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BJGP Open: championing global primary health care

Social Care Special Issue: Call for Articles

Throughout 2026, BJGP Open is welcoming submissions on the integration of social care with primary care services, especially articles examining how this collaboration can enhance the wellbeing of individuals, improve patient outcomes, and foster more efficient, holistic, and person-centred care. Find out more on the Social Care Call for Articles page.

Top 10 Research Articles 2025
BJGP Research and Publishing Conference 2026 will take place in Bristol on 20 March 2026, 08:30 to 17:30, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol City Centre.

The Top 10 Most Read Research Articles 2025 reveals the topics of greatest interest and relevance to BJGP Open readers over the past 12 months. Associate Editor Alex Burrell and Editor-in-Chief Hajira Dambha-Miller discuss the full Top 10 in this special editorial. Read the full 2025 list on the dedicated Top 10 page.

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BJGP Open is an international, peer reviewed, open access, online-only journal of primary care, which publishes original research and other articles of importance to primary care clinicians, researchers and teachers worldwide.

The full BJGP Open archive is available on this site, is preserved in Portico, and can be viewed at PubMed Central. The journal is fully indexed on PubMed, Scopus, and Embase, and is included in the Directory of Open Access Journals. 

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Highlights

  • Enhancing understanding of interventions to increase relational continuity in general practice: a...
    27 January 2026
  • Perceptions and practices of UK GPs towards youth vaping: a questionnaire-based study
    27 January 2026
  • Enhancing understanding of interventions to increase relational continuity in general practice: a...
    1 August 2025
  • Distribution and quality of privately-funded general practices in England: a cross-sectional...
    27 January 2026
  • Barriers to and facilitators of coalface primary care reform in England: a qualitative study
    27 January 2026
  • Wellbeing at work among GPs working in multidisciplinary primary care teams: a cross-sectional study
    13 January 2026
  • Cardiovascular risk management in patients using antipsychotics: a qualitative feasibility study
    13 January 2026
  • Pharmaceutical company promotional payments to English general practices: a longitudinal study
    13 January 2026
  • GPs’ perspectives regarding suicide prevention: a systematic scoping review
    13 January 2026

Latest Articles

  • Improving general practitioner involvement in care home End-of-Life care. A systematic literature review and narrative synthesis
    Susannah Browne, et al
    BJGP Open 10 April 2026; BJGPO.2026.0022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2026.0022
  • A mixed-methods qualitative study of Northern Ireland GP specialty trainees’ clinical confidence and teaching expectations in musculoskeletal medicine
    Neil Heron, et al
    BJGP Open 8 April 2026; BJGPO.2025.0264. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0264
  • Accuracy and suitability of eating disorder screening tools for binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa in a primary care setting: a systematic review and narrative summary
    Stella Kozmér, et al
    BJGP Open 7 April 2026; BJGPO.2025.0149. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0149
  • The Hidden Workload Study protocol: a national mixed-methods analysis of general practice workload and local demographics
    Kirsten Lee, et al
    BJGP Open 7 April 2026; BJGPO.2025.0100. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0100
  • Co-locating frailty intervention activities and general practice: a qualitative study exploring experiences and perceptions of participants and delivery partners
    Alexandra Thompson, et al
    BJGP Open 7 April 2026; BJGPO.2025.0007. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0007
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Hidden workload

NHS workload measures focus mainly on the delivery of appointments, but this misses 'hidden' work such as adminstration, practice management, reviewing results, referrals, and unplanned patient-related tasks. This protocol outlines how the Hidden Workload Study will build a fuller picture of GPs' true workload.

Co-locating frailty interventions

This qualitative study explores the experiences of participants, intervention providers, and primary care staff involved in the delivery of Every Move Matters, an 8-week group-based intervention promoting physical ability, social connection, and wellbeing.

Reviewing opioids for persistent pain

Practice pharmacists share their perceived barriers to and facilitators of delivering a primary care for people prescribed opioids for persistent pain.

 
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