BJGP Interviews

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 p...

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 prov...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Sharon James, a Research Fellow and Project Manager based at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University in Australia.  Title of paper: lnterconception care in Australian general practice: a qualitative study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0624 Interconception care (ICC) provides an opportunity to address risk factor...

In this episode, we talk to Mr James Bailey, a Colorectal Research Fellow from the Nottingham Colorectal Service. Paper: Sociodemographic Variations in the Uptake of Faecal Immunochemical Tests in Primary Care Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0033 FIT is increasingly used to triage patients with symptoms suggestive of colorectal cancer but variations in use by demographics, ethnicit...

In this episode, we’re doing something a bit different. Last week, the BJGP team attended the annual Royal College of GPs conference up in Glasgow, and presented a workshop looking at continuity of care. In this podcast, we’re going to pull together some of what we spoke about at that workshop, which highlighted some of the exceptional research that has been published in the BJGP on cont...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Nish Jayasooriya, Research Fellow and specialist registrar in gastroenterology and hepatology. Paper: Adherence to 5-aminosalicylic acid maintenance treatment in young people with ulcerative colitis: a retrospective cohort study in primary care Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0006 Adolescents and young adults diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) are...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Lizzie Emsley and Dr Eszter Szilassy from the University of Bristol. Paper: General practice as a place to receive help for domestic abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study in England and Wales Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0528 General practice is an important place for patients experiencing or perpetrating domestic violen...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Francine Toye and Dr Sharon Dixon, both working at Oxford on this project.  Title of paper: Understanding primary care perspectives on supporting women’s health needs: a qualitative study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0141 The Women’s Health Strategy for England highlighted a need to understand and develop how general practice can support women...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Jessica Watson, who is a GP and NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in general practice based at the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol. Paper: ‘Why test study: a UK-wide audit using the Primary Care Academic CollaboraTive to explore the reasons for primary care testing’. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0191 Previous research ha...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Liz Sturgiss, who is an Associate Professor of Primary Care Research at the School of Primary and Allied Health Care at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Paper: Multifaceted intervention to increase the delivery of alcohol brief interventions in primary care: a mixed-methods process analysis Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0613 Brief interven...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Victoria Welsh and Dr Claire Burton, who are both GPs and lecturers in primary care at the Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research at Keele University.  Title of paper: Trends in musculoskeletal consultations and prescribing: an electronic primary care records study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0648 Rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders (...

In this episode, we talk to Margje van de Wiel from the Department of Work and Social Psychology, at Maastricht University in The Netherlands. Title of paper: ‘How do patients in general practice voice their gut feelings and value them?’ Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0427 We know that primary care professionals acknowledge the usefulness of patients’ gut feelings for their clinic...

We're taking a two week summer break, but why not hear more about the BJGP Research Conference which is being held on 22 March 2024. Learn more about the conference at https://bjgp.org/conference .

We're taking a two week summer break, but why not hear more about the BJGP Research Conference which is being held on 22 March 2024. Learn more about the conference at www.https://bjgp.org/conference.

In this episode, we talk to Line Pedersen and Anne Sophie Oxholm from the Research Unit for General Practice at the University of Southern Denmark. Title of paper: Mapping general practitioners’ motivation: It is not all about the money. A nation-wide cross-sectional survey study from Denmark Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0563 Understanding physicians’ motivation may be essential...

In this episode, we talk to Charlie Coombs who is a medical student and School for Primary Care Research intern working at University College London.  Title of paper: Opportunities, challenges and implications of primary care micro-teams for patients and healthcare professionals: an international systematic review Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0545 The number of GP practices...

In this episode, we talk to Professor Jonathan Mant who is Professor of Primary Care and Head of the Primary Care Unit within the Department of Public Health & Primary Care in the University of Cambridge.  Title of paper: Progression of stroke risk in atrial fibrillation: Cohort study in general practice Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0568 New technologies are likely...

In this episode, we talk to Emma Whitfield, who is a PhD student in the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care at University College London. Title of paper: Diagnostic windows in non-neoplastic diseases: a systematic review Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0044 Improving timeliness of diagnosis is imperative across disease types. This review identified that for a range of nonneop...

In this episode, we’re going to do something a bit different and recognise some exceptional researchers here in the UK. We talk to Dr Sarah Bailey and Dr Ben Brown, this year’s winners of the Royal College of GPs and Society for Academic Primary Care early career researcher award. This award, which has a long history of recognising the up and coming superstars of primary care research, r...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Laura Jefferson, who is a Research Fellow within the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York.  Title of paper: ‘Exploring gender differences in uptake of GP partnership roles: a qualitative mixed methods study’ .  Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0544 An unadjusted gender pay gap of 33.5% exists in general practice, reflecting...

In this episode, we talk to Ruth Swann who is a Senior Analyst for Cancer Research UK in partnership with NHS England, about the study she’s published alongside colleagues here in the BJGP.  Title of paper: Comparison between the 2018 and 2014 National Cancer Diagnosis Audits for England Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0268 There is ongoing national monitoring of elements of t...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Alex Hodkinson, who is an NIHR senior research fellow within the NIHR Patient Safety Translational Research Centre at the University of Manchester.  Title of paper: Association of strong opioids and antibiotics prescribing with GP burnout: a retrospective cross-sectional study’.  Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0394 Prescribing has important...

In this episode, we talk to Ameerah Ibrahim and Carmel Hughes about the paper they’ve recently published in the BJGP titled, ‘GPs’ and pharmacists’ views of integrating pharmacists into general practices: a qualitative study’ Title of paper: GPs’ and pharmacists’ views of integrating pharmacists into general practices: a qualitative study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0518 Little...

Today we are talking to Dr Nick Thomas, who is clinical lead for research at the Royal College of General Practice here in the UK. Read more about research here at the RCGP: https://www.rcgp.org.uk/representing-you/research-at-rcgp And for more information about the Research and Surveillance Centre, look here: https://www.rcgp.org.uk/representing-you/research-at-rcgp/research-surveillance-centre I...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Joe Hutchinson, an academic clinical fellow at the Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research at the University of Manchester.  Title of paper: Consequences of the closure of General Practices: a retrospective cross-sectional study DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0501 Closures of UK general practices are increasingly common, yet little is known...