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Intended for Healthcare Professionals

BJGP Open: championing global primary health care

BJGP Research & Publishing Conference 2025

The BJGP Research & Publishing Conference is returning Friday 21 March 2025, at The Lowry Hotel, Manchester. Read more and book your earlybird ticket on the BJGP Conference webpage (redirects to the BJGP website, opens a new window).

BJGP Open Latest articles

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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Latest Articles

Estimating the burden of vaccine preventable lower respiratory tract disease in primary care, UK: protocol for a prospective surveillance study (AvonCAP GP2)
Polly Duncan, et al

BJGP Open 9 September 2024; BJGPO.2024.0129. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0129
Correction: Exploring the facilitators and barriers to addressing social media’s impact on anxiety within primary care: a qualitative study
BJGP Open 6 September 2024; BJGPO.2024.9998. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.9998
Action on elevated natriuretic peptide in primary care: a retrospective cohort study
Cornelia JC Vermeer, et al

BJGP Open 4 September 2024; BJGPO.2024.0017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0017
Identifying where hospital and community trusts are managing general practices in England: a service mapping study
Charlotte Davies, et al

BJGP Open 3 September 2024; BJGPO.2023.0173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0173
‘ThinkCancer!’: randomised feasibility trial of a novel practice-based early cancer diagnosis intervention
Stefanie LJ Disbeschl, et al

BJGP Open 3 September 2024; BJGPO.2023.0220. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0220

Recent Features

Point of care testing

Exploring the views of healthcare professionals on using a single-use, analyser-free, point-of-care test with markers for C-reactive protein and viral infection, to safely reduce antibiotic prescriptions for lower respiratory tract infections.

Prevention in primary care

This overview of reviews reveals factors at the individual, organisation, and health-system levels that act as barriers to the integration and implementation of preventative practices in primary care.

Peer-led education

The Pegasus Small Group peer education model for GP professional development has been delivered across different regions of New Zealand for many years. This pilot qualitative study investigated when this peer-led education programme could be translated successfully to the UK.