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BJGP Life

BJGP Life

The BJGP is the world-leading primary care journal. At BJGP Life we add multi-media comment and opinion for the primary care community.

Reasoning with risk

Why is it that risk is perceived differently by different people? During the COVID-19 pandemic there have been largely conflicting responses, both on an individual and national scale. Samar Razaq explores this question in light of the current pandemic and argues that
28 October 2020
4 mins read

It’s time to join in the conversation!

What a year we have had! BJGP Life is the GP's coffee lounge - let's talk together about our world and our ideas. BJGP Life invites you to join in the conversation. Here's how....
20 October 2020
2 mins read
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Are we safer cycling?

We know that cycling makes for a healthier commute for all, but GPs need evidence to help them allay patient's concerns if we are to incorporate active travel into our standard health promotion toolkit. Bethan Jones gives us the evidence.
19 October 2020
3 mins read

Book Review: The Gynae Geek by Anita Mitra

Phanida Fung finds that "as a female GP, gynaecological problems are the number-one topic my non-medic friends seek advice for. However, help is here." Phanida reviews "The Gynae Geek" by Anita Mitra.
16 October 2020
1 min read

Embracing Change: Reflections from a newly qualified GP

For a patient, time with their GP is everything; time to explain, connect, and trust. For the GP, time is just as essential. Not only for improved patient care, but for reflection on the enormous and constant changes to the profession. In
12 October 2020
3 mins read
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Everybody Hurts Sometimes

30 years ago we were told we were not treating pain adequately. There was a push to give people more analgesia. So, armed with our opioids and gabapentinoids we went and we medicated. But peoples' pain got worse. Katie Barnett examines what
9 October 2020
4 mins read
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Covid-19: communicating with numbers

Numbers have no voice. We, however, give them meaning. Using numbers we can twist the narrative to suit the point we want to make. Following his spectacular rise on social media Samar Razaq investigates the dark arts of manipulation, politics and statistics.
2 October 2020
2 mins read

Lessons in Adversity

Doctors are not strangers to adversity, both in the lives of our patients and sometimes in our own. Judith Dawson examins two inspirational accounts to tell us how we can practically help.
1 October 2020
3 mins read

I’m training, not selling ice-cream.


David Smith looks at GP Training programs and argues that the focus of secondary care placements is not the development of a well rounded primary care clinician, but to address service needs. He has some suggestions to make things better.
23 September 2020
3 mins read

Moonshot or shot in the dark?

Boris Johnson announced plans to carry out up to 10 million tests in a day to allow people who are negative to be able to continue with their life as normal. This "moonshot" is planned to be financed to the tune of
18 September 2020
3 mins read

The Citadel by A. J. Cronin: A symbolic title

The Citadel, a 1937 novel by A. J. Cronin, explores the themes of social and health inequalities, drawing from his personal experiences working as a doctor in Britain’s pre-NHS era. The protagonist, newly qualified and virtuous Dr Andrew Manson, begins his medical
17 September 2020
3 mins read
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