BJGP Interviews

In this episode, we talk to Dr Faraz Mughal, who is a practising NHS General Practitioner and NIHR Doctoral Fellow at the School of Medicine at Keele University. Title of paper: Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged males: a national consecutive case series study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0589 Preventing suicide in middle-aged males is a global priorit...

In this episode, we talk to Dr James Sheppard, who is an Associate Professor at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford.  Title of paper: Predicting the risk of acute kidney injury: Derivation and validation of STRATIFY-AKI Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0389 Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the more serious adverse events associ...

In this episode, we talk to Gillian Doe and Rachael Evans, both based at the University of Leicester. Title of paper: Diagnostic delays for breathlessness in primary care: a qualitative study to investigate current care and inform future pathways Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0475 Delays to diagnosis for patients presenting with chronic breathlessness are well described. This stu...

In this episode, we talk to Jennifer MacLellan and Sultana Bi about the paper they have recently published here in the BJGP. Title of paper: Primary care practitioners’ experiences of peri/menopause help-seeking among ethnic minority women Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0569 Ethnic minority women may have different experiences of the peri/menopause from their white peers. Ethnic m...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Gail Davidge and Dr Brian McMillan, who are both based at the Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research at the University of Manchester. Title of paper: Putting principles into practice: A qualitative exploration of the views and experiences of primary care staff regarding patients having online access to their electronic health record Available at: https:...

In this episode, we talk to Professor Jon Emery, who is the Herman Chair of Primary Care Cancer Research at the University of Melbourne.  Title of paper: The CRISP Trial: RCT of a decision support tool for risk-stratified colorectal cancer screening Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0480 Using risk models that account for family history, lifestyle and medical history could tailo...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Emma Ladds, who is a Primary Care In-Practice Fellow and GP based at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. Title of paper: ‘How have remote care approaches impacted continuity? A mixed-studies systematic review’ Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0398 The value of continuity in primary care has been repeated...

In this episode, we talk to Maria Mathews, who is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University in Canada.  Title of paper: Strengthening the integration of primary care in pandemic response plans: A qualitative interview study of Canadian family physicians Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0350 Previous pandemic plans have largely overlooked the importa...

In this episode, we talk to Professor Lucy Ziegler, Professor of Palliative Care and head of the St Gemma’s Academic Unit of Palliative Care at the University of Leeds. Title of paper: What characterises good home-based end-of-life care: Analysis of 5-year data from a nationwide mortality follow-back survey in England Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0315 Determinants of high qualit...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Simon Beerten, who is a GP and a research fellow from the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at KU Leuven in Belgium.  Title of paper: Trends in the registration of anxiety in Belgian primary care from 2000 to 2021: A registry-based study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0196 Figures on anxiety in general practice are scarce. This study...

In this episode, we talk to Professor Niro Siriwardena, Professor of Primary and Pre-hospital Health care at the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Lincoln.  Title of paper: Academic performance of ethnic minority versus White doctors in the MRCGP assessment 2016-2021: cross sectional study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0474 Differential attainment is wide...

In this episode, we talk to Professor Joe Kai, who is a GP and Clinical Professor in the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Nottingham.  Title of paper: Women’s experiences of heavy menstrual bleeding and medical treatment: Qualitative study Paper available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0460 Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is known to significantly affect women’s hea...

In this episode, we talk to Kelly Lloyd, who is a research fellow within the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences at the University of Leeds. Title of paper: A factorial randomised trial investigating factors influencing general practitioners’ willingness to prescribe aspirin for cancer preventive therapy in Lynch syndrome: a registered report Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2021.0610 Nat...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Sarah Tonkin-Crine, an Associate Professor and Health Psychologist based within the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford.  Title of paper: Implementing antibiotic stewardship in high prescribing English general practices: a mixed-methods study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0298 An intervention to suppo...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Bianca Perera, a GP in Tasmania who is undertaking a PhD at Monash University. Title of paper: General practice management of COPD patients following acute exacerbations: a qualitative study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0342 The period immediately following an acute exacerbation of COPD is a high-risk period for recurrence and a critical time to in...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Karin Smit, who is a GP trainee and PhD student at the Department of General Practice at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. Title of paper: Home monitoring by pulse oximetry of primary care patients with COVID-19 - a pilot randomised controlled trial Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0224 During the course of the pandemic, home or remote monitoring...

In this episode, we talk to Dr Sarah Sowden, an Advanced Academic Clinical Fellow and honorary consultant in Public Health at Newcastle University.  Title of paper: Which non-pharmaceutical primary care interventions improve mental health amongst socioeconomically disadvantaged populations? Systematic review Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0343 New models of healthcare and cli...

In this episode, we talk to Professor Emma Wallace, who is a GP and Professor of General Practice at University College Cork about the incidence and severity of adverse drug reactions in older adults in the community.  Title of paper: Cumulative incidence and severity of adverse drug reactions and associated patient characteristics in older community-dwelling adults attending general practice...

Today, we talk to Becky White, who is a Research Fellow at the Epidemiology of Cancer Healthcare and Outcomes Research Group at UCL.  Paper: Underlying cancer risk among patients with fatigue and other vague symptoms in primary care: a population-based cohort study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0371 When patients present to GPs with new-onset fatigue and no alarm symptoms fo...

Today, we talk to Dr Claire Taylor, a GP and NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford.  Paper: Natriuretic peptide testing and heart failure diagnosis in primary care: diagnostic accuracy study Available at : https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0278 International guidelines recommend natriuretic peptide (NP) testing to priorit...

This episode (our 100th podcast!), we have a round table discussion with our Editor-in-Chief, Euan Lawson, alongside the editorial team of Sam Merriel, Tom Round and Nada Khan. We take a look at the top 10 most read papers on the BJGP website from 2022

In this episode, we talk to Dr Kitty Worthing, a GP registrar working for the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust about work she did whilst working as an academic clinical foundation doctor and then clinical fellow at Queen Mary University.  Title of paper: Reluctance to register: an exploration of the experiences and perceptions of general practice staff in North East London Available at...

Today, we talk to Professor Paul Little, who is Professor of Primary Care Research within Medicine at the University of Southampton. Paul and his team conducted a study looking at the effectiveness of antibiotics for chest infections in children.  Title of paper: Antibiotic effectiveness for children with lower respiratory infections: prospective cohort and trial Available at: https://do...

In this episode, we talk to Nishadi Withanage, a doctoral student in the Department of General Practice at Monash University in Australia.  Title of paper: Effectiveness of preconception interventions in primary care: a systematic review Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0040 Preconception care (PCC) delivered in community and hospital settings are effective in improving pregnan...

Today, we talk to Mai Stafford, who is a senior analytical manager at the Health Foundation.  Title of paper: Continuity of care in diverse ethnic groups: a general practice record study in England Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0271 Nationally representative survey data show lower continuity of care for most ethnic minority groups. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the firs...