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Volume 74(742); May 2024

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Editor’s Briefing

Overcoming, and not just watching the flames

Nada Khan

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 195. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737049

PMCID:: PMC11060827

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Editorials

The real work of general practice: understanding our hidden workload

Stephen J Woolford, Jessica Watson, Joanne Reeve, Tess Harris

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 196–197. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737061

PMCID:: PMC11060809

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan: what does this mean for general practices?

Aamena Bharmal, Ravi Parekh, Arti Maini, Richard Pinder, Azeem Majeed

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 198–199. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737073

PMCID:: PMC11060822

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Endometriosis: time to think differently (and together)

Sharon Dixon, Rebecca Mawson, Ulrik Bak Kirk, Andrew W Horne

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 200–201. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737085

PMCID:: PMC11060812

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Letters

GPs spend 14% of their session time documenting consultation notes and updating electronic health records

Peter J Edwards

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 202. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737097

PMCID:: PMC11060803

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Depression follow-up monitoring with the PHQ-9: open cluster-randomised controlled trial

Lisa de Beste, Ieteke Ossendrijver, Lukas Koet, Madelon van Tilborg-den Boeft

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 202–203. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737109

PMCID:: PMC11060819

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Author response

Tony Kendrick

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 203. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737121

PMCID:: PMC11060820

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Physician associates: dissociated doctors

James T Gray

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 203–204. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737133

PMCID:: PMC11060828

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Enhancing empathy in GP consultations

Denis Pereira Gray, Kate Sidaway-Lee, Nada Khan, Philip Evans

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 204. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737145

PMCID:: PMC11060815

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025

Can radical listening radicalise general practice?

Ellen L Voute

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 204. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737157

PMCID:: PMC11060806

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Life & Times

An adventure in space and theme

Andrew Papanikitas

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 214. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737205

PMCID:: PMC11060798

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Diverging at the horizon

Ben Hoban

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 215. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737217

PMCID:: PMC11060824

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Job titles in health care should be in service of patient safety, not status elevation

Cathal T Gallagher

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 216–217. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737229

PMCID:: PMC11060821

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

How to ‘drug’ our way out of the obesity crisis (or not): the roll-out of semaglutide

Nada Khan

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 218. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737241

PMCID:: PMC11060807

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Yonder: Thank you, Ahmed Rashid, email consultations, ethics rounds, and medical elective fees

Alex Burrell

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 220. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737253

PMCID:: PMC11060817

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

My friend, Charlotte Williamson

Patricia Wilkie OBE

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 221. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737265

PMCID:: PMC11060802

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025

The Diary of a Somebody: on the banality of heroism

John Launer

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 222–223. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737277

PMCID:: PMC11060813

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Books: Belly Woman: The peril of slow crises

Trisha Greenhalgh

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 224. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737289

PMCID:: PMC11060814

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Books: Thinking About Patients: The psychology and sociology of medicine

Andrew Papanikitas

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 225. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737301

PMCID:: PMC11060804

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

At the National Theatre: Nye

Graham Easton

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 226. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737313

PMCID:: PMC11060808

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Does Google make me look more or less stupid?

Tim Senior

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 227. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737325

PMCID:: PMC11060799

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Analysis

Transition processes for newly qualified paramedics entering primary care: a critical discussion and theoretical perspective

Joe Copson, Georgette Eaton, Kamal R Mahtani

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 228–231. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737337

PMCID:: PMC11060825

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Assessment and treatment of reflux-like symptoms in the community: a multidisciplinary perspective

Peter J Kahrilas, Foteini Anastasiou, Kevin Barrett, Lovy Beh, Decio Chinzon, Bethany Doerfler, Elsa López-Pintor, Jacqueline Maimin, Juan M Mendive, Tiffany Taft, A Pali Hungin

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 232–235. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737349

PMCID:: PMC11060810

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Clinical Practice

Hyperhidrosis: assessment and management in general practice

Sally Ashton, Sarah Winter, Carla Thomas, Avad Mughal, Faraz Mughal

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 236–238. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737361

PMCID:: PMC11060811

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 26, 2025; PubMed

Research

Does shortage of GPs matter? A cross-sectional study of practice population life expectancy

Richard Baker, Louis S Levene, Christopher Newby, George K Freeman

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): e283–e289. Published online 2024 Apr 16. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0195

PMCID:: PMC11044019

Article PDF–121K

Exploring whether primary care networks can contribute to the national goal of reducing health inequalities: a mixed-methods study

Lynsey Warwick-Giles, Joseph Hutchinson, Kath Checkland, Jonathan Hammond, Donna Bramwell, Simon Bailey, Matt Sutton

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): e290–e299. Published online 2024 Apr 16. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0258

PMCID:: PMC11060797

Article PDF–537K

Factors affecting the experience of joined-up, continuous primary care in the absence of relational continuity: an observational study

Patrick Burch, William Whittaker, Peter Bower, Katherine Checkland

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): e300–e306. Published online 2024 Feb 6. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0208

PMCID:: PMC10877618

Article PDF–112K

Predicting anticipated benefit from an extended consultation to personalise care in multimorbidity: a development and internal validation study of a prioritisation algorithm in general practice

Mieke JL Bogerd, Collin JC Exmann, Pauline Slottje, Jettie Bont, Hein PJ Van Hout

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): e307–e314. Published online 2024 Apr 16. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0114

PMCID:: PMC11044021

Article PDF–144K

Challenges and enablers to implementation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in primary care: a qualitative study

Bethan Jones, Zoe Anchors, Sarah Voss, Nicola Walsh

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): e315–e322. Published online 2024 Apr 16. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0433

PMCID:: PMC11044017

Article PDF–125K

Implementing the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in seven English Primary Care Networks: a qualitative study

Donna Bramwell, Jonathan Hammond, Lynsey Warwick-Giles, Simon Bailey, Kath Checkland

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): e323–e329. Published online 2024 Apr 16. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0216

PMCID:: PMC11044018

Article PDF–119K

Improving access to general practice for and with people with severe and multiple disadvantage: a qualitative study

Lucy C Potter, Tracey Stone, Julie Swede, Florrie Connell, Helen Cramer, Helen McGeown, Maria Carvalho, Jeremy Horwood, Gene Feder, Michelle Farr, Bridging Gaps

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): e330–e338. Published online 2024 Apr 3. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0244

PMCID:: PMC11005924

Article PDF–155K

Operational failures in general practice: a consensus-building study on the priorities for improvement

Carol Sinnott, Ahmed Alboksmaty, Jordan M Moxey, Katherine I Morley, Sarah Parkinson, Jenni Burt, Mary Dixon-Woods

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): e339–e346. Published online 2024 Apr 16. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0321

PMCID:: PMC11044020

Article PDF–221K

Continuity and breaches in GP care and their associations with mortality for patients with chronic disease: an observational study using Norwegian registry data

Sahar Pahlavanyali, Øystein Hetlevik, Valborg Baste, Jesper Blinkenberg, Steinar Hunskaar

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): e347–e354. Published online 2024 Apr 16. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0211

PMCID:: PMC11044022

Article PDF–164K

Correction

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 May; 74(742): 204. Published online 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X737169

Corrects:: Br J Gen Pract. 2016 May; 66(646): e362–e364.

PMCID:: PMC11060801

Correction PDF–53K

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