British Journal of General Practice

04/04/2026

BJGPLife: When the work hurts twice: The double burden in palliative care
https://bjgplife.com/when-the-work-hurts-twice-the-double-burden-in-palliative-care/

03/04/2026

BJGPLife: Barriers and boundaries
https://bjgplife.com/barriers-and-boundaries/

02/04/2026

BJGPLife: Do you serve a farming community? Do you ‘make every contact count’?
https://bjgplife.com/do-you-serve-a-farming-community-do-you-make-every-contact-count/

01/04/2026

BJGPLife: Small acts. Deep knowing
https://bjgplife.com/small-acts-deep-knowing/

30/03/2026

BJGPLife: When life changes everything: A GP’s return to work after bereavement
https://bjgplife.com/when-life-changes-everything-a-gps-return-to-work-after-bereavement/

28/03/2026

BJGPLife: The inequality paradox: How Gepotidacin addresses the hidden social Gradient of antimicrobial Resistance
https://bjgplife.com/the-inequality-paradox-how-gepotidacin-addresses-the-hidden-social-gradient-of-antimicrobial-resistance/

27/03/2026

BJGPLife: Good sense of humour: an essential job requirement for general practice?
https://bjgplife.com/humour/

27/03/2026

The April 2026 BJGP is LIVE, with cancer diagnosis in primary care at its heart.
Highlights: prediagnostic lung cancer consultations and imaging, GenAI in clinical decision making, and tablets before liquids in paediatric prescribing. Also: self-referral pathways, clinical decision support barriers, polygenic risk scores, bereavement care in primary care, minor surgery economics, and who decides what counts as illness?
https://bjgp.org/content/76/765

27/03/2026

Widely available nasal sprays reduced RTI duration; an exercise/stress-management website reduced RTI incidence; and all interventions reduced illness severity and work days lost in this 12-month follow-up of a randomised open-label trial

Background The Immune Defence trial documented a short-term impact on respiratory tract infections (RTIs) for nasal sprays and a stress management and physical activity website. Aim To estimate the impact of sprays and the website after 12 months. Design and setting A four-arm parallel randomised co...

26/03/2026

BJGPLife: Listening under pressure: A proposed rethinking the short GP appointment
https://bjgplife.com/listening-under-pressure-a-proposed-rethinking-the-short-gp-appointment/

26/03/2026

Patients with symptoms of suspected may present to non-GP healthcare pharmacies; this summarises the global evidence on early cancer detection in community pharmacies https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0204

Background Patients with symptoms of suspected cancer usually present to general practice; however, they may present to other healthcare providers, such as community pharmacies. The clinical role of pharmacy staff has significantly increased in England in recent years. Aim To describe the range of i...