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BJGP/Research

Yonder: Integrating health care and early years support, technostress, breast cancer screening and substance use disorder, group CBT for insomnia

Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literature

9 June 2025
6 mins read
BJGP

For the attention of Doctor Nemo

"One idea circulating was a character called Dr Brain, a seemingly mild GP who turned invisible in the sunlight ‘... along with all his appointments’, he quipped to parents’ polite laughter. Dr Brain might well be a good name for a children’s supervillain

2 May 2025
7 mins read
BJGP

The familiar and strange art of diagnosis

Diagnosis ... provides structure to a narrative of dysfunction, or a picture of disarray, and imposes official order, sorting out the real from the imagined, the valid from the feigned, the significant from the insignificant ... In Life and Times this month

28 March 2025
8 mins read
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BJGP/Opinion/Stories

A plague of opinion

The door is barely opened. ‘I’ve a bone to pick with you’, wheezes Mick through the widening gap ...

19 March 2025
5 mins read
BJGP/Research

Yonder: Screening for atrial fibrillation, antibiotics in care homes, hand, foot, and mouth disease, and asthma triple therapy

Yonder is a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literature.

17 March 2025
6 mins read
BJGP

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

The articles this issue invite us to take the time to stand and stare, to see what is going on around us, to learn from it, and to be better ...

28 February 2025
8 mins read
BJGP/Research

Yonder: Antidepressant follow-up, NHS app use, sore throats in community pharmacy, and dementia and anticholinergics

Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literature

15 January 2025
6 mins read
BJGP

General practice for the brave new world!

"... our Life and Times section illustrates a community of practice that not only seeks to understand change but engage with it."

27 December 2024
8 mins read
BJGP/Research

Yonder: Prescribing and deprivation, delayed antibiotic prescriptions, pre-hospital antibiotics in sepsis, and differential attainment

Yonder is a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories beyond the mainstream biomedical literature.

18 December 2024
6 mins read
BJGP

‘Tis the season of the primary care miscellany

"Seasons greetings, dear readers! One of my favourite Christmas traditions is the miscellany, often found in little piles at the cashier’s desk in a bookshop. We have a suitably seasonal miscellany for you this December in a variety of genres! Some will

29 November 2024
10 mins read
1
BJGP/Research

Yonder: Obesity care, maternal body mass index and childhood infections, frozen shoulder and diabetes, and locums

Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literature

11 November 2024
7 mins read
BJGP/BJGP Long Read

Are good GPs holistic?

Is holistic part of being good or just a part of being a GP? GPs work in a complex adaptive network interacting in many interconnected ways with wider society. Terms like ‘whole person’, ‘holistic’, and even ‘ecological’ may fail to completely grasp

1 November 2024
8 mins read
BJGP/Research

Yonder: improving connections, AI in reflective practice, lung cancer diagnosis, and euthanasia aftercare

Yonder is a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literature.

14 October 2024
7 mins read
BJGP

General practice in interesting times

"Our eclectic mix for this month ... addresses previous interesting times and how they inform the strange days we live in ... "

27 September 2024
10 mins read
BJGP/Opinion

Trust

Again and again we learn — when trust fails, systems fail ...

23 September 2024
7 mins read
BJGP/Research

Yonder: Sit-stand desks, gallstones, student interest in general practice, and family healthcare patterns

Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literature.

16 September 2024
6 mins read
BJGP

Thinking about general practice as the dust settles

"As I write this, the UK is having a general election. By the time you read this, a new government in the UK will hopefully be discovering that thinking about general practice in a meaningful way is a fundamentally good thing to

26 July 2024
8 mins read
BJGP/Research

Yonder: Rural generalists, mental health of refugees, end-of-career GP reflections, and lung ultrasonography

Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literature

22 July 2024
6 mins read
BJGP/Opinion

Everything happens in the context of a relationship

I don’t need to tell a GP audience this, but it’s always worth a reminder. For us GPs the relationship is everything. Outside GPs this doesn’t seem widely understood. Everyone will agree that relationships are crucial, but usually in a way that

15 July 2024
4 mins read
1
BJGP

Guardians of the primary care wall

GPs have been called ‘gatekeepers’ to health care, because of our role in determining eligibility for medical treatment and social support. And yet we have long known that GPs do more than this. Our wall is not a line but an indistinct

28 June 2024
10 mins read
BJGP/Research

Yonder: hidden work, inhaler use, step counts, appendicitis and colorectal cancer

Yonder: Hidden work, inhaler use, step counts, and appendicitis and colorectal cancer

24 June 2024
6 mins read
1
BJGP

The noblest path to wise general practice

"Read the articles in this month’s Life and Times and try reflecting on them. Go on. I dare you ... "

31 May 2024
8 mins read
BJGP

Yonder: Repeat antibiotics, co-located drug services, autism diagnosis, and medical student lockdown motivation

Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literature

20 May 2024
6 mins read
BJGP/Editorial comment/Opinion

Going the extra mile

"The extra mile is a problematic concept. If everyone goes the extra mile, do we lose sight of which miles are extra? If we are to embark on our quest then the readings in this month’s Life and Times help us to

29 December 2023
8 mins read
BJGP

Editor’s Notes #006: Summer notes and Briefing links

The editor, Euan Lawson, with the links relevant to the Editor's Briefing articles for June, July and August.

15 August 2022
4 mins read
BJGP

Editor’s Notes #005: May briefing

The editor, Euan Lawson, with some comments and links relevant to the May '22 Editor's Briefing.

3 May 2022
6 mins read
BJGP

Editor’s Notes #004: The repeated failures of maternity care

Assistant Editor Nada Khan discusses the Ockenden Report -safe and effective maternal and postnatal care involves general practice.

13 April 2022
3 mins read
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BJGP

Editor’s Notes #003: March briefing

The editor, Euan Lawson, with some comments and links relevant to the March '22 Editor's Briefing and a recent article on Life.

4 March 2022
4 mins read
BJGP

Editor’s Notes #002: The continuity continuum

The editor, Euan Lawson, with some comments and links relevant to the February '22 issue Editor's Briefing.

30 January 2022
6 mins read
BJGP

BJGP Life: call for summer articles

Summer time! Perhaps a moment to reflect? Get creative and share your thoughts - here are some suggestions for articles for BJGP Life.

26 July 2021
2 mins read
BJGP

Call for articles: General Practice after Covid-19

BJGP Life is putting out a call for articles on the theme of “General Practice after Covid-19“. We will be accepting articles on this theme over the rest of this month. It is time to build our future. We, and your colleagues, are waiting

24 March 2021
2 mins read
BJGP

General practice after Covid-19 – a call for articles.

BJGP Life is putting out a call for articles on the theme of "General Practice after Covid-19". BJGP Life will be accepting articles on this theme over the rest of this month. Do join in!

13 March 2021
3 mins read
BJGP

Editorial comment – your colleagues are waiting to hear from you!

BJGP Life is our coffee room – a place for news, chat, exchange of ideas and sometimes for challenging discussion. Why not have your say? Please contribute to the discussion by adding your comments in the “leave a reply” box at the

30 October 2020
2 mins read
BJGP

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
4 mins read
BJGP

Churchill Fellowships: an opportunity to make a difference

David Jeffrey is a palliative care doctor and member of the Advisory Council of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. Churchill Fellowships are awarded by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (WCMT) to enable UK citizens to explore innovative ideas abroad and return with

22 March 2019
8 mins read
BJGP

Opportunity for GP researchers: RCGP research awards

Applications are open… Applications are currently open for two of the RCGP research awards: Research Paper of the Year Award 2018, and Yvonne Carter Award for Outstanding Early Career Researcher 2018. Since 1996, the annual Research Paper of the Year Award has

18 January 2019
3 mins read
BJGP

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 appreciated by readers is that we publish a lot of writing about primary care and the profession that goes beyond research. In

4 June 2018
8 mins read
1
BJGP/Research

Top 10 most read BJGP research articles published in 2016

These are the top 10 most read research articles based on full text downloads from bjgp.org in 2016. 1. Overdiagnosis of asthma in children in primary care: a retrospective analysis.  http://bjgp.org/content/66/644/e152 Overdiagnosis of childhood asthma is common in primary care, leading to unnecessary

4 January 2017
5 mins read
BJGP

Editorial Board Members – still time to apply

There’s still time to apply to become a Member of the Editorial Board at the BJGP. Closing date for applications is 14th August 2015. More details are available here.

7 August 2015
1 min read
BJGP/Undergraduate

Student Writing Competition

.@BJGPjournal running a Student Writing Competition – you can win opportunity to have work published & an internship http://t.co/yudpM4VZMV — RCGP (@rcgp) November 7, 2014 We have a competition for students to write an article suitable for the ‘Out of Hours’ section

16 January 2015
1 min read
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