Integrated neighbourhoods are a collaborative effort of health and social care providers, as well as voluntary/non-statutory organisations, which aim to improve the health and wellbeing of residents and service users. Afsana Bhuiya, Seher Kayicki and Faha Iqbal outline what we know about
In an open letter to BJGP Life, Roghieh Dehghan and members of the Medact migrant solidarity group argue that deporting refugees to Rwanda is an uncomplicated moral wrong and note the frequent silence of healthcare leadership when these wrongs are mooted by
Paul McNamara 'never wanted to be a GP' but now argues that undergraduate self selected components in general practice could help with recruitment and retention.
Whilst efforts are being made to develop the paramedic role within primary care, what is often missing from research and policy informing practice is the voice of patients. An NIHR patient and public group discuss this and offer practical advice for primary
Joanne Reeve explores three misconceptions about medical generalist and highlights the work of the WISEGP and CATALYST programmes.
Richard Armitage uses the inverse care law to discuss the health inequalities affecting Ukrainian civilians who have been unable to flee the country.
Ben Hoban reflects on the power of naming a thing in medicine. But with great power comes great responsibility...
Robert MacGibbon reviews a new radical blueprint for health which examines ‘five frontiers of health’; social justice, economic, social care, sustainability and a public health new deal.
Paul McNamara and Tanvi Cheetirala argue that UK general practice is suffering as a profession and as a 'brand.' But will re-branding or specialist status help?
Rafia Aftab shares practical wisdom about doing things 'just right' gained on the Catalyst Programme
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.
Koki Kato reflects on the tension between patient safety and patient centered-ness with a hypothetical case that will be familiar to many. Does it have to be one or the other?
Aaron Poppleton, Dennis Ougrin, and Yana Maksymets give a responsive overview of the health needs of Ukrainian refugees and provide a list of useful resources for GPs
Nada Khan investigates research into the causes of the UK GP workforce crisis and finds plenty of issues to address.
Emma Ladds reflects on being 'at home' as a GP, in response to a bunch of tulips and an article in a national newspaper
Koki Kato reflects on learning from an RCGP 'training the trainers' course in Japan, and finds a community of practice.
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.
Drs Farah Bede and Emma Radcliffe describe an ‘inverse climate law’, where those at greatest risk of the climate crisis lack resources and are least resilient to it due to pre-existing societal inequality.
Aldis H. Petriceks finds a sense of primary care at an unsuccessful resuscitation in the surgical ICU
Madge McClary remembers how things were at the beginning of the NHS and reflects on how they are now... especially automated phone systems...
Nada Khan considers how to approach HRT shortages in general practice
Debates between doctors and patients about treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) have become particularly polarised in recent years. Damien Ridge and colleagues argue that a relationship-based care approach is vital to support people with CFS/ME.
For Arthur Kaufman, a visit to the dentist inspired a literary journey in creative writing. Could you be inspired to do better?
Nada Khan discusses practical aspects of supporting migrants from Ukraine in UK primary care.
Yathu Maheswaran reflects on what TV 'This is going to hurt' might teach medical trainees
Vasumathy Sivarajasingam argues that improving healthcare for healthcare workers might improve the overall healthcare service as well as the welfare and morale of those who work for it
Drs Laura Heath and Sheena Sharma present their bereavement toolkit, designed to aid healthcare practitioners navigate this potentially difficult space by providing real-world consultation ‘tools’.
Rabia Aftab suggests that the option of ‘doing nothing’ should be shared with patients, but is this nothing actually quite a powerful something?
Samar Razaq reflects on expectations of treatment when an illness is not well understood and medical evidence is lacking or unclear
Giles Dawnay considers practitioner, patient, culture and politics in his reflections on the present and relationship between GP and patient
"Through partnership rather than paternalism, the future patient–GP relationship will embrace the change of the world yet to come." — Nathaniel Roocroft, winner of this year's Kieran Sweeney Prize, sets out a future vision of general practice.
Narinder Bansal and colleagues argue that clinicians should be sensitive to how experiences of poor listening and relating can replicate and trigger wider experiences of marginalisation.
Arthur Kaufman reflects on the good old days for medical writers
Stoic philosophy was based on the recognition that we cannot escape what is destined for us. An acceptance of inevitability has a number of implications for working as a GP. Austin O'Carroll wrestles with fate.
Richard Armitage argues that insufficient sleep should be regarded as a serious problem requiring the urgent attention of public health and primary care practitioners.
Ed Warren asks if the north of England needs its own consultation model. Or will 'levelling up' be sufficient?
It is only in recent years that the physical and emotional burden faced by those in the medical profession has been raised. What can be done at both a structural and individual level to aid the wellbeing of medical staff? Dr Feryad
Joel Brown examines the sales pitch for a career in private general practice, and is left feeling proud of working for the NHS
John Launer reflects that Pather Panchali is a masterpiece in its own right but there are particular reasons why GPs might want to find time to watch it. Few other movies show such a profound understanding of family life among people living
Peter Toon reflects on registering overseas vaccinations in the UK and asks if there are lessons for the NHS as a whole
Kath Brown argues that although Covid has exposed our long-standing domestic drivers of poor health, we simply cannot ignore global health inequalities during a global pandemic. Vaccinating the world also in all of our interests.
