Clinical – BJGP Life

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 218: Antidepressants in pregnancy: A closer look at miscarriage risk

In this episode, we’re speaking to Flo Martin about miscarriage risk and use of antidepressants.

4 November 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 217: Not one size fits all: Accessing menopause care in the NHS

In this episode, we talk about menopause care and how it's delivered in general practice.

28 October 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 216: Counting GPs – When definitions change the workforce picture

In this episode, we talk to Dr Luisa Pettigrew about how to better understand GP workforce numbers.

21 October 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 215: Talking GLP-1s: how GPs see their role in obesity management

In this episode, we discuss the changing role of GP receptionists.

14 October 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 214: Receptionists reimagined: How online services are transforming the GP front desk

In this episode, we discuss the changing role of GP receptionists.

7 October 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 213: Menopausal symptoms from hormone receptor positive breast cancer treatment

In this episode, we discuss menopause treatments after receptor positive breast cancer.

30 September 2025

1 min read

Bright Ideas and Innovation·Clinical·Research

Bridging the gap: the role of a GP with an extended role in streamlining skin cancer referrals

"Urgent suspected skin cancer referrals continue to rise year on year, stretching both general practice and secondary care. Teledermatology has become a vital tool in managing this demand, enabling rapid triage through the submission of clinical and dermoscopic images. Yet its effectiveness

29 September 2025

2 mins read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 212: Inside the BJGP and editorial insights: Euan Lawson on the future of publishing and how to get published

In this episode, we talk to the Editor in Chief of the BJGP, Dr Euan Lawson.

23 September 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 211: Bridging the gap: GPs, patients, and mental health in perimenopause

In this episode, we talk to Dr Jo Burgin about mental health issues around the perimenopause.

16 September 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 210: Balancing safety and access: The GP’s role in isotretinoin management

In this episode, we talk about the GP role in acne management.

9 September 2025

1 min read

BJGP Long Read·Clinical·International

The Planned Treatment Scheme (S2 funding): an alternative to long NHS waiting lists or private care

"The Planned Treatment Scheme (S2 funding route) enables eligible patients to access NHS funding for planned medical treatment in the state healthcare system of an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein. Unfortunately, there seems to be limited awareness of the S2

29 July 2025

7 mins read

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BJGP Long Read·Clinical·Opinion

Should we be bothered that we are losing a QOF indicator for people with SMI?

This focus on cardiovascular risk is understandable, but it is not clear why the requirement to maintain a register of people with SMI has been removed, other than possibly to free up financial resources.

15 July 2025

4 mins read

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BJGP Long Read·Clinical·Opinion

ADHD – Overdiagnosis or Opportunity?

The inherent co-occurrence of multiple physical and mental health disorders associated with neurodivergence underscores the need for a broad, holistic clinical lens in assessment. This presents a crucial opportunity for primary care...

14 July 2025

5 mins read

BJGP Long Read·Clinical·Opinion

Pain management in rehabilitation: A call for integrated, patient-centred approaches

Effective pain management is fundamental to rehabilitation. The body cannot heal while in constant distress. Rehabilitation and primary care teams must embrace the reality that pain is not just a symptom to be medicated...

10 July 2025

4 mins read

Clinical·Opinion·Research

Yonder: menstrual cups and IUD displacement, deprived area GP retention, endometriosis diagnosis, patient assertiveness

Alex Burrell looks at papers on menstrual cups and IUD displacement, deprived area GP retention, endometriosis diagnosis, and patient assertiveness.

7 July 2025

3 mins read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 209: What do patients really want? Rethinking general practice access

In this episode, we speak to Professor Helen Atherton about access to general practice.

1 July 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Opinion·Research

Is it time to retire the digital rectal exam?

"The British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) has called for the exam to be omitted from primary care’s assessment of prostate cancer. Asking, ‘Is it time to retire the DRE?’ allows for reconsideration of patient assessment with a view to improving patient

30 June 2025

5 mins read

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Clinical·News·Research

Holy smoke: the overlooked cancer risk of e-cigarettes

"Bladder cancer wasn’t even on my patient’s radar. So when the diagnosis came, he was understandably devastated. He wasn’t a smoker — just a regular vaper, convinced it was the ‘safer’ alternative. When he read about potential links between vaping and bladder

20 June 2025

7 mins read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 208: ADHD medication – practical tips for GPs on how to recognise common side effects and what to do

In this episode, we're discussing how to manage ADHD medication side effects in general practice.

17 June 2025

1 min read

Book review·Clinical·International

Demon Copperhead and the opioid crisis

"When I saw the copy of Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead sitting on the square stack of books in Waterstones, I was naturally skeptical; ‘No.1 reader’s pick for the book of the century’ and ‘Pulitzer Prize winning’ — quite the praise. In the

14 June 2025

5 mins read

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Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 207: Risk of postural hypotension associated with antidepressants in older adults – what to think about when prescribing

In this episode, we talk to Dr Cini Bhanu about postural hypotension amongst people taking antidepressant medication.

10 June 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 206: The ‘new kid on the block’ – same day versus routine care appointment systems in general practice

In this episode, we're discussing different appointment systems in general practice.

3 June 2025

1 min read

Bright Ideas and Innovation·Clinical·Opinion

Providing support for primary care clinicians after the death of a patient by suicide

Carolyn Chew-Graham and Sohrab Panday discuss how we can better support each other in primary care in the aftermath of a patient's suicide.

28 May 2025

5 mins read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 205: More chest x-rays lead to earlier lung cancer diagnoses and better cancer survival – what we can be doing differently in practice

In this episode, we talk to Dr Steve Bradley about use of chest x-ray and lung cancer diagnosis.

27 May 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 204: Using artificial intelligence techniques for early diagnosis of lung cancer in general practice

In this episode, we discuss use of AI in lung cancer diagnosis.

20 May 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 203: ‘See the symptom, not the pregnancy’- a look at cancer diagnosis during pregnancy

In this episode, we talk to Dr Afrodita Marcu about cancer diagnosis in pregnancy.

13 May 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 202: Prescribing testosterone in hypoactive sexual desire disorder – how to initiate it, and how to monitor it in general practice

In this episode, we discuss testosterone treatment in HSDD.

6 May 2025

1 min read

BJGP Long Read·Clinical

Enteral Feeding for Patients with Dementia – An ethical critique of the clinical and economic considerations

Clovis Faggion Junior explores the economic motivations behind the continued application of enteral feeding in patients with advanced dementia, proposing that various stakeholders may have financial or logistical incentives to sustain this practice despite limited medical benefits.

16 April 2025

5 mins read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 201: Looking back at the BJGP Research Conference 2025

In this episode, we look back at the 2025 BJGP Research Conference.

1 April 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 200: The challenges to diagnosing vulval lichen sclerosus and how to get it right

In this episode, we discuss diagnosis of vulval lichen sclerosus in general practice.

25 March 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 199: Differential attainment in the MRCGP exam – language of study and what this means for the future of RCGP exams

In this episode, we discuss differential attainment in the MRCGP exams.

18 March 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 198: The increasing digitalisation of general practice systems – how it’s impacting patients and what we can do about it

In this episode, we talk to Professor Helen Atherton about the increasing push for a digital-first approach in general practice.

11 March 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 197: Using the PSA test in general practice – how should we approach testing in asymptomatic men?

In this episode, we talk to Dr Sam Merriel about PSA testing in asymptomatic men in general practice.

4 March 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 196: How to approach safety netting in general practice

In this episode, we talk to Dr Pete Edwards about effective safety netting practices.

25 February 2025

1 min read

Clinical·Podcast·Videos

Episode 195: ReSPECT forms in general practice – more than just a DNACPR

In this episode, we talk to Professor Anne Slowther about use of ReSPECT forms for advanced care planning in general practice.

18 February 2025

1 min read

Clinical

What GPs need to know about living liver donation

Awareness of living liver donation is generally low. This article outlines the landscape of living liver donation in the UK, the indications for liver transplantation, the evaluation of potential living liver donors, the various kinds of donor partial hepatectomy and their associated

22 January 2025

8 mins read

Clinical

Appropriate hormone replacement therapy dosing

"There has been recent media coverage around appropriate hormone replacement therapy (HRT) dosing, and subsequent focus in medical journals. The debate has become polarised and women's health is being impacted. I want to provide an explanation so we can all do our

21 November 2024

4 mins read

BJGP Long Read·Clinical·Stories

Broken Crayons Still Colour: A tale of trauma’s shadow over health and illness

Identifying the mind as a source of the body's pain can help a patient make great strides towards taking control of their health and reducing the impact chronic illness has on their day to day lives. Paul McNamara and Ella Butterworth explore

13 November 2024

7 mins read

Clinical·Opinion·Undergraduate

The art of noticing: A lesson from general practice

One of the first questions my GP supervisor asked was “What did you notice on the way here?” ... Her question appeared simple at first but revealed, what I thought to be, the greatest skill in being a GP; the art of

6 November 2024

4 mins read

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BJGP Long Read·Clinical·Opinion

Avoiding hospital admissions this winter – the challenge for general practice

As we gear up for winter, should we be identifying and trying to proactively manage patients to prevent unplanned hospital admissions? Nada Khan examines the NHS England guidance.

17 October 2024

7 mins read

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