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Episode 027: Which patients miss appointments in general practice?
Dr Jo Parsons tells us about the findings from a systematic review into which patients miss appointments and why.
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Coronavirus articles
General Practice after Covid-19 – what have our colleagues said?
Our special series: General Practice after Covid-19. What have our colleagues said? Here are links to all of the articles.
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Student reflections on Covid-19 vaccination in an Irish general practice clinic
Rachel Lightfoot, a medical student at Trinity College, Dublin, shares her experience of hope as she takes her part in a local vaccination clinic.
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A Shot of Hope
John Travers reminds us that we are taking part in a miracle. “That is how a dragon is felled, one tiny jab at a time.”
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Vaccination and memory: a perspective from Brighton
We live in extraordinary and historic times. Maxwell Cooper reminds us that we must ensure that the phenomenal achievements of general practice during this pandemic in delivering vaccination – alongside patient care – are never forgotten.
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Covid-19, lessons from history: Public health measures were always controversial
Balancing individual freedom with public health interests and the economy remains a delicate and fraught endeavour. However, Carmen Schmechel and her colleagues remind us that there is nothing new under the sun…….
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More videos
Targeting treatment for depression with Target-D
Professor Jane Gunn discusses research into a self-administered tool for depression. This RCT showed that ‘Target-D’, a person-centred clinical prediction tool and e-health platform matching management options to prognosis, results in greater improvement in depressive symptoms at 3 months than usual care.
Read MoreChest X-ray for symptomatic lung cancer
Garth Funston talks about the role of chest X-ray in early lung cancer diagnosis and new research highlighting a potential source of delay of diagnosis.
Read MoreIdentifying people at risk of psychosis
Prof Stan Zammit and Daniela Strelchuk talk about people at risk of developing psychosis.
Read MoreMedia depictions of remote consulting in COVID-19
Prof Trish Greenhalgh and Gilly Mroz discuss findings from their study looking at how the media have portrayed remote consulting in different phases of the pandemic.
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Recent articles
Developing trust: More than communication skills
Trust is an essential part of the doctor–patient relationship, but how is it formed, nurtured, and perhaps most importantly, broken? Dr Sheena Sharma writes openly on her own experience of trust, both as a GP and a patient, and at an individual and nationwide level.
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Are Social Media Companies the New Big Tobacco?
Anxious and depressed people become preoccupied with their stressors. And if you are worried about covid then social media has become a great place to get more worried. Daniel James is getting concerned about the harm that may be caused by social media.
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Towards an Interpretive Patient-Centred Practice
Wither GP after Covid? For Peter Toon, if healthcare is to flourish as an activity which promotes human flourishing and produces internal goods such as knowledge, skill, joy and love, not subject to a “zero-sum” rule, then an interpretive function must be central.
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Opinion
Push your buttons
Scientific reasons to question the role of teleconsultations in expert generalist practice
Research scientists spend an appreciable amount of time considering how they can best collect the data needed for a given study. Perhaps, as we return to some sort of new normal, GPs need to do the same as we evaluate the changes in consultation models that were forced by our emergency response to the early stages of the pandemic.
Clinical
Help with the day job
“The 4 W’s + 1” An easy primer for having difficult or advance care planning discussions.
Advance care planning conversations for people likely to be in the last year of life are often not easy. Charles Daniels offers us “the 4 W’s + 1” - a straightforward tool for having difficult advance care planning discussions.
Innovation
Bright Ideas too
Supportmatch Homeshare – a personal article
We all have elderly patients who are becoming unsteady on their feet, maybe a little lonely, or worried that the next step might be a Care Home. Here a relative tells us about a possible win - win situation that has benefitted his sister.
Research
Get some evidence
RCGP Research Paper of the Year 2019: Impact of COVID-19
The RCGP's annual Research Paper of the Year (RPY) award gives recognition to researchers who have undertaken and published an exceptional piece of research relating to general practice or primary care. Here, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Chair of the RPY, presents the three winning articles with overviews of the research and comments from the lead authors.
Long Reads
Take a deeper dive
What do we want of doctors beside biomedical science?
What do we want of doctors beside biomedical science? David Zigmond cautions us that post Covid, we risk replacing the doctor's human heart with an immured, mechanical one that can count but cannot value.
International
Distant horizons
GP in crisis: how does European family medicine compare?
Mary McCarthy is a GP in Shrewsbury., She is on the GPC and is interested in comparative health...
Book Reviews and Arts
Book review: reflections from Albert Camus’ “The plague”.
Amanda Howe reflects on Albert Camus’ 1947 novel “The plague” and finds it remarkably relevant for our time.
Trainees and students
InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice
InnovAiT has been sent out to Associates in Training (AiTs) since January 2008, but it seems to be a bit of an open secret. It’s a secret that Richard Draper is keen to share.
News
Wales: a farewell to coal
Modern Wales was built on the production of coal, though with it brought great losses: harsh working conditions, industrial pollution, and tragic disasters, such as that which occurred at Aberfan. With the Welsh government's proposal to ban coal, Rhodri Evans provides a brief history of coal in Wales, and shows a glimpse of what a coal-less future may mean not only for Wales, but for the world.
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