Preparing for General Practice Out of Hours: new podcast In our latest podcast episode, Dr Vern Perera shares his insights and experiences regarding working out of hours, aimed at GP registrars and GPs considering this line of work. Tune in to gain insights into this unique field and learn how to…

BJGPLife: AI detection in GP training – A hidden burden on supervisors bjgplife.com/ai-dete... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Book review: The Morbid Age: Britain and the Crisis of Civilization, 1919–1939 bjgplife.com/the-mor... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Don’t be a reverse centaur! bjgplife.com/centaur... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

Read the June #BJGP: bjgp.org/content/76/...#BJGPon #Workforce & #Funding – implications of skill-mix change, factors influencing medical students choosing #GeneralPractice as a career, improving diagnosis for people with bipolar, consultant GPs, and reflections on AI in everyday practice #PrimaryCare

BJGPLife: Consultant GP-led team-based continuity bjgplife.com/hay/ #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

youtu.be/5sXTgRafL50 The under-recognised condition of #RecurrentThrush gains focus in two papers from @oxprimarycare.bsky.social doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... a#RecurrentThrushd doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #WomensHealth #SexualHealth #Thrush #BJGP #PrimaryCare #research #GeneralPractice #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: The gatekeepers and the wizards revisited (Part 5): Failure Demand bjgplife.com/the-gat... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Three Encounters (A poem) bjgplife.com/3-encou... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Episode 232: ‘It’s not just thrush’: Navigating recurrent vulvovaginal thrush in primary care bjgplife.com/episode... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: The weight of ordinary things bjgplife.com/the-wei... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden bjgplife.com/my-four... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Personal Protective Equipment (A Poem) bjgplife.com/persona... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

This scoping review identified key components of effective referral practice & developed a quality-improvement checklist addressing clinical detail, reasoning, patient involvement & barriers to support clearer, more effective communication between primary and secondary care doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

BJGPLife: The gatekeepers and the wizards revisited (Part 4): The Wizard-Psychologist bjgplife.com/the-gat... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

People with skin of colour face challenges in #Eczema #Acne and #Psoriasis diagnosis and management. Better clinical training, inclusive research, and culturally apt communication can aid treatment decisions and care doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @capcbristol.bsky.social @skinandallergy.bsky.social

BJGPLife: Community-focussed curricula and the ScotGEM programme: Personal reflections on a research visit bjgplife.com/communi... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

Children receiving #Hypnotherapy or usual care for abdominal pain reported adequate relief at 12 months; however, children in the hypnotherapy group had higher proportions of adequate relief at 3 and 6 months doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...#Hypnotherapy#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare

youtu.be/Ue9Eyqau_Qg This study addressed the gap in #dementia #research on socioeconomic disadvantage doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...#dementia#research#Dementia #DementiaCare #HealthEquity #HealthInequalities #BJGP #PrimaryCare #GeneralPractice #FamilyMedicine

The workload element of the English #GeneralPractice funding formula should be replaced with updated weights reflecting morbidity and #Deprivation, adjusted for practice capacity and unmet need doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...#GeneralPractice#Deprivation#PrimaryCare

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BJGPLife: Episode 231: ‘They knew me’: Relationships, continuity and dementia care bjgplife.com/episode... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Hesitation or humility? The consultation is already doing the theory bjgplife.com/hesitat... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Sex, violence and moral ambiguity in “Once Upon a Time in the West” bjgplife.com/sex-vio... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

Research presented at #BJGPRC 2026 is now published as a supplement online at BJGP.org — 60+ abstracts from every oral and poster presentation, covering women's health, health inequalities, chronic disease, and mental health. Read these and more: bjgp.org/content/76/...#BJGPRC#PrimaryCare

BJGPLife: The gatekeepers and the wizards revisited (Part 3): Evidence-based wizarding bjgplife.com/the-gat... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: There’s no such thing as minor illness bjgplife.com/minoril... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

youtu.be/xHP339cH_D4 To address the #GPshortage, new #research finds out why #MedicalStudents choose #GeneralPractice as a career doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @OxHealthEcon #MedicalEducation #FutureGP #GPRecruitment #BJGP #PrimaryCare

BJGPLife: Episode 230: Choosing general practice: What shapes medical student decisions? bjgplife.com/episode... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Yonder: working rurally, pain-related distress, access and experience, tailored public health messaging bjgplife.com/yonderj... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Book review: The Golden Rule: Lessons in Living from a Doctor of Ageing bjgplife.com/book-re... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Should general practice certify long-term sickness? bjgplife.com/should-... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

Funding shortfalls persist in general practices in the most deprived areas despite capitation formula adjustments. Payment uplifts must match inflation and funding must compensate for #Deprivation, morbidity, and #LongTermConditions, and minimise geographical inequalities doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

Inside the May 2026 issue of InnovAiT rcgpinnovait.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/i...

What counts as #UrgentCare differs across healthcare settings. A UK-wide, single, shared definition will support safer triage, better workforce models & meaningful national monitoring; enabling patients to access care in the right place, right time doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @oohgpwales.bsky.social

The updated 2024 UK Asthma guidelines are an improvement, but biomarker-guided care is needed for patients experiencing exacerbations on moderate-dose MART. bjgp.org/content/76/... #Asthma #PrimaryCare #BJGP

Evaluation of changes in consultation patterns following ARRS implementation showed an expanded #PrimaryCare capacity but limited impact on GP workload or complexity doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @jialanhong.bsky.social @peteredwards.bsky.social @mn-kashyap.bsky.social @chris-salisbury.bsky.social

BJGPLife: The dilemma of GP triage: a poem with reflection bjgplife.com/the-dil... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

Crucial factors for improving GP recruitment are increasing high-quality #GeneralPractice exposure in the curriculum, actively countering negative perceptions of general practice, and promoting positive GP role models doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...#GeneralPractice#SystematicReview #PrimaryCare

In the UK , despite universal healthcare, Cardiovascular disease still drives over one‑fifth of the life‑expectancy gap between rich and poor—but much of this harm is preventable. #NIHR funded researchers driving collaborative research for change #BJGP bjgp.org/content/76/7...

Predictors of #ChildhoodVaccination uptake and timeliness vary by deprivation, ethnicity, and birthplace - needs targeted, place based primary care strategies 🎧 Listen: www.bjgplife.com/225 📖 Read: doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #HealthInequalities #SocioeconomicFactors #BJGP #PrimaryCare #GeneralPractice

BJGPLife: What building a community menopause pathway taught me about general practice bjgplife.com/what-bu... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Letting the island come to you: can GPs be wayfinders? bjgplife.com/letting... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Book review: Gloria Don’t Speak bjgplife.com/book-re... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

Read the latest issue on long-term conditions, including: AI and the consultation, asthma, GP empathy, and childhood vaccinations. Plus, the kidney failure risk equation, superficial vein thrombosis, ketamine uropathy in young people, bereavement, and primary care in Gaza bjgp.org/content/76/...

BJGPLife: Strange new lifeworlds bjgplife.com/lifewor... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: A pathophysiology of purpose: When the “What” kills the “Why” bjgplife.com/a-patho... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: The myth of the autonomous clinician bjgplife.com/the-myt... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Supporting general practice in Myanmar throughout 5 years of conflict bjgplife.com/support... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

BJGPLife: Understanding health, illness and society: a patient centred approach to healthcare by Alexis Paton bjgplife.com/underst... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine