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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 #PrimaryCare

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/… Becky White Matthew Barclay @Glyratzopoulos Behavioural Science & Health UCL The UCL Institute of Health Informatics Brian D Nicholson Spiros Denaxas 🦆 Dr Meena Rafiq

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… Ruben Burvenich Jan Verbakel #PrimaryCare #Prescribing

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

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…

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

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

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

“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… Sophie Rees Jon Banks #Shingles

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… Danielle Schoenaker Primary Care Research Centre

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… Warwick Med School University of Warwick

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… Primary Care Research Centre #PrimaryCare #Cancer

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

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… Nacho Ricci Cabello IdISBa

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