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BJGP
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We are the BJGP - the British Journal of General Practice. We publish primary care research + comment to serve the international community. Editor: @euanlawson.social here on Bluesky.
BJGP: bjgp.org | BJGPLife: bjgplife.com
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This realist review examines the organisational- & system-level factors affecting GPs in their work and proposes recommendations to support a sustainable GP workforce and the delivery of effective and equitable patient care doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @emilyowenboukra.bsky.social @sophiepark.bsky.social
GP workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review | British Journal of General Practice
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January 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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BJGPLife: The gatekeepers and the wizards revisited (part 1): Seventy eight years of fairy tales
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#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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GPs are critical to early #Cancer recurrence detection, with nearly 70% of patients with a symptomatic presentation having their diagnostic pathway initiated in #GeneralPractice between 2022 and 2024.

However, a systematic approach is needed to support the role of GPs doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Detecting cancer recurrence in general practice: a Danish national cohort study | British Journal of General Practice
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January 28, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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BJGPLife: Episode 221: BJGP Top 10 research most read and published in 2025
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#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
January 27, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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BJGPLife: Leviathans and a different sort of contract
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#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
January 27, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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BJGPLife: Book review: How Animals Heal Us
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#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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BJGPLife: The alchemy of doubt, praise, and progress
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#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Listen to BJGP Editors discuss the #BJGPTop10 most read research papers of 2025 bjgplife.com/221

#PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
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January 27, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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GPs’ autonomy, belonging, and competence are lower in high-turnover practices, highlighting key work-related predictors of #GeneralPractice workforce retention doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
January 27, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Congratulations to the #BJGPTop10, and to ALL of the research teams who published papers in the BJGP in 2024. #PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
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January 26, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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No. 1 #BJGPTop10 Insomnia: Effectiveness of amitriptyline and mirtazapine for insomnia doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
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#Insomnia #SleepDisorders #RCT #MentalHealth #PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
January 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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No. 2 #BJGPTop10 AI in lung cancer detection: AI algorithm identifies risk of lung cancer 4 months earlier doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

#LungCancer #CancerResearch #AIHealthcare #DigitalHealth #EarlyDetection #MedicalInnovation #ArtificialIntelligence #PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
January 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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No.3 #BJGPTop10 Irritable bowel syndrome: Trying low-dose amitriptyline for IBS outweighed patients' concerns
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#ATLANTISTrial #IBS #DigestiveHealth #PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
January 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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No. 4 #BJGPTop10 Hybrid general practice: Risks of hybrid general practice and its challenges to quality care doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @oohgpwales.bsky.social

#HybridCare #DigitalHealth #HealthcareInnovation #HealthPolicy #HealthTech #PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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No. 5 #BJGPTop10 Antidepressants and postural hypotension: A risk to consider when prescribing for over 60s doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
#MentalHealth #Antidepressants #PatientSafety #HealthcareResearch #OlderAdults #AdverseEffects #FallsPrevention #PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
January 23, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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No. 6 #BJGPTop10 Technostress: Compromises and frictions embedded in the digitalised workplace doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @francescadakin.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @fshi.bsky.social
#Technostress #DigitalHealth #HealthcareInnovation #BJGP
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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No. 7 #BJGPTop10 What patients want from access to GP: Same-day appointments are not what patients always want doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @h-atherton.bsky.social @uos-primarycare.bsky.social
#PatientAccess #PatientExperience #SystematicReview #MedicalResearch #HealthPolicy #PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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No. 8 #BJGPTop10 Paramedics in general practice: Comparing paramedics in general practice with GPs doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
#Paramedics #PrimaryCare #HealthcareInnovation #UrgentCare #PatientExperience #GPWorkload #TeamCare #BJGP #research
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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BJGPLife: Just say NO: the growing toll of nitrous oxide in General Practice
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#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
January 22, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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No. 9 #BJGPTop10 Prostate cancer detection: PSA testing diagnoses 1 in 5 asymptomatic patients doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
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#ProstateCancer #PSATesting #CancerDetection #AsymptomaticTesting #CancerAwareness #HealthScreening #EarlyDetection #PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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No. 10 #BJGPTop10 Clinical pharmacists: Prescribing quality improved in practices with clinical pharmacists doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
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#ClinicalPharmacists #Prescribing #MultidisciplinaryCare #OpioidReduction #AntibioticStewardship #PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
January 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Countdown to #BJGPTop10 starts 21 January 2026. Find out the Top 10 most-read research published in 2025. #PrimaryCare #BJGP #research
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January 21, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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BJGPLife: How doctors learn not to listen
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January 21, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Critically ill prisoners need improved safety of care according to new #research doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

#PrisonHealthcare #CriticalIllness #PatientSafety #EmergencyCare #SafetyIncidents #BJGP #PrimaryCare #GeneralPractice #FamilyMedicine
Critical illness in prisons
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January 20, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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BJGPLife: Episode 220: Safety incidents in prison healthcare: Lessons from critical illness
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#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
January 20, 2026 at 9:41 AM