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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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1 Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
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vol. 9 no. 4 BJGPO.2025.0019
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https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0019
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40500154

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  • Received January 24, 2025
  • Accepted April 17, 2025
  • Published online December 19, 2025.

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  1. Louise Thompson1,
  2. Kathrin Thomas2,
  3. Haroon Ahmed1,3 and
  4. Fiona Wood1,3,*
  1. 1 Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
  2. 2 Deep End Cymru, Wales
  3. 3 PRIME Centre Wales, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Fiona Wood, wood{at}cardiff.ac.uk
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