Special issue: Telehealth 

In this special issue of BJGP Open, we focus on digital communication in healthcare and how an increased reliance on telehealth has changed clinical practice. This second and final instalment concludes a series that brings together primary research, policy, and opinion pieces from an international authorship, and contributes to the vital evidence base on which future primary care system change can be founded. 

A special editorial by guest editor Dr Sarah White and Dr Hajira Dambha-Miller, Editor-in-Chief of BJGP Open, introduces the collection and the three broad areas of discourse to which these articles contribute: access to services, quality of care, and conducting consultations. The full Telehealth special issue can be found here.

Special issue: Race and Racism in Primary Care

Special issue: COVID-19 and Primary Care

How is the COVID-19 pandemic influencing the ability of international health systems to deliver high quality primary care? Read Guest Editor Dr Luke Allen’s introduction to this special issue, which includes managing the pandemic in rural Africa, the response from six well-resourced countries, and the relationship between perceived ‘strong’ primary care and COVID-19 mortality.

Support for authors from LMICs

BJGP Open is committed to contributing to the development and dissemination of high quality primary care research from all over the world. We recognise that some researchers have less access to support and supervision within their home country. As such, the Editorial Board has opened a scheme to offer additional editorial assistance for authors from lower/middle-income countries (LMICs), led by Dr Liz Sturgiss and Dr David Blane. We welcome submissions from researchers in LMICs who would like feedback on their manuscript prior to submission.