The British Journal of General Practice

We publish primary care research + comment to serve the international community. We engage on Bluesky Insta & FB @bjgpjournal

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As of 🗓️Monday 27 January 2025, we'll only be engaging via Bluesky, Instagram and Facebook.

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BJGP Research & Publishing Conference 2025
Lowry Hotel, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025

The Programme is looking good!
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BJGP Research & Publishing Conference 2025

Join us at the Lowry Hotel, Manchester on Friday 21 March for a day filled with presentations, keynote speakers: Kath Checkland and Rageshri Dhairyawan, and plenty of networking.

Book your ticket:
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Conference Workshops:
🔹 Write for Life! –Andrew Papanikitas

🔹 Peer Review: past, present, future –Nada Khan, Thomas Round and Samuel Merriel

🔹 Building a career in academic general practice: The Dos and Don'ts –Hajira Dambha-Mille and Dr Alex Burrell

The Programme⬇️
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In #PrimaryCare patients with type 2 #Diabetes, DiabeText (personalised text messaging intervention) successfully improved quality of life, diabetes self-management, and self-reported medication adherence https://t.co/PCiVYx7p5z @NachoRicci @idisbaib

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BJGPLife: Yonder: Antidepressant follow-up, NHS app use, sore throats in community pharmacy, and dementia and anticholinergics
https://t.co/BqFnm3aCS9

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Cancer survivors’ quality of life improves with detailed generic NHS online support, but bespoke digital support provides better longer term global and symptom management, with substantially lower NHS costs https://t.co/wKcTXwcLSY @UoS_PrimaryCare #PrimaryCare #Cancer

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ReSPECT (Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment) is supported by patients and GPs in #PrimaryCare, but systemic and contextual challenges need to be addressed for successful implementation https://t.co/PolrEDUPWJ @warwickmed @uniofwarwick

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Preconception care: routinely collected UK #PrimaryCare data provides valuable information on patients’ medical, behavioural, and social risks to guide preconception care and future research https://t.co/uTJymXm3De @D_Schoenaker @UoS_PrimaryCare

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“Everyone has heard of it, but no one knows what it is”

This qualitative study explored patient understandings of herpes zoster. #PrimaryCare practitioners should be aware of the broad spectrum of patient knowledge https://t.co/ygBilJ4zzJ @drsophierees @JonBanks10 #Shingles

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BJGPLife: Using AI to improve skin cancer detection in primary care: the vision and barriers
https://t.co/pab7t2iztN

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BJGPLife: What do I say next? Everyday mental health conversation in primary care: a practical guide by Sophie Jadwiga Ball and Liz Moulton
https://t.co/sHpzqOPFCc

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BJGPLife: Stories and medical records
https://t.co/yCEwi7ymMI

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BJGPLife: How far have family doctor organisations around the world progressed in protecting planetary health?
https://t.co/NH8S95IVoD

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BJGPLife: Irresistible and immovable values
https://t.co/VKe1OEwhoa

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Challenges to quality in modern, hybrid practice

Hybrid general practice can contribute to fragmenting care. Understanding of the trade-offs of will help with providing the best care for patients.

https://t.co/4SKvvtCWA7

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Hybrid general practice fragments care and presents risks to patients and general practice’s core values which should be urgently addressed according to new research from @trishgreenhalgh @oohgpwales https://t.co/4SKvvtCoKz  
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January 2025 issue: 'The enshittification of general practice', communicating prognosis, ARRS, ‘Flattened, fattened, and forgotten’ - antipsychotic management, and earlier diagnosis of lung cancer. Plus personal continuity, machine learning, and AI
https://t.co/LKpBSebVN2

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Paper safety-netting advice most effectively reduced antibiotic prescribing, consumption, and reconsultations in acutely ill children compared with usual care and other safety-netting methods https://t.co/3ahJ1fyGRY @RubenBurvenich @jan_verbakel #PrimaryCare #Prescribing

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Older men with new-onset fatigue are relatively likely to have an undetected cancer, compared to other cohorts.

Figure: 1-year disease risk in men https://t.co/BzBwmkOQID @BexKWhite @MattBarclay89 @Glyratzopoulos @UCL_BSH @UCL_IHI @BrianDNicholson @SpirosDenaxas @DrMeenaRafiq