Richard Armitage observes that demand for emergency contraception in England post lockdown has public health implications
Nada Khan considers how to approach HRT shortages in general practice
Assistant Editor Nada Khan discusses the Ockenden Report -safe and effective maternal and postnatal care involves general practice.
Dr Charlotte Archer comes on the podcast to tell us about their study looking at prescribing for anxiety in the UK 2003-2018.
Debates between doctors and patients about treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) have become particularly polarised in recent years. Damien Ridge and colleagues argue that a relationship-based care approach is vital to support people with CFS/ME.
Nada Khan discusses practical aspects of supporting migrants from Ukraine in UK primary care.
Yathu Maheswaran reflects on what TV 'This is going to hurt' might teach medical trainees
Dr Laura Jefferson joins us to talk about findings from a systematic review of GP welling during Covid-19.
Drs Laura Heath and Sheena Sharma present their bereavement toolkit, designed to aid healthcare practitioners navigate this potentially difficult space by providing real-world consultation ‘tools’.
Rabia Aftab suggests that the option of ‘doing nothing’ should be shared with patients, but is this nothing actually quite a powerful something?
Andrew Papanikitas finds that 'Frontline' is not the ‘One bloody thing after another,’ of sensationalism for shock value. It is a reflective account full of haunting ethical choices.
Samar Razaq reflects on expectations of treatment when an illness is not well understood and medical evidence is lacking or unclear
Giles Dawnay considers practitioner, patient, culture and politics in his reflections on the present and relationship between GP and patient
"Through partnership rather than paternalism, the future patient–GP relationship will embrace the change of the world yet to come." — Nathaniel Roocroft, winner of this year's Kieran Sweeney Prize, sets out a future vision of general practice.
Dr Austin O'Carroll tell us how medicine contributes to the systemic oppression of people born into poverty.
Narinder Bansal and colleagues argue that clinicians should be sensitive to how experiences of poor listening and relating can replicate and trigger wider experiences of marginalisation.
Arthur Kaufman reflects on the good old days for medical writers
Richard Armitage argues that insufficient sleep should be regarded as a serious problem requiring the urgent attention of public health and primary care practitioners.
Ed Warren asks if the north of England needs its own consultation model. Or will 'levelling up' be sufficient?
It is only in recent years that the physical and emotional burden faced by those in the medical profession has been raised. What can be done at both a structural and individual level to aid the wellbeing of medical staff? Dr Feryad
Episode 066: Do we need greater stratification of routine blood test monitoring in people on DMARDs?
Professor Trish Greenhalgh talks about important research on why GPs rarely use video consultations - though they would like to have the option in some cases.
Joel Brown examines the sales pitch for a career in private general practice, and is left feeling proud of working for the NHS
Giles Dawnay reviews the TV adaption of Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt.
John Launer reflects that Pather Panchali is a masterpiece in its own right but there are particular reasons why GPs might want to find time to watch it. Few other movies show such a profound understanding of family life among people living
Peter Toon reflects on registering overseas vaccinations in the UK and asks if there are lessons for the NHS as a whole
Kath Brown argues that although Covid has exposed our long-standing domestic drivers of poor health, we simply cannot ignore global health inequalities during a global pandemic. Vaccinating the world also in all of our interests.
What could we learn by comparing a GP to driver in the Grand Prix? Could your surgery be transformed by a Reception Revolution?
Professor Trish Greenhalgh talks about important research on why GPs rarely use video consultations - though they would like to have the option in some cases.
Christopher Lowe argues we all need to keep sight of the overall aim of technology: to improve efficiency for both patient and clinician.
Chris Dowrick reviews 'Humanity's conundrum' by David Zigmond. It is easy to become jaded and tired and to lose sight of the therapeutic purpose underlying all of our clinical encounters. Zigmond reminds us to stop, to listen and to respond.
'Perhaps a psychoanalyst would coax out of me that growing my nails is an act of quiet liberation; I can decide how long I want my nails to be, I can decide what I want to next choose for myself. taking control
Briony Hudson gives a curator's view of the RCGP 'Women at the heart of General Practice' exhibition, now open online and in person at 30 Euston Square
Vasumathy Sivarajasingam argues that we need to talk about, and manage, the menopause much better, and reminds us about key aspects that make a huge difference to women's health
Paquita De Zulueta reviews 'Go, went, gone' by Jenny Erpenbeck, a novel tackling themes of asylum and involuntary displacement
Satpal Shekhawat reflects on the problems of an exhausted primary care workforce facing no let-up in workload. Is there a leadership-based solution?
We talk to Dr Christo Karuna who goes through a new systematic review and meta-analysis on the global burden of burnout amongst general practitioners.
Maria Victoria Bovo and John Launer give an account of a remarkable conversation they had in December 2021 during an online workshop in narrative medicine, about Long-COVID and a colleague.
Hannah Milton reviews a book which argues that childhood adversity leads to other illnesses and that interventions for parents and children are needed as early as possible.
Patients in the UK are able to change the gender marker on their NHS patient record at any time on request, irreversibly removing previous gender identity from their medical record. Does removal of this information pose a challenge to high-quality care for
In November 2021 the First Coastal Primary Care Network (FCPCN) hosted an event to understand 'Deep End' practice. This short article intends to inform readers as well as providing a record of the day’s events.