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News/Opinion

The cost of living crisis – how can we tackle fuel poverty and food insecurity in practice?

Nada Khan asks how can we tackle fuel poverty and food insecurity in practice, offering some solid tips for practice

19 May 2022
9 mins read
Coronavirus/International/News/Opinion

Battlefronts in Ukraine: Russian invasion and COVID-19

Richard Armitage discusses the interaction of battlefront conditions and COVID-19 in Ukraine

16 May 2022
5 mins read
International/News/Opinion

War in Ukraine and the inverse care law: refugees, socioeconomic status, and burden of disease

Richard Armitage uses the inverse care law to discuss the health inequalities affecting Ukrainian civilians who have been unable to flee the country.

9 May 2022
9 mins read
News

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
International/News/Opinion

War in Ukraine: internally displaced people and primary healthcare

Richard Armitage is usually a GP in Nottingham but is currently providing primary care to internally displaced people in the east of Ukraine. He discusses issues for primary care in the region.

2 May 2022
6 mins read
News/Opinion

Taking stock of the GP workforce crisis in the UK – a call to action

Nada Khan investigates research into the causes of the UK GP workforce crisis and finds plenty of issues to address.

27 April 2022
11 mins read
News/Opinion

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and primary care – our final warning

It’s our ‘final warning’; the world is failing to limit the impacts of climate change and primary care can help. Nada Khan highlights resources, aided by our planetary primary care column.

21 April 2022
8 mins read
News

Access to health care for migrants: why restrictive policies are failing

The Nationality and Borders Bill has the potential to further jeopardise the health and wellbeing of migrants and asylum seekers in the UK. Hannah Fox and Durga Sivasathiaseelan from Doctors of the World outline why it is essential such a Bill should

18 April 2022
18 mins read
Coronavirus/News

Emergency contraception and COVID-19 lockdowns in England

Richard Armitage observes that demand for emergency contraception in England post lockdown has public health implications

15 April 2022
5 mins read
Clinical/News/Opinion

Hormone replacement therapy – why are we running short?

Nada Khan considers how to approach HRT shortages in general practice

14 April 2022
6 mins read
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Editorial comment/News

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
Clinical/News/Opinion

Supporting primary healthcare in Ukrainian migrants

Nada Khan discusses practical aspects of supporting migrants from Ukraine in UK primary care.

8 April 2022
6 mins read
News

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
News

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
News

Editor’s Notes #001: Rolling the dice for 2022

The editor, Euan Lawson, with some notes and all the links from the January '22 Editor's Briefing.

29 December 2021
10 mins read
News

Conference report: 50 years of the inverse care law

It is 50 years since The Lancet published Julian Tudor Hart’s seminal paper describing the inverse care law. Stewart Mercer and colleagues report on the Scottish Deep End Group's half day online conference.

8 December 2021
8 mins read
News

The Kieran Sweeney Prize 2021: A national UK prize for medical writing by GPs

The Kieran Sweeney Prize is awarded each year by the Tamar Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners. This year's title: “What does the future hold for the relationship between a patient and their GP in the UK?”

1 October 2021
4 mins read
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News

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
News

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
News

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
News/Opinion

Unintended consequences of rapid changes in community palliative care practice

Community palliative care delivery is changing dramatically in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. But what of the unintended consequences of such rapid change? Ben Bowers and his co-authors examine key issues.

2 November 2020
9 mins read
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News

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
News

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
News

The Not So Fortunate Man – The Changing Face Of General Practice And Public Opinion

The reputation of general practice, once seen as the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the NHS, is under threat. James Hibberd looks at the evidence.

20 October 2020
6 mins read
News

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
News

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
News

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
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News/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
News

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
News/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
News

The BJGP Blog

Euan Lawson (@euan_lawson) is the Deputy Editor, BJGP. Welcome to the BJGP Blog. The aim, as the tagline suggests, is to bring opinion to all facets of general practice and primary care. The BJGP is an academic journal; we publish research papers and we

13 January 2015
1 min read
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