In this episode, we talk to Dr Lynsey Warwick-Giles, a Research Associate based within the Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research at the University of Manchester.  Title of paper: Can Primary Care Networks contribute to the national goal of reducing health inequalities? A mixed method study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0258 Primary Care Networks are an important policy development in English primary care, with an additional contract supporting practices to...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Sahar Pahlavanyali, a doctor and PhD candidate based at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Bergen in Norway.  Title of paper: Continuity and breaches in GP care and their associations with mortality for patients with chronic disease: an observational study using Norwegian registry data Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0211 There is a growing body of evidence on advantages of continuity, and a GP personal...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Zoe Anchors, a Research Fellow based at the Centre for Health and Clinical Research at the University of the West of England.  Title of paper: A qualitative investigation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in primary care’ Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0433 The government has delivered on its commitment of recruiting 26,000 more primary care professionals through the ARRS in order to reduce patient waiting lists, widen the range of...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Lucy Potter, a GP and a doctoral research fellow based at the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol. Title of paper: Improving access to general practice for and with people with severe and multiple disadvantage Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0244 This study builds on previous work showing that continuity of care, being able to develop a trusting relationship and being proactive are of particular importance in providing...

We are taking a break from the BJGP podcast this week for Easter, but we’ll be back on 9 April 2024. 

In this episode, we talk to Professor Miranda Pallan, a public health doctor who is Professor of Child and Adolescent Public Health at the University of Birmingham. Title of paper: Supporting healthcare professionals to address child weight with parents: a qualitative study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0238 Healthcare professionals (HCPs) working in primary care and community settings are known to experience barriers in discussing child excess weight with parents. We...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Susan Moschogianis, a Research Associate based at the Health Services Research and Primary Care team at the University of Manchester. Title of paper: Patient experiences of an online consultation system: qualitative study in primary care post-COVID-19 Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0076 Online consultation systems (OCSs) have been rolled out rapidly, but little is known about patients’ experiences using them. We undertook the largest ever...

In this episode, we talk to Laiba Hussain, a THIS Institute Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. Title of paper: Developing user personas to capture intersecting dimensions of disadvantage in marginalised older patients: a qualitative study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0412 Equity is an important core value in primary care, but meeting the needs of patients who are multiply disadvantaged is...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Shamil Haroon, Associate Clinical Professor and Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine at the University of Birmingham, and Dr Prasad Nagakumar, a Paediatric Respiratory Consultant.  Title of paper: Post-hospitalisation asthma management in primary care: a retrospective cohort study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0214 Asthma is a common cause of hospital admissions and clinical guidelines recommend that hospitalised patients are followed...

In this episode, we talk to Patrick Burch, a GP and a THIS Institute PhD fellow at the Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research at the University of Manchester. Title of paper: An observational study of how clinicians, patients and the health care system create the experience of joined up, continuous primary care in the absence of relational continuity DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0208 The way that many modern healthcare systems are designed increasingly relies on the...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Shoba Dawson, a Senior Research Fellow within the School of Medicine and Population Health at the University of Sheffield . Title of paper: Understanding non-recreational prescription medication sharing behaviours: A systematic review Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0189 Sharing of prescription medicines for non-recreational purposes is a form of inappropriate medication use and such practices can cause delays in seeking medical care, masking the...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Cathy Morgan, a Research Fellow within the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration at the University of Manchester, and Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham, GP and Professor of General Practice Research at Keele University.  Title of paper: Identifying prior signals of bipolar disorder using primary care electronic health records Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0286 Delayed diagnosis and treatment of BD of between 6-10 years leads...

Joining me today are the Editor in Chief of the BJGP and my two fellow associate editors, Sam Merriel and Tom Round. This week we’re taking the time to reflect back on some of the most read research here at the BJGP, looking at the top 10 papers of 2023.   BJGP Top 10 research  This collection of Top 10 research most read and published in 2023 brings together high-profile primary care research and clinical innovation. Listen to the accompanying podcast in which BJGP Editors discuss the Top...

In this episode, we talk to Professor Kate Brain, who is a Professor of Health Psychology, within the School of Medicine at Cardiff University. Title of paper: Satisfaction with remote consultations in primary care during COVID-19: a population survey of UK adults Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0092 Remote consultations became more widespread during the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to date. However, patterns of association between demographic characteristics and...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Jennifer Voorhees, who is a GP in Tameside and an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer based at the University of Manchester.  Title of paper: A paradox of access problems in general practice: a qualitative participatory case study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0276 Access to general practice is an important topic, yet research and policies addressing access often take a simplistic definition, resulting in a lack of understanding of the complexities...

In this episode, we talk to Isabel Leach, who is a final year medical student at the University of Sheffield.  Title of paper: Understanding patient views and experiences of the IDENTIfication of PALLiative care needs (IDENTI-Pall): a qualitative interview study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0071 Understanding into patient views and experiences of identification of palliative care needs is lacking. This study suggests an individualised and compassionate approach is required,...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Alice Harper, an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow based at the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol.  Title of paper: Understanding the patient experience of coeliac disease diagnosis: a qualitative interview study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0299 Previous qualitative studies on coeliac disease (CD) focus on patient experience after diagnosis. This study found patients experience uncertainty during the pathway to CD...

In this Christmas edition of the BJGP podcast we discuss Christmas stocking filler books. We're joined by Ben Hoban, Nada Khan, Euan Lawson and Andrew Papanikitas and talk through four books for the holiday season.

A quick note to say we're taking a break over Christmas but we'll be back with another BJGP Interview on 9 January 2024.

In this episode, we talk to Dr Garth Funston, who is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Primary Care Cancer Research within the Wolfson Institute of Population Health at Queen Mary University of London. Title of paper: Pre-diagnostic prescription patterns in bladder and renal cancer: a longitudinal linked data study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0122 Previous studies have demonstrated that prescription rates for certain medications increase many months before the diagnosis of...

In this episode, we talk to Professor Stephane Jouneau, Professor in Pulmonology and Dr Anthony Chapron, a GP and Associate Professor from the University of Rennes in France.  Title of paper: Early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: a randomised controlled trial Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0565  In primary care, the use of questions adapted from symptoms and risk factors identified by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung...

In this episode, we talk to Professor Katharine Wallis, Head of the General Practice Clinical Unit at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. We caught up with her whilst she was in the UK to discuss the paper that she and first author Suzanne McDonald have published here in the BJGP. Title of paper: Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support antidepressant cessation: A qualitative think-aloud study with patients Available at:...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Georgia Richards, who is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford.  Paper: Private prescribing of controlled opioids in England, 2014-2021: a retrospective observational study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0146 There are concerns over the long-term, high-dose use of opioids in people with chronic pain – trends for which have been described using NHS prescription data. However, opioids can also be...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Monica Molinaro, who is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Sciences Education at McGill University in Canada.  Title of paper: You’re doing everything you possibly could do, and you know it’s not enough”: Family physician narratives of moral distress Available: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0193 The moral distress of physicians who cannot provide adequate care due to systemic deficits is seldom heard in contemporary discussions about health...