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  Reducing pressurised metered-dose inhaler prescriptions for asthma to reduce carbon emissions: a qualitative study of healthcare professional perspectives

  Lauren Franklin, Christian Mallen and Helen Twohig

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0208. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0208
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  Findings from the development of a novel course of both group and individual Alexander Technique lessons for neck, hip, and knee pain: a mixed-methods study

  Joseph Little, Adam Geraghty, Carolyn Nicholls and Paul Little

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0295. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0295
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  Quality indicators for lifestyle or behavioural management for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care: a systematic review

  Kiran Bam, Beilei Lin, Muideen T Olaiya, Dominique A Cadilhac, Julie Redfern, Mark R Nelson, Lauren M Sanders, Nadine E Andrew, Vijaya Sundararajan, Lisa Murphy and Monique F Kilkenny

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0018
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  Prescribing memantine in general practice in England: a mixed-methods study

  Mary Carter, Joanne Butterworth, Chris Fox and Louise Allan

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0023
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  Complex mental health difficulties in primary care: a scoping review with thematic synthesis

  Kritica Dwivedi, Vyv Huddy, Phillip Oliver and Chris Burton

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0223. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0223
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  Social determinants of health screening tool: systematic review and Delphi study

  Emma Parry, Ross Wilkie and Kate Warren

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0274. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0274
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  COVID-19 and patient-reported experience of general practice in England: an evaluation study

  Paul Allanson and Paul Logan

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0209. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0209
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  Patients’ perspectives on ecologically sustainable health care in general practice: an experimental vignette and questionnaire study

  Eva H Visser, Evelyn A Brakema, Irene A Slootweg, Hedwig MM Vos and Marieke A Adriaanse

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0041. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0041
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  Podcasting in primary care: attitudes of Scottish GP specialty trainees and trainers towards podcast-based education in primary care

  Varun Rana, Blair H. Smith and Callum J Leese

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0248. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0248
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  The impact of physician associates in primary care in the UK: a systematic review

  Susan Willacy, Umaiyal Ravindran and Oyinlola Oyebode

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0026
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  GP characteristics and video use in out-of-hours primary care: a register-based study

  Ida Bergholdt Jul Christiansen, Mette Amalie Nebsbjerg, Claus Vestergaard, Katrine Bjørnshave Bomholt, Morten Bondo Christensen and Linda Huibers

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0269. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0269
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  Stakeholder perceptions of supporting patients’ return to work in primary care: a qualitative study

  Rosie Harrison, Gwenllian Wynne Jones, Vaughan Parsons, Ira Madan, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, John Pemberton, Gemma Mansell, Karen Walker-Bone, Nadine E Foster and Benjamin Saunders on behalf of the wider WAVE trial team

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0280. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0280
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  Exploring two-step and one-step urgent care telephone triage: a UK-based semi-structured interview study

  Vanashree Sexton, Jeremy Dale, Carol Bryce and Helen Atherton

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0270. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0270
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  Impact of a comprehensive review template on personalised care in general practice for patients with multiple long-term conditions: a mixed-methods evaluation

  Caroline Coope, Dereth Baker, Kate Alice Lippiett, Alice Moult, Lauren J Scott, Simon Chilcott, Andrew Turner, Clare Jinks, Maria Carmen Portillo-Vega, Krysia Dziedzic, Cindy Mann, Richard Byng, Grace Scrimgeour, Chris Salisbury and Rachel Johnson

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0022
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  Efficacy of orlistat in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Shraboni Ghosal, Neil Heron, Kayleigh Mason and Kelvin Jordan

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0058. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0058
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  Patient perceptions of relational continuity in England: insights from two cross-sectional surveys

  Bolanle Odebiyi, Jonathan Gibson, Mhorag Goff, Ali MK Hindi, Jonathan Hammond, Katherine Checkland, Matt Sutton and Sally Jacobs

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0267. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0267
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  Effectiveness of the Positive Nursing Practice Environment Promotion Programme in improving patient safety in primary health care: a study protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial

  Soraia Cristina de Abreu Pereira, Eduardo José Ferreira Santos, Cintia Silva Fassarella and Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0025
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  'We’re all in the same boat … some of us just have more holes in their boat': a qualitative interview study of primary care staff views of Deep End Cymru

  Louise Thompson, Kathrin Thomas, Haroon Ahmed and Fiona Wood

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0019
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  Management of hidradenitis suppurativa in UK primary care: a cross-sectional survey

  Hannah E Wainman, Stephanie Gallard, Matthew J Ridd and John R Ingram

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0060. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0060
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  The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on primary care contact among vulnerable populations in England: a controlled interrupted time-series study

  Scott R Walter, Chris Salisbury, Lauren J Scott, Frank de Vocht, John Macleod, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Helen J Curtis, Aziz Sheikh, Srinivasa V Katikireddi, Amir Mehrkar, Sebastian Bacon, George Hickman, Ben Goldacre, The OpenSAFELY Collective and Maria Theresa Redaniel

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0017
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  How decontextualised risk information affects clinicians’ understanding of risk and uncertainty in primary care diagnosis: a qualitative study of clinical vignettes

  Alex Burns, Elizabeth Shephard, Raff Calitri, Adrian Mercer, Edmund Jack, Mark Tarrant and Sarah Dean

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0040. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0040
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  The role of general practice in the identification of age-related vision impairment and chronic eye diseases: a systematic review

  Marie Honoré Jacobsen, Olivia Hjulsager Mathiesen, Emma Katrine Frøhlke Steinbo, Agnes Galbo Brost, Frans Boch Waldorff and Catharina Thiel Sandholdt

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0021
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  Patient characteristics associated with clinically coded long COVID: an OpenSAFELY study using electronic health records

  Yinghui Wei, Elsie MF Horne, Rochelle Knight, Genevieve Cezard, Alex J Walker, Louis Fisher, Rachel Denholm, Kurt Taylor, Venexia Walker, Stephanie Riley, Dylan M Williams, Robert Willans, Simon Davy, Sebastian Bacon, Ben Goldacre, Amir Mehrkar, Spiros Denaxas, Felix Greaves, Richard J Silverwood, Aziz Sheikh, Nish Chaturvedi, Angela M Wood, John Macleod, Claire Steves and Jonathan Sterne On behalf of the UK COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study and CONVALESCENCE study

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0140. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0140
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  Rising scabies incidence and the growing burden on GPs: a retrospective longitudinal study

  Saskia C van der Boor, Ines Figaroa, Annemarie A Uijen, Stijn FH Raven and Cornelia HM van Jaarsveld

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0037. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0037
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  HIV testing in primary care in the West of Ireland: a mixed-method survey between 2013 and 2023

  Bearach Reynolds, Ruth Naughton, Niamh Lynn, Orlaith Finucane, Maureen E Kelly, Genevieve McGuire, Anne Marie Regan, Fiona Murphy, Helen Tuite and Catherine Fleming

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0034. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0034
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  Anti-vertigo drug prescribing for patients with vestibular symptoms in primary care: a retrospective observational cohort study

  Hà TN Ngo, Otto R Maarsingh, Pauline Slottje, Marco H Blanker, Feikje Groenhof, Jettie Bont and Vincent A van Vugt

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0052. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0052
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  Psychological determinants of health-related quality of life in primary care patients with diabetic foot ulcers: a cross-sectional study in Singapore

  Jiayi Weng, Xiaoli Zhu, Eng Sing Lee, Frederick HF Chan, Phoebe XH Lim, Ling Jia Goh, Jacqueline Giovanna De Roza, Yee Chui Chen and Konstadina Griva

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0091. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0091
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  Urinary tract infection in outpatients in Germany: a cross-sectional study of diagnostics and susceptibility testing in medical laboratories

  Hannah Bender, Kathrin Jobski, Guido Schmiemann, Axel Hamprecht and Falk Hoffmann

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0004. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0004
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  Exploring adherence to antihypertensive medication in Black African and Black Caribbean residents in South East London: a qualitative study

  Nupur Yogarajah, Kathryn Griffiths, Kate Bramham and Amy Baraniak

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0127
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  Osteoporosis management within UK care homes: a modified Delphi consensus

  Sunil Nedungayil, Shelley Douglas, Jill Griffin, Lewis Sutherland and Tahir Masud

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0268. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0268
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  Artificial intelligence in general practice in Germany: an online survey of current use, perceived benefits, barriers, and future needs

  Anne Werner, Stefanie Fischer, Markus Bleckwenn and Anne Schrimpf

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0166. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0166
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  The patient-safety implications of AI-based communication with migrants in general practice: a scoping review

  Anne Cronin, Anthony Kelly, Michelle Wrona, Patrick O'Donnell, Ahmed Hassan, Tonya Myles, Tadhg Fallon and Anne MacFarlane

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0107
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  Uptake of video telehealth in general practice: an Australian whole-of-population analysis

  Danielle C Butler, Hsei Di Law, Christine Phillips, Kirsty A Douglas, Sally Hall Dykgraaf, Jason Agostino, Emily Banks, Rachel Freeman-Robinson, Jane Desborough, Alana Dougherty, Grace Joshy, Nina Lazarevic, Jennifer Welsh, Muhammad-Shahdaat Bin-Sayeed, Dan Chateau, Kay Soga, Anne Parkinson, Sue Trevenar and Rosemary J Korda

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0011. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0011
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  Interarm blood pressure difference and risk assessment: the ECHORN cohort study

  O Peter Adams, Deron Galusha, Josefa L Martinez-Brockman, Euclid H Morris, Rohan G Maharaj, Cruz M Nazario, Maxine Nunez and Marcella Nunez-Smith On behalf of the ECHORN Writing Group

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0246. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0246
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  Understanding collaborative working between GPs and community pharmacists: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

  Grace Kng Li Lin, Aleema Sardar and David N Blane

  BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2024.0203. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0203