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Books: John Berger: Ways of Learning
Books: John Berger: Ways of Learning
Iona Heath Oxford University Press, 2024, HB, 192pp, £18.99, 978-0192864239This book is both fascinating and saddening. Th...
Regression to 'barefoot’
Regression to 'barefoot’
Non-medically qualified practitioners of medicine are not new. One may look at two spectacular examples of the contributio...
Do new models of primary care risk exacerbating existing inequity?
Do new models of primary care risk exacerbating existing inequity?
There have been major changes in modalities of both access and provision in general practice.1 Delivery of general practic...
Role of GP trainees in improving patient care
Role of GP trainees in improving patient care
GP training in the UK is associated with improved patient outcomes and high GP trainee satisfaction with their training ex...
Optimising access to primary care services for young people: lessons from England and Australia
Optimising access to primary care services for young people: lessons from England and Australia
The contextYoung people’s health has recently received growing attention, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and rightl...
'A tool for every ȷob’: use of video in urgent primary care
'A tool for every ȷob’: use of video in urgent primary care
Telemedicine, including video consulting, has been available for decades and its widespread adoption accelerated dramatica...
The case for Integrated Training Posts
The case for Integrated Training Posts
We are writing this as two GP trainees in our first 2 years of training. For the last 6 months we have been completing a p...
Association of University Teachers of General Practice to the Society of Academic Primary Care
Association of University Teachers of General Practice to the Society of Academic Primary Care
All letters are subject to editing and may be shortened. General letters can be sent to bjgpdisc@rcgp.org.uk (please inclu...
Books: Just a GP: Diaries from a Career in General Practice
Books: Just a GP: Diaries from a Career in General Practice
Denis Pereira Gray CRC Press, 2024, PB, 482pp, £34.99, 978-1032522722General practice is changing. It changed dramatically...
General practice in interesting times
General practice in interesting times
‘May you live in interesting times’, an ironic English expression cursing the listener to live in troubled or complicated ...
Managing chronic cough in adults in primary care
Managing chronic cough in adults in primary care
IntroductionAcute cough (<3 weeks) is common, usually self-limiting, and due to a viral infection. Cough may persist fo...
Tackling health inequalities together: inclusion health and co-production
Tackling health inequalities together: inclusion health and co-production
IntroductionTrauma-informed approaches acknowledge the impact of trauma on the health of patients and staff, and the ways ...
Access systems in general practice: a systematic scoping review
Access systems in general practice: a systematic scoping review
Background Access to GP appointments is increasingly challenging in many high-income countries, with an overstretched work...
Live and learn
Live and learn
One Sunday morning I could not get out of bed. I was not hungover. Over the next few hours, I sweated through the bedsheet...
The noblest path to wise general practice
The noblest path to wise general practice
Read the articles in this month’s Life and Times and try reflecting on them. Go on. I dare you. How are you — and how is w...
Assessment and treatment of reflux-like symptoms in the community
Assessment and treatment of reflux-like symptoms in the community
Many thanks for this article, which brings the importance of lifestyle medicine into focus.1 This is such an important top...
Primary care provision for young people with ADHD: a multi-perspective qualitative study
Primary care provision for young people with ADHD: a multi-perspective qualitative study
Background Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder. UK guidance ...
Primary care’s preparedness for extreme weather events
Primary care’s preparedness for extreme weather events
The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat:1 it has arrived, significantly impacting the health and wellbeing of ind...
Cum Scientia Caritas?
Cum Scientia Caritas?
All letters are subject to editing and may be shortened. General letters can be sent to bjgpdisc@rcgp.org.uk (please inclu...
Shift the paradigm to shift the weight: obesity care in the community
Shift the paradigm to shift the weight: obesity care in the community
IntroductionObesity is a chronic relapsing condition characterised by abnormal or excessive accumulation of adipose tissue...
Yonder: Repeat antibiotics, co-located drug services, autism diagnosis, and medical student lockdown motivation
Yonder: Repeat antibiotics, co-located drug services, autism diagnosis, and medical student lockdown motivation
Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literatureDuty...
GPs’ perspectives on diagnostic tests for children: a qualitative interview study
GPs’ perspectives on diagnostic tests for children: a qualitative interview study
Background Most healthcare contacts for children in the UK occur in general practice. Diagnostic tests can be beneficial i...
What has postmodernism ever done for us?
What has postmodernism ever done for us?
‘… it is our business not to supply reality but to invent allusions to the conceivable which cannot be presented … Let us ...
Ideas, Concerns, and Expectations for peace in the Middle East
Ideas, Concerns, and Expectations for peace in the Middle East
On 16 and 19 October 2023, the Royal College of General Practitioners1 and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecol...
Reflections on COVID Christmases
Reflections on COVID Christmases
On New Year’s Eve 2019 as we ushered in the start of a new decade, the words ‘I have a feeling it’s going to be a great ye...
Yonder: Wait and see, identity loss, data failures, and patient organisations
Yonder: Wait and see, identity loss, data failures, and patient organisations
Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literatureMany...
A duty to expose: professionalism in a time of crisis
A duty to expose: professionalism in a time of crisis
‘I think’, said the then Lord Chancellor Michael Gove on 3 June 2016, ‘people in this country have had enough of experts …...
Asthma management post-hospital admission should be based on robust evidence
Asthma management post-hospital admission should be based on robust evidence
All letters are subject to editing and may be shortened. General letters can be sent to bjgpdisc@rcgp.org.uk (please inclu...
Supporting adults with autism — don’t forget comorbid ADHD
Supporting adults with autism — don’t forget comorbid ADHD
O’Nions et al’s recent analysis of autism1 helpfully highlights how primary care can help and the problem of under-diagnos...
How does co-production differ from patient and public involvement (PPI)?
How does co-production differ from patient and public involvement (PPI)?
It is a common mistake to confuse co-production with PPI, as the two are closely aligned and — depending on the definition...
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