Team climate, job satisfaction, burnout and practice performance: results of a national survey of staff in general practices in England by Peter Williams, Heather Gage, Bridget Jones, Carole Aspden, Jessica Smylie, Thomas Bird, Morro M. L. Touray, Phelim Brady, John Campbell, Rupa Chilvers, Catherine Marchand, Stephen Peckham, Suzanne H. Richards, Karen Spilsbury, Mark Joy, Simon de Lusignan

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The overlooked challenges facing out-of-hours primary care in the NHS: a missed opportunity in policy by Alexandra L Creavin, Sam T Creavin

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The BJGP Open Top 10 Most Read Research Articles of 2024: an editorial by Alice M Harper, Hajira Dambha-Miller

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Exploring the levels of variation, inequality and use of physical activity intervention referrals in England primary care from 2017–2020: a retrospective cohort study by Uy Hoang, Harshana Liyanage, Simon de Lusignan, John Williams, Filipa Ferreira, Ivelina Yonova, Julian Sherlock, Anant Jani, Dylan McGagh, Cecilia Okusi

“…We also explore variation and inequalities in referrals to these interventions in England across the study period.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting England primary care via the Royal College of General Practitioners Research Surveillance Centre.Participants The Royal College of General Practitioners Research Surveillance Centre, a sentinel network across England covering a population of over 15 000 000 registered patients, was used for data analyses covering the 2017–2020 financial years and including patients with long-term conditions indicating CVD risk factors.Outcome measures An existing ontology of primary care codes was used to capture physical activity interventions and a new ontology was designed to cover long-term conditions indicating CVD risk factors. …”
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in middle-aged adults: a significant problem with a lack of action and evidence to address it by Michael Naughton, Frank Moriarty, Patrick Redmond

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Risk of venous thromboembolism in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: a UK matched cohort study by Maya H Buch, Simon de Lusignan, Peter Irving, Kaivan Khavandi, James Galloway, Kevin Barrett, Monica Nijher, Ruth Nicholson

“…Objectives To describe the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), and risk factors for VTE, in people with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID) (ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease (CD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA)), compared with a matched control population.Methods A total of 53 378 people with an IMID were identified over 1999–2019 in the UK Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre (RSC) primary care database and were matched to 213 512 people without an IMID. …”
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Relevance of Safety Netting in Handling Diagnostic Uncertainty in Primary Care by Abayomi O. Ayodapo, Olayide T. Elegbede

“…Safety ne ng is a key element of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) curriculum, features multiple consultation models and clinical guidelines, and is recognised as forming part of 'best practice' in primary care. …”
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Improving the quality of clinical training in the workplace: implementing formative assessment visits by Robert Mash, Zelra Malan, Julia Blitz, Jill Edwards

“…The South African Academy of Family Physicians in collaboration with the Royal College of General Practitioners has adopted a short course to train clinical trainers and a process of formative assessment visits (FAVs) for clinical trainers in the workplace. …”
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Approaches to recording drug allergies in electronic health records: qualitative study. by Bernard Fernando, Zoe Morrison, Dipak Kalra, Kathrin Cresswell, Aziz Sheikh

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We undertook a case study comprising of 21 in-depth interviews with a purposefully selected group of primary and secondary care clinicians, academics, and members of the informatics and drug regulatory communities, observations in four General Practices and an expert group discussion with 15 participants from the Allergy and Respiratory Expert Resource Group of the Royal College of General Practitioners.<h4>Results</h4>There was widespread acceptance among healthcare professionals of the need for accurate recording of drug allergies and adverse drug reactions. …”
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Do marked discharge summaries with recommendation text boxes enhance patient safety? A nationwide survey by Thorbjørn H Mikkelsen, Jesper B Nielsen, Maria M Storsveen, Jens Søndergaard

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Collecting sociodemographic data in primary care: qualitative interviews in community health centres by Rachel Thelen, Sara Bhatti, Jennifer Rayner, Agnes Grudniewicz

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Hammering nails with a screwdriver: how GPs perceive video consultations by Magnus Repstad Wanderås, Eirik Abildsnes, Elin Thygesen, Santiago Gil Martinez

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Comparative effectiveness of live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) and inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) in children over multiple influenza seasons (2019–2023) by Allyn Bandell, George Kassianos, Oliver Dibben, Georges El Azzi

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GPs’ experience of difficult decisions in people with dementia who have an acute illness: a qualitative, semi-structured interview study by Samuel Lassa, Chris Burton, Jon M Dickson

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Arab community perceptions and awareness of family medicine: a systematic review by Beesan Maraqa, Zaher Nazzal, Therese Zink

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Patient experiences of remote consulting with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis and fibromyalgia: a qualitative study by Helen Leach, Abi Eccles, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Helen Atherton

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Realities of opioid and gabapentinoid deprescribing in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities: a qualitative evaluation by Charlotte L Parbery-Clark, Jennie Sofia Portice, Sarah Sowden

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AI-guided DVT diagnosis in primary care: protocol for cohort with qualitative assessment by Kerstin Nothnagel, Alastair Hay, Jessica Watson, Jonathan Banks

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Improving discharge summaries from hospital with a brief recommendation text box: results from a nationwide survey by Thorbjørn H Mikkelsen, Jesper B Nielsen, Maria M Storsveen, Jens Søndergaard

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Prevalence and predictors of annual asthma reviews in Scottish primary care data: an observational study by Holly Tibble, Alexandria Ming Wai Chung

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