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BJGP Long Read: Mistakes and responsibilities
Peter Aird is a GP in Bridgwater, Somerset. This week I recalled a study day that I went to some...
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GP home visits: more evidence is urgently needed to inform debate
This article is written by Drs Sarah Mitchell, Sarah Hillman, David Rapley, and Professor Jeremy...
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Enthusiasm, inspiration and pride at the RCGP Annual Conference
Dr Katie Barnett is a Post CCT Fellow with Haxby Group Practice in York and an Honorary Clinical...
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BJGP Long Read: Healthcare’s hole in the heart
David Zigmond was a small practice GP in south London 1977-2016. Read Obituary for St James Church...
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BJGP’s impact, readership, and peer review
The British Journal of General Practice publishes high-quality research and has the highest impact factor of all primary care journals worldwide, reaching 4.43 for 2018; additional journal metrics are the 5-year impact factor...
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Somewhere over the rainbow
Peter Aird is a GP in Bridgwater, Somerset. Judy Garland’s was not a happy life. Last weekend I...
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The stressed but not ‘mentally ill’: How can we actually help?
Rosie Marshall is a GP based in Wiltshire. General practice routinely involves supporting...
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A video to help patients get the most out of 10 minutes
Ed Schwarz has just completed his GP training as an educational scholar in Cornwall and is now a...
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Living with breathlessness is hard
Dr Ann Hutchinson and Prof Miriam Johnson are researchers at the Wolfson Palliative Care Research...
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A letter to the Prime Minister
Claire Robertson is a GP in Inverness. LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER Dear Mr. Cameron, I have been...
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Desperately seeking Plato
We were in Athens with a couple of hours to kill. Acropolised out, too early for Ouzo. We had seen...
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All The Little Lights: child sexual exploitation laid bare
We reviewed All the Little Lights in the March 2019 BJGP. A new production is on 12-17th August at...
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BJGP Long Read: How to enjoy your consultations
Julian Marsden has been a GP in Luton for 33 years. He is FRCGP, Provost of the Beds & Herts...
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The Twitter GP Journal Club relaunch #gpjc
In 2011, a Cambridge medical student and a foundation programme doctor working in the West...
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When Sparks Fly: Choosing General Practice
Chloe Webster is a 4th year medical student, a yogaholic, creative writing enthusiast, and an...
Why do you want to be a GP? The one question we don’t ask
The first question to practise before a job interview; the one we all know will make an appearance…right? Well, not if you’ve chosen to pursue a career in general practice. Whilst my colleagues were preparing evidence of their accomplishments and practising expected questions, I was revising for the entrance exam and practising OSCE based scenarios. So why is the entry to GP training so different, and what does that mean for the specialty?
RCGP Conference 2015: Stephen Bergman on good patient care
Stephen Bergman is a doctor, novelist and playwright. He is currently a Clinical Professor of...
Why Slazenger’s cat explains global warming
I admit that Slazenger’s cat is a red herring, but my wife was in a rail carriage a while ago,...
BJGP Open: adapting primary care for migrants
The aim of this paper was to provide some insight into how primary care is managing to offer care to migrants. In particular they were interested in looking at the challenges and the ways in which practices and practitioners were adapting to meet this need.
The Twitter GP Journal Club relaunch #gpjc
In 2011, a Cambridge medical student and a foundation programme doctor working in the West...
Churchill Fellowships: an opportunity to make a difference
David Jeffrey is a palliative care doctor and member of the Advisory Council of the Winston...
Writing for the BJGP – Beyond Research
Euan Lawson is the Deputy Editor of the BJGP. One of the aspects of the BJGP that has always been...
A BJGP Christmas Carol: Part Five
Peter Aird is a GP in Bridgwater, Somerset. This is part five of a five part series. You can...
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