BJGPLife: Book review: Dr. Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us — and How AI Could Save Lives bjgplife.com/book-re... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

NEW ISSUE: Read the latest issue of BJGP on Cancer: anaemia and ethnicity in cancer incidences, management of #menopausal symptoms, delusional infestation, and achieving universal #PalliativeCare. Also, the NHS 10-year plan, #oesophagogastric cancer-related symptoms and ADHD. bjgp.org/content/75/...

BJGPLife: A song for the haunting season bjgplife.com/hauntin... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

The current organisation of care and lack of an acceptable language for complex #MentalHealth difficulties means that patients’ needs continue to go unrecognised and ‘unseen’ in #PrimaryCare doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

BJGP in the News: Violence and abuse towards general practice staff by patients and the public: a scoping review doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

This scoping review found violence and abuse towards #GeneralPractice staff to be widespread, with long waiting times & unmet patient demands frequently cited as reasons. Interventions were found to be underresearched doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @violenceprevention.bsky.social @shihningchou.bsky.social

YT: youtu.be/JyjXipWvm6E BJGP Editor, @euanlawson.social‬, shares editorial insights. Read the linked editorial which demystifies key terms in metascience: P-hacking, HARKing, and QRPs. doi.org/10.3399/bjgp... #ResearchMethods #PrimaryCare #GPsky #Medsky

BJGPLife: Health Equity in a New Key: Reimagining Primary Health Care Through Justice bjgplife.com/health-... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

Those wishing to promote team-based family medicine should advocate for a balance of government investment and practice-level autonomy over development, supporting provider buy-in, community-appropriate innovation & responsiveness in care delivery doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @mcmasterfammed.bsky.social

Interviewees listed inconsistent diagnostic practices, unclear guidelines, and time constraints as challenges to effective management & measurement of postural hypotension in this qualitative study doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @garyabel.bsky.social @drrosinacross.bsky.social @sineadmcd89.bsky.social

BJGPLife: Information exchange, consciousness, and different worldviews in the consultation bjgplife.com/informa... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

This study provides insights into why GPs find it hard to talk about sexual assault. Training to reduce barriers could improve recognition and discussion of sexual assault with survivors in #PrimaryCare doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

BJGPLife: Episode 212: Inside the BJGP and editorial insights: Euan Lawson on the future of publishing and how to get published bjgplife.com/episode... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: The future of clinical practice: clinician perspectives on artificial intelligence bjgplife.com/the-fut... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Beautiful Lives: How we got learning disabilities so wrong, by Stephen Unwin bjgplife.com/beautif... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: It’s not the Antidepressants, It’s the Keys bjgplife.com/its-not... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: The Power of Self-Compassion bjgplife.com/the-pow... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Shaking hands again bjgplife.com/shaking... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

YT: youtu.be/n5yOQCMcgkE This study shows key barriers to identifying #perimenopause in women presenting with #MentalHealth symptoms and suggests changes clinicians could make to their consultations to address this doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #menopause #HRT #PrimaryCare #GP #FamilyDoctor #MedSky

BJGPLife: Episode 211: Bridging the gap: GPs, patients, and mental health in perimenopause bjgplife.com/episode... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Yonder: Access and quality of life, vaccine hesitancy, SABAs and acute cardiovascular events, and air quality bjgplife.com/yondero... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Getting back in the fight bjgplife.com/getting... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Treating doctor-patients and work colleagues: a need for some international principles bjgplife.com/treatin... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

Systemic challenges and safety concerns hinder timely access to out-of-hours medications for community-based palliative care. The authors argue that improvements in community #Pharmacy services, the #PrimaryCare workforce, and specialist palliative care support are needed doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

Management of IBS in primary care - Effective treatments for the management of IBS in primary care are currently underutilised in primary care but are available as options for management. bjgp.org/content/75/...

BJGPLife: Improving healthcare for marginalised communities: A call from GPs for business involvement bjgplife.com/improvi... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

This study found that the evidence base for most type 2 #Diabetes mellitus monitoring tests is weak or absent. Clinicians should avoid non-evidence-based tests unless there are additional clinical indications for testing doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @drjessicawatson.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

BJGPLife: Slim hopes: Who really benefits from the obesity wonder drugs? bjgplife.com/slim-ho... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

Isotretinoin is an effective treatment for severe #acne, but what clinical competencies are required for prescribing oral #isotretinoin for acne in #PrimaryCare? This scoping review identifies what's needed youtu.be/bZJOP6iD5B0 Read the research: doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...  #dermatology #prescribing

BJGPLife: Epistemic injustice: a tale of how not to be heard in general practice bjgplife.com/epistem... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Book review: Neuroliterature 3: biography, semiology, miscellany. More perspectives on the nervous system and its disorders bjgplife.com/book-re... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Caring for my grandmother: A resident doctor’s personal experience of end-of-life caregiving in the community bjgplife.com/caring-... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

Identifying people at risk of #RheumatoidArthritis - Targeting anti-CCP antibody testing could identify people at risk among those presenting with non-specific #MSK symptoms, leading to early treatment and improving long-term patient outcomes. doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

BJGPLife: Encounters with three remarkable women bjgplife.com/encount... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Space-Dreaming in Lambeth bjgplife.com/space-d... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Creativity, sustainability, and the future of GP wellbeing bjgplife.com/creativ... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

September 25 issue of InnovAiT is out. Look inside! rcgpinnovait.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/s...

🔎 Temporal trends in primary care-recorded psychiatric diagnoses and psychotropic medication prescribing among children and young people: increased #ADHD diagnoses occurred more commonly for females aged 20–24 years, as well as females from less deprived areas doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...#ADHD#MentalHealth

BJGPLife: Knocking for help: a hidden strain of GP-training bjgplife.com/knockin... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Book review: Intervals bjgplife.com/book-re... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

Read BJGP on Future Health: bjgp.org/content/75/... Temporal trends in psychiatric diagnoses and psychotropic medication, ADHD information for young people, and rheumatoid arthritis. Plus, RTIs in children under 5, the MLA experience, techno-optimism and AI, IBS, and the cognitive impact of ChatGPT

This study found no evidence to support that providing more consultations in daytime #GeneralPractice substitutes out-of-hours service use.  Use of OOH #PrimaryCare services depends more on patient characteristics than general practice organisation of daytime consultations doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

Read BJGP on Future Health: bjgp.org/content/75/... Temporal trends in psychiatric diagnoses and psychotropic medication, ADHD information for young people, and rheumatoid arthritis. Plus, RTIs in children under 5, the MLA experience, techno-optimism and AI, IBS, and the cognitive impact of ChatGPT

BJGPLife: ‘Not now, Bernard’: a wake-up call for our life and times bjgplife.com/bernard... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

🗓️ BJGP Research & Publishing Conference 2026 | Friday 20 March 2026 | Bristol Submit an abstract: Your research can highlight your research findings or share preliminary insights app.oxfordabstracts.... ↗️ Deadline: Sunday, 12 October 2025 #BJGPRC #CallForPapers #AbstractSubmission #PrimaryCare

#PrimaryCare researchers should consider/document usual care comparators before trials start, as these complex interventions impact transparency, replicability, design, and interpretation doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @shobadawson.bsky.social @katrinaturner.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

This study suggests it is more difficult to identify raised #Cancer risk in Black or Asian patients from abnormal blood results alone. #PrimaryCare cancer risk assessment should include extra data doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @tani-03.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social  @apexcomms.bsky.social

BJGPLife: A Poem : Beyond The Extra Mile. bjgplife.com/a-poem-... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

The introduction of digital services for patients in #GeneralPractice has changed the role of the receptionist, making it more complex and impacting on workload doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @randeurope.org @uos-primarycare.bsky.social @h-atherton.bsky.social @steph-stockwell.bsky.social

Oesophagogastric (OG) cancer: Significant variations in diagnostic testing for patients with OG cancer-associated symptoms were identified in #PrimaryCare, which could contribute to disparities in OG #Cancer outcomes doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...#PrimaryCare#Cancer#GeneralPractice