The British Journal of General Practice

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In #PrimaryCare patients with type 2 #Diabetes, DiabeText (personalised text messaging intervention) successfully improved quality of life, diabetes self-management, and self-reported medication adherence doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… @NachoRicci @idisbaib

BJGPLife: Yonder: Antidepressant follow-up, NHS app use, sore throats in community pharmacy, and dementia and anticholinergics bjgplife.com/yonderfeb25/

Cancer survivors’ quality of life improves with detailed generic NHS online support, but bespoke digital support provides better longer term global and symptom management, with substantially lower NHS costs doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… @UoS_PrimaryCare #PrimaryCare #Cancer

ReSPECT (Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment) is supported by patients and GPs in #PrimaryCare, but systemic and contextual challenges need to be addressed for successful implementation doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… @warwickmed @uniofwarwick

Preconception care: routinely collected UK #PrimaryCare data provides valuable information on patients’ medical, behavioural, and social risks to guide preconception care and future research doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… @D_Schoenaker @UoS_PrimaryCare

“Everyone has heard of it, but no one knows what it is” This qualitative study explored patient understandings of herpes zoster. #PrimaryCare practitioners should be aware of the broad spectrum of patient knowledge doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… @drsophierees @JonBanks10 #Shingles

BJGPLife: Using AI to improve skin cancer detection in primary care: the vision and barriers bjgplife.com/using-ai-to-im…

BJGPLife: What do I say next? Everyday mental health conversation in primary care: a practical guide by Sophie Jadwiga Ball and Liz Moulton bjgplife.com/what-do-i-say-…

BJGPLife: Stories and medical records bjgplife.com/medrecords/

BJGPLife: How far have family doctor organisations around the world progressed in protecting planetary health? bjgplife.com/how-far-have-f…

BJGPLife: Irresistible and immovable values bjgplife.com/irresistible-a…

Challenges to quality in modern, hybrid practice Hybrid general practice can contribute to fragmenting care. Understanding of the trade-offs of will help with providing the best care for patients. doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2…

January 2025 issue: 'The enshittification of general practice', communicating prognosis, ARRS, ‘Flattened, fattened, and forgotten’ - antipsychotic management, and earlier diagnosis of lung cancer. Plus personal continuity, machine learning, and AI bjgp.org/content/75/750

Paper safety-netting advice most effectively reduced antibiotic prescribing, consumption, and reconsultations in acutely ill children compared with usual care and other safety-netting methods doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… @RubenBurvenich @jan_verbakel #PrimaryCare #Prescribing

Older men with new-onset fatigue are relatively likely to have an undetected cancer, compared to other cohorts. Figure: 1-year disease risk in men bjgp.org/content/early/… @BexKWhite @MattBarclay89 @Glyratzopoulos @UCL_BSH @UCL_IHI @BrianDNicholson @SpirosDenaxas @DrMeenaRafiq

Approximately 41,000 appointments are required for children and young people with otorrhoea presenting to primary care in the UK each year costing £1.9 million, with children aged <2 years suffering most frequently doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… @RMCHosp @POSt_EarStudy #PrimaryCare