutely ill children in general practice
185.
The triple whammy effect: Why people from ethnic minorities may not get adequate care for Long Covid
184.
Healthcare avoidance during Covid - the increased mortality risk and the reasons why
183.
Prescribing beta-blockers for patients with anxiety - GP views on increasing use in practice
182.
What predicts unplanned hospital admissions in older adults, and what can we do about it?
181.
The first 100 days after childbirth - what do women need in general practice?
180.
Early intervention in psychosis and overcoming the lost connection in general practice
179.
Taking a trauma-informed care approach in women’s health
BJGP interviews summer break
BJGP interviews summer break
178.
How to communicate breast cancer risk in women taking HRT with a family history of breast cancer
177.
The problem with defining GP work in terms of sessions – a study of trends in GP working hours and intensity
176.
Link workers for social prescribing: the inverse care law and identifying areas of higher need
175.
How to work with patients to prevent long-term use of opioids in general practice
174.
Risk of Parkinson’s in patients with new onset anxiety – implications for practice
173.
Sarcoma: diagnosing this rare type of bone cancer in general practice
172.
Anal incontinence after childbirth: how to support women in general practice
171.
Consultations patterns in general practice before suicide
170.
How patient expectations play a key role in experiences of stopping antidepressants in practice
169.
Exploring the 4DSQ as a tool to help patients and clinicians in mental health consultations
168.
Celebrating the work of Dr Ben Bowers and Dr Steve Bradley, winners of the 2024 RCGP/SAPC Early Career Researcher Awards
167.
A focus on sleep health – and what patients think of psychological interventions for insomnia
166.
Referral decisions for younger people with suspected cancer and the system barriers in general practice
165.
Perspectives from patients and GPs on how to provide better care for young people with ADHD
164.
Asthma deaths in children in the UK: a call to action to prevent deaths in the future
163.
How better funding and resources can help Primary Care Networks reduce health inequalities
162.
The impact of continuity on mortality in four common and chronic diseases in general practice
161.
The challenges and impacts of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) in general practice
160.
Improving access to general practice for people with multiple disadvantage
158.
Addressing child weight issues in the consultation – what could we be doing better in general practice?
157.
The shift to online consultations – what is the patient perspective?
156.
How can we provide better care for older patients with multiple disadvantage?
155.
How can we better manage patients after a hospital admission for asthma?
154.
Joining the dots – how do patients and clinicians experience continuity in extended access clinics?
153.
What prescription medicines patients share and why
152.
Signals before a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and opportunities for earlier diagnosis by GPs
151.
BJGP’s top 10 most read papers of 2023
150.
Satisfaction with remote consultations and why education matters
149.
A paradox of access and how we can address the increasing demand in general practice
148.
Providing proactive and holistic palliative care in general practice – exploring the patient perspective
147.
Coeliac disease and its diagnosis in primary care – what is the patient experience?
The BJGP Christmas stocking filler podcast
146.
Investigating the signals in primary care prescribing before a diagnosis of bladder or renal cancer
145.
Strategies for better diagnosis of COPD in primary care – patient coordinators and the GOLD questions
144.
How to safely taper off antidepressants – developing resources for patient use
143.
What are the trends around private prescribing of opioids in England and why does it matter?
142.
Moral distress in family physicians – the impact of societal inequities on doctors
141.
Raising awareness of interconception care: what can we be doing to help women between pregnancies?
140.
Disparities in Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) uptake – ethnicity and deprivation matter
139.
Does continuity of care matter? A view from the BJGP and Sir Denis Pereira Gray from the RCGP conference
138.
A focus on young people with ulcerative colitis – do they take their treatment and what can GPs do to help?
137.
Domestic abuse during the Covid pandemic – patient experiences and how GPs can help
136.
Hearing the voice of primary care – what are women’s health needs in practice?
135.
Bloods tests in primary care – Why test and what can we learn from looking at current practice?
134.
How can we integrate brief conversations about alcohol reduction into practice? Lessons from an Australian intervention
133.
A look at how musculoskeletal consultations and prescribing changed during the Covid pandemic
132.
Patients and gut feelings, and how to take these into account in the general practice consultation
BJGP podcasts on summer break - and a pitch for the BJGP Research Conference
BJGP podcasts on summer break - and a pitch for the BJGP Research Conference
131.
It’s not all about the money – exploring the motivations of Danish GPs
130.
Micro-teams in primary care – opportunities and implications for continuity and for patients
129.
How to follow-up younger patients with atrial fibrillation and reassess stroke risk in general practice
128.
Are there opportunities for earlier diagnosis of non-cancer diseases?
127.
Celebrating the work of Dr Sarah Bailey and Dr Ben Brown, winners of the RCGP/SAPC Early Career Researcher Awards
126.
Gender differences in pay and uptake of partnership roles – what can we do differently?
125.
Results from two national cancer audits – what’s changed in referrals and early diagnosis for cancer between 2014 and 2018?
124.
The association between burnout and the increasing prescribing of opioids and antibiotics in practice – what can we do differently?
123.
Thinking about the best ways to integrate pharmacists into general practice – views of GPs and pharmacists
122.
How the RCGP is supporting research – and how you can get involved
121.
Looking at what happens when a GP surgery closes – what are the wider impacts on patients and other practices?
120.
Clinical factors and characteristics of men who see their GP before death by suicide
119.
Who’s at risk of acute kidney injury? Developing a score to use in general practice amongst patients with hypertension
118.
How can GPs better manage breathlessness symptoms and what is the impact of diagnostic delays?
117.
How can we improve our care for ethnic minority women through the menopause?
116.
The consequences of online access to patient records – what are the views of practice staff?
115.
Better colorectal cancer screening - lessons from the CRISP RCT
114.
Continuity in the remote age – what is the impact on patients and GPs?
113.
Primary care was overlooked in the pandemic - here's how we can do better next time
112.
What constitutes good end of life care, and what is the role of general practice?
111.
Discussing increasing trends in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety in Belgium
110.
Academic performance in clinical components of the MRCGP – does ethnicity matter?
109.
Listening to women’s experiences of heavy menstrual bleeding – what are the implications for GPs?
108.
What do GPs think about prescribing aspirin to prevent colorectal cancer in Lynch syndrome?
107.
Looking at interventions to reduce antibiotic prescribing in general practice – results from a mixed-methods study
106.
Managing patients with acute exacerbations of COPD in primary care – the Australian perspective
105.
Home pulse oximetry amongst patients with Covid-19: patient perceptions and GP workload
104.
Considering non-drug treatments for people with common mental health issues and socioeconomic disadvantage
103.
Adverse drug reactions– how common are these in general practice and what are the implications for practice?
102.
Combining vague cancer symptoms to improve referrals for suspected cancer
101.
Diagnosing heart failure in primary care – what cut offs should GPs be using for referral based on natriuretic peptide levels?
100.
BJGP’s top 10 most read papers of 2022
99.
Exploring the reasons why general practice staff are reluctant to register undocumented people
98.
Should we prescribe antibiotics to children with uncomplicated chest infections in primary care?
97.
Preconception care – what GPs need to know to optimise pregnancy outcomes
96.
Examining disparities in continuity of care in some ethnic groups and implications for practice
95.
Should we measure blood pressure at night to diagnose hypertension?
94.
'Think gynae’: help seeking behaviour in women with gynaecological cancer
93.
Survivorship care for colorectal cancer: pathways for GP led follow up
92.
Consequences of patient access to online medical records
91.
Common blood tests before cancer diagnosis and implications for primary care
90.
Opportunities for earlier diagnosis of psoriasis in general practice
89.
Newspapers on the ‘warpath’: portrayal of GPs in the UK media
88.
B12 deficiency, patient safety and self-injection
87.
Considering symptom appraisal and help seeking for cancer symptoms in older adults
86.
When are proton pump inhibitors being inappropriately prescribed?
85.
Considering treatment burden in our patients with multimorbidity
84.
The golden thread of continuity of care
83.
Summer 2022 - a quick update from the editor
82.
Perspectives of GPs on diagnosing childhood urinary tract infections
81.
Inflammatory marker blood tests suggest a diagnostic window to help earlier Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis
80.
Improving prescribing through feedback at individual patient level
79.
Communication of blood test results to patients is often complex and confusing
78.
Non-speculum clinician-taken sampling is comparable to self-sampling in cervical screening
77.
How significant is abdominal pain when diagnosing intra-abdominal cancers?
76.
People with colorectal cancer can show clinical features and abnormal bloods as early as 9-10 months before diagnosis
75.
Primary care contacts with children and young people in the first Covid lockdown
74.
Type 2 diabetes sub-groups could guide future treatment approaches in primary care
73.
Developing a pathway to treat hepatitis C in primary care
72.
The NICE traffic light system to assess sick children is not suitable for use as a clinical tool in general practice
71.
The GP workforce crisis - how are outcomes associated with different professionals?
70.
PRINCIPLE trial findings on the use of colchicine for COVID-19 in the community
69.
The rise in prescribing for anxiety in primary care
68.
GP wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic
67.
Austin O'Carroll talks about the Triple F**k Syndrome
66.
Do we need greater stratification of routine blood test monitoring in people on DMARDs?
65.
Why do GPs rarely do video consultations?
64.
Burnout among general practitioners across the world is often at high levels
63.
Large prospective cohort study shows no association between breast pain alone and breast cancer
62.
Managing emotional distress in people of South Asian origin with long-term conditions
61.
Continuity of care for people with dementia is linked to significant clinical benefits
60.
The unintended consequences of online consultations
59.
Using urine collection devices to reduce urine sample contamination - results from a single-blind randomised controlled trial
58.
The use of CXRs varies significantly between practices and addressing this could help with early detection of lung cancer
57.
Locum use in England has remained stable in recent years
56.
Non-speculum sampling with a clinician boosts cervical screening uptake in older women
55.
Iona Heath on rewilding general practice
54.
Identifying how GPs spend their time and the everyday obstacles they face
53.
How patients feel about GPs using gut feelings
52.
Exploring why emergency admission risk prediction software increased admissions in Wales
51.
Developing resilience - just another work task for GPs?
50.
The challenges of trials to promote physical activity in people with multimorbidity
49.
The clinical coding of long Covid is low and variable
48.
Continuity of care with a named GP reduces deaths
47.
Recommendations for the recognition and management of long Covid
46.
Urgent cancer referrals in primary care have more than doubled
45.
Social prescribing and link workers in Deep End practices in Glasgow
44.
Insights into safety-netting advice in general practice
43.
Ondansetron for vomiting in paediatric gastroenteritis
42.
Managing lower urinary tract symptoms in primary care
41.
The complexity of diagnosing endometriosis in primary care
40.
What is the experience of general practice for young people who self-harm?
39.
What are the benefits and limitations of a continuous consultation peer-review system?
38.
Episode 038: Summer 2021 Update
37.
Talking to patients with long-term conditions about benefits and harms of treatment
36.
The primary care experience in eight European countries during the first peak of COVID-19
35.
Highlights from the July 2021 issue
34.
Supporting patients to discontinue benzodiazepines
33.
The impact of COVID-19 on migrants and how they access primary care
32.
The role of GP outreach settings to help people experiencing homelessness
31.
What factors are associated with potentially missed acute deterioration?
30.
Remote consultations for people living with dementia and their carers
29.
Cervical screening for trans men and non-binary people
28.
Highlights from the May 2021 issue
27.
Which patients miss appointments in general practice?
26.
Targeting hard-to-reach groups to attend for possible cancer symptoms
25.
The GP perspective on discontinuing long-term antidepressants
24.
Highlights from the April 2021 issue of the BJGP
23.
Professor Sir Michael Marmot on Julian Tudor Hart
22.
Exploring the role of gut feelings in how GPs diagnose cancer
21.
Group consultations in general practice
20.
Domestic abuse among female doctors
19.
Chronic kidney disease and the high burden of co-morbidity
18.
Highlights from the February 2021 issue of the BJGP
17.
Getting the right treatment to people in primary care with depression
16.
How quickly are people with symptomatic lung cancer getting a pre-diagnostic chest X-ray?
15.
Identifying patients at risk of psychosis
14.
Remote consulting and the media during COVID-19
13.
Approaches to help address missed appointments in general practice
12.
High platelet counts and diagnosis in primary care
11.
Testing for respiratory tract infection before and after COVID
10.
Understanding the management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
9.
Managing older people's perception of alcohol-related risk
8.
End-of-life recognition in primary care in older people
7.
Using the National Early Warning Scores (NEWS) in care homes
6.
Excess mortality in the first COVID peak
5.
Protecting pregnancies from the harmful effects of ACE inhibitors
4.
Operational failures in primary care: the real world stresses of being a GP
3.
What happens if we don't treat uncomplicated UTIs with antibiotics?
2.
Supporting women with female genital mutilation in primary care
1.
Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of older adults
