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Maintaining face-to-face contact during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative investigation in UK primary care

Andrew Turner, Anne Scott, Jeremy Horwood, Chris Salisbury, Rachel Denholm, Lauren Scott, Geeta Iyer, John Macleod and Mairead Murphy
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (5): BJGPO.2021.0036. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0036
Andrew Turner
1 National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
2 Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Anne Scott
3 Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), University of Bristol, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK
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Jeremy Horwood
1 National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
3 Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), University of Bristol, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK
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Chris Salisbury
1 National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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Lauren Scott
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2 Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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John Macleod
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vol. 5 no. 5 BJGPO.2021.0036
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0036
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34257067

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  • Received March 1, 2021
  • Accepted April 27, 2021
  • Published online October 26, 2021.

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  1. Andrew Turner, PhD1,2,*,
  2. Anne Scott, PhD3,
  3. Jeremy Horwood, PhD1,3,
  4. Chris Salisbury, MD, FRCGP1,3,
  5. Rachel Denholm, PhD3,4,
  6. Lauren Scott, MSc1,2,
  7. Geeta Iyer, MBChB5,
  8. John Macleod, PhD, FRCGP1,3 and
  9. Mairead Murphy, PhD3
  1. 1 National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
  2. 2 Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  3. 3 Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), University of Bristol, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK
  4. 4 NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Bristol, UK
  5. 5 Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (BNSSG CCG), Bristol, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Andrew Turner, andrew.turner{at}bristol.ac.uk
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BJGP Open 2021; 5 (5): BJGPO.2021.0036. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0036
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