British Journal of General Practice

28/01/2026

This realist review examines the organisational- and system-level factors affecting GPs in their work and proposes recommendations to support a sustainable GP workforce and the delivery of effective and equitable patient care

Background UK and global primary care face significant GP workforce shortages. Much research focuses on individual-level factors such as wellbeing, resilience, and professional identity; however, less attention has been given to organisational- and system-level influences on GP work and workforce su...

28/01/2026

BJGPLife: The gatekeepers and the wizards revisited (part 1): Seventy eight years of fairy tales
https://bjgplife.com/the-gatekeepers-and-the-wizards-revisited-part-1-seventy-eight-years-of-fairy-tales/

28/01/2026

GPs are critical to early recurrence detection, with nearly 70% of patients with a symptomatic presentation having their diagnostic pathway initiated in between 2022 and 2024.

However, a systematic approach is needed to support the role of GPs

Background GPs may detect cancer recurrences between specialised visits or after completed follow-up. There is limited evidence on diagnostic routes to detecting cancer recurrence. Aim To examine the level of GP involvement in cancer recurrence detection and to assess the time from the index consult...

27/01/2026

BJGPLife: Episode 221: BJGP Top 10 research most read and published in 2025
https://bjgplife.com/episode-221-bjgp-top-10-research-most-read-and-published-in-2025/

27/01/2026

BJGPLife: Leviathans and a different sort of contract
https://bjgplife.com/leviathans-and-a-different-sort-of-contract/

27/01/2026

BJGPLife: Book review: How Animals Heal Us
https://bjgplife.com/book-review-how-animals-heal-us/

27/01/2026

BJGPLife: The alchemy of doubt, praise, and progress
https://bjgplife.com/the-alchemy-of-doubt-praise-and-progress/

27/01/2026

Listen to BJGP Editors discuss the most read research papers of 2025 https://www.bjgplife.com/221

27/01/2026

GPs’ autonomy, belonging, and competence are lower in high-turnover practices, highlighting key work-related predictors of workforce retention https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0260

26/01/2026

Congratulations to the , and to ALL of the research teams who published papers in the BJGP in 2024.
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https://youtube.com/shorts/LIA2YvSKDTo

Congratulations to the , and to ALL of the research teams who published papers in the BJGP in 2024. https://bjgp.org/

26/01/2026

No. 1 Insomnia: Effectiveness of amitriptyline and mirtazapine for insomnia https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0173



https://youtube.com/shorts/hqN6-nl13CI

No. 1 Insomnia: Effectiveness of amitriptyline and mirtazapine for insomnia https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0173 ...

26/01/2026

No. 2 AI in lung cancer detection: AI algorithm identifies risk of lung cancer 4 months earlier https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0489



https://youtube.com/shorts/Nw09gSennJ0

No. 2 AI in lung cancer detection: AI algorithm identifies risk of lung cancer 4 months earlier https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0489 ...