In this episode, we talk about working in the Deep End network in Northern Ireland.
Dr Kimberley Foley talks through findings from their study showing the impact of Covid on primary care contacts with children and young people in the first lockdown.
Drs Rohini Mathur and Sally Hull talk us through a London-based primary care study of diabetes sub-groups that could have big implications for how we managing type 2 diabetes in the future.
Dr David Whiteley tells us about qualitative research that explored and developed a pathway for HCV treatment in the community.
Amy Clark and Dr Kathryn Hughes tell us about research into the NICE traffic light system for assessing sick children.
Dr Jon Gibson talks us through research that explores how staff from diverse healthcare backgrounds in the primary care workforce are associated with system outcomes.
Professor Chris Butler tells us about the PRINCIPLE trial and the use of colchicine for COVID-19 in the community
Dr Charlotte Archer comes on the podcast to tell us about their study looking at prescribing for anxiety in the UK 2003-2018.
Dr Laura Jefferson joins us to talk about findings from a systematic review of GP welling during Covid-19.
Dr Austin O'Carroll tell us how medicine contributes to the systemic oppression of people born into poverty.
Episode 066: Do we need greater stratification of routine blood test monitoring in people on DMARDs?
Professor Trish Greenhalgh talks about important research on why GPs rarely use video consultations - though they would like to have the option in some cases.
Professor Trish Greenhalgh talks about important research on why GPs rarely use video consultations - though they would like to have the option in some cases.
We talk to Dr Christo Karuna who goes through a new systematic review and meta-analysis on the global burden of burnout amongst general practitioners.
In this episode, Mr Ashu Gandhi talks through the findings from a large prospective cohort study showing that there was no association between breast pain alone and breast cancer.
We are joined by Dr Hassan Awan who runs through the findings from a qualitative systematic review that offers insight into how to help people with emotional distress, anxiety and depression from South Asian ethnicities.
In this episode we talk to Dr Joāo Delgado about a recent Exeter study that shows higher continuity of care with a GP is associated with important clinical outcomes in people with dementia.
We are joined by Professor Jeremy Horwood who tells us more about a qualitative study into the unintended consequences of online consultations.
We talk to Dr Gail Hayward about a randomised controlled trial that has shown no reduced contamination with urine collection devices in urine samples of women with uncomplicated UTIs.
In this episode we talk to Dr Stephen Bradley about the variation in the use of CXRs between practices and the implications for early diagnosis of lung cancer.
We talk to Dr Christos Grigoroglou and Professor Kieran Walshe about some of the findings, not all expected, from a study exploring the use of locums in England.
Dr Anita Lim talks about a trial that found offering older women non-speculum sampling with their clinician can improve uptake for cervical screening.
Dr Iona Heath talks about the GP crisis and offers a rewilding approach for the future direction of general practice.
Dr Jordan Moxey and Dr Carol Sinnott come on the podcast to tell us about research that directly observed what consumes GPs’ time and what disrupts their ability to complete tasks.
Dr Claire Friedemann Smith talks about the patient perspective on GPs who use gut feelings to help facilitate diagnosis.
Professor Helen Snooks tells us about a study exploring why a risk prediction tool (PRISM) in general practice actually increased emergency and hospital admissions and we discuss the importance of evaluating interventions before they are introduced as policy.
Dr Lucy Martin tells us about her research into mid-career resilience. Resilience is often discussed and, as a concept, it is not generally well understood but with GPs under severe pressure it is now more important than ever for us to explore
Dr Patrick Highton talks us through a RCT that promoted physical activity in people with multimorbidity. Unfortunately, no benefit was seen and we discuss the challenges of trials and future avenues to explore.
Dr Alex Walker talks us through the OpenSAFELY analysis of 58 millions records exploring the coding of long Covid.
Longitudinal continuity with a named GP can reduce hospital admissions and deaths and is 'dose-dependent'.
This study examined whether GP continuity of care matters and 4.5 million Norwegian patients and their named GPs were included. There is a strong association between continuity and patient outcomes including hospitalisations and mortality.
Professor Brendan Delaney talks us through some key recommendations around long Covid from a new Delphi study.
Dr Thomas Round talks about research that shows how 2-week wait referrals for cancer have more than doubled up to 2018/2019.
Professor Stewart Mercer talks about how the implementation of social prescribing via a link worker programme has worked in Deep End practices in Glasgow and offers his expert thoughts on the evidence base in this area, the inverse care law and addressing
This study gives insights into how GPs document safety-netting advice and how it compares to what actually happened in the consultation.
Anouk Weghorst takes us through the findings from a RCT studying the use of ondansetron in primary care in children with gastroenteritis.
We discuss a new randomised controlled trial exploring the use of ondansetron for vomiting in children with gastroenteritis.
LUTS are common and Professor Adrian Edwards talks through research on the experiences of GPs and patients.
Dr Sharon Dixon talks through research on diagnosing endometriosis in primary care.
We speak to Dr Faraz Mughal about young people who self-harm and how we can improve primary care services for them.
We speak to Dr Ian Bennett-Briton about a system of continuous risk-based peer review and how GPs found it.
We speak to Dr Julian Treadwell about how GPs talk to patients about numbers and how we feel about discussing risks and benefits.