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News/Opinion

Artificial general intelligence: a risk to human health and humanity as a whole

"While substantial attention has been paid to its promises, much less focus has been directed to the harms of AI on individual and population health. More concerningly, almost no regard has been paid by healthcare and public health professionals to the threats

26 May 2025
14 mins read
News

The Kieran Sweeney Prize 2025 (A national UK prize for medical writing by GPs)

This year's title is: “The GP model for delivery of Primary Care is outdated for the society in 2025” Find out how to enter!

14 March 2025
5 mins read
Bright Ideas and Innovation/News

The Ealing Domestic Abuse Initiative: A success story

The Ealing Borough Primary Care Team has implemented measures to address DA, aiming to raise awareness and dismantle stigma among staff and patients. Vasumathy Sivarajasingam shares insights from the Ealing approach.

23 August 2024
9 mins read
BJGP Long Read/News/Opinion

The RCGP Physician Associates survey – what’s the future for physician associates in general practice?

Plans to include PAs in general practice have been recently challenged with a recent Royal College of General Practitioners’ (RCGP) call to halt additional recruitment and deployment of physician associates. The RCGP position is based on results from a recent survey of

12 July 2024
18 mins read
BJGP Long Read/News/Opinion

What drives the ‘sick note culture’ in the UK?

GPs are in the firing line of efforts to reduce sickness certification. The UK government suggest that the responsibility for issuing fit notes could be moved from GPs to specialist occupational health professionals. Nada Khan unpacks the issues.

13 May 2024
14 mins read
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BJGP Long Read/News/Opinion

A failure to retain GP retention schemes

Nada Khan argues that it’s worth just reflecting back on what was on offer and why, whether this retention scheme was working, and what future plans NHS England may have to keep GPs in practice.

29 January 2024
11 mins read
International/News

Responding to the war in Israel and Palestine

"We have three responses to the current crisis in Palestine. They are not unique to us but are informed by our work as GPs and connection to Palestinian primary care ... "

22 December 2023
8 mins read
6
BJGP Long Read/News/Opinion

Amidst a GP workforce crisis, where did all the jobs go?

The ARRS is a big step change for how practice teams work to manage their patients and appointments, and it’s naïve to think that implementation of such a wide-ranging scheme wouldn’t have significant impacts and unanticipated consequences for the wider workforce.

14 December 2023
11 mins read
2
BJGP Long Read/News/Opinion

The rise and fall of GP-ownership by big business

Why hasn’t the approach of Centene and Babylon worked?  And what’s the history behind corporate acquisition of GP surgeries?  Nada Khan investigates.

5 October 2023
10 mins read
BJGP Long Read/News/Opinion

Martha’s rule

Merope Mills’ description of the death of Martha, her 13 year old daughter, is a raw and harrowing account of the mistakes doctors made that led to Martha’s deterioration and ultimately her death. Nada Khan evaluates the concept of a Martha’s rule,

14 September 2023
10 mins read
1
News/Opinion

Expediency

So the NHS is in crisis. Again. Saul Miller argues that there is a thread that runs through all of these. It is the thread that is labelled expediency or short-termism.

11 September 2023
6 mins read
AiT/News/Opinion

Too high a cost? Profiteering from medical college exams

Doctors.net.uk recently reported that some colleges, including the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal College of Physicians did more than break even on exam costs. Nada Khan investigates.

7 September 2023
11 mins read
International/News/Opinion

What is the right response to COVID?

Some of us will welcome this opportunity to shine a light onto the events that took place in the early stages of the pandemic.  But what is the right way to look at our response to COVID, and what’s happening in other

30 August 2023
13 mins read
News/Research

Call for submissions! The Rose Prize for the history of UK General Practice

Submissions are invited for the 2022/2023 Rose Prize for the best submission in the history of UK general practice/primary care. Deadline for final submission is November 1 2023

5 August 2023
6 mins read
News/Opinion

Measles: the preventable disease we need to tackle from all angles

A recent warning from the UK Health Security Agency suggests that London is at risk of a major measles outbreak due to poor measles vaccination coverage. What does this mean for general practice?

27 July 2023
8 mins read
BJGP Long Read/International/News/Opinion

Providing responsive primary care for Ukrainian refugees: where are we after a year?

"The conflict in Ukraine has displaced over 7 million people since February 2022. The UK Government has responded by issuing 219 400 visas for Ukrainians through sponsorship schemes. One year on, we feel there is value in reflecting on the health needs

22 March 2023
17 mins read
News/Opinion

The fourth estate: Friend or foe to general practice?

How have media depictions of general practice and GPs affected how we work, and healthcare policy in the UK? Nada Khan investigates...

16 February 2023
10 mins read
1
News/Opinion

Disruptors and general practice – Wes Streeting’s plans to reform the NHS

Labour seems to have its own version of a disruptor in Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, who declared that he wants to phase out the system of GP partners, & scrap the gatekeeping model of primary care, but how many of

26 January 2023
11 mins read
5
News

Elizabeth II 1926-2022

The BJGP team are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and extend our sympathies to The Royal Family

9 September 2022
1 min read
Clinical/News/Research

Research Paper of the Year 2021: relevant to training and beyond

The winners are in for the Research Paper of the Year award 2021! Carolyn A Chew-Graham and Helen Leach present the winners and stand outs from this year's awards, with reflection on the importance of primary care research for GP trainees working

6 July 2022
12 mins read
BJGP Long Read/News/Opinion

Where I end and you begin: Additional roles in British general practice

Nada Khan explores the roles of and our perceptions about primary care multidiciplinary teams, in light of the recent BBC Panorama investigation

28 June 2022
10 mins read
3
News/Opinion

Fining patients who miss GP appointments – will this strategy work?

Recent media coverage has focussed on whether patients should be fined for missing appointments.  Would a £10 fine change patient behaviour and put an end to this story once and for all? Nada Khan investigates!

17 June 2022
9 mins read
1
International/News

The toll of attacks on health care during conflict

As of day 70 of the Ukraine–Russia war there have been 186 attacks on health care. Drawing comparisons to Russia's involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Hareen De Silva BEM describes the devastating and long-term tolls these attacks have on civilians.

15 June 2022
9 mins read
International/News/Opinion

Vaccine-preventable diseases and war in Ukraine

Richard Armitage discusses how the management of vaccine-preventable diseases has been affected by the conflict in Ukraine

6 June 2022
5 mins read
International/News/Opinion

War in Ukraine: exacerbating the health impacts of human trafficking

Richard Armitage discusses many Ukrainian families have been separated, meaning the vast majority of refugees are women, children, and elderly people, who are often unaccompanied. These vulnerable individuals are exposed to substantially increased risks of being affected by modern slavery, sexual and

30 May 2022
9 mins read
News/Opinion

The ‘Davina’ effect, menopause and general practice responses to celebrity stories

Part of the increased demand for HRT has been attributed to a TV documentary about the menopause released a year ago by Davina McCall, which has led to what some call the ‘Davina effect’. Nada Khan examines the effect of celebrity narratives

26 May 2022
8 mins read
1
International/News/Opinion

War in Ukraine: the impacts on child health

Richard Armitage reminds us that, while they play no part in geopolitical games, it is children – in particular the maintenance of their health and wellbeing – that pay one of the largest and most deeply unjust costs for the accident of

23 May 2022
12 mins read
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
1
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
1
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
1
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
4
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
2
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 #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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