British Journal of General Practice: 76 (764)

Intended for Healthcare Professionals

March 2026; Volume 76,Issue 764

Editor’s Briefing

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Innovating to find the right way to left shift
Euan Lawson

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 99. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744261

Editorials

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It’s time to get serious about funding neighbourhood health care
Matthew Harris, Cornelia Junghans Minton and Caroline Taylor on behalf of the National Association of Primary Care’s Community Health and Wellbeing Worker community of practice

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 100-101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0815
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Developing a ‘neighbourhood health service’ ensuring equity of access for rural populations
Samuel P Trethewey, Christopher E Clark, Rory Honney and Tamsin Newlove-Delgado

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 102-103. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2026.0054

Letters with correction

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Ketamine use and stimulant prescribing: parallel responses to distress
Niall P Fitzpatrick

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 105. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744273
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Patient removals: a symptom of a changing era for the doctor–patient relationship
Paulo Santos

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 105-106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744285
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Authorship inflation in general practice research: unanswered questions to address?
David Kernick

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744297
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Use of abbreviations in the BJGP
Ian Hamilton

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744309
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Correction
British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744249

Research

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Counting general practitioners: a comparative repeat cross-sectional analysis of GPs in NHS general practice in England
Luisa M Pettigrew, Soraya Akl, Aamena Valiji Bharmal, Josephine Exley, Luke N Allen, Irene Petersen, David A Cromwell and Nicholas Mays

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): e175-e182. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0833
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Understanding persistent GP turnover using work and personal characteristics: a retrospective observational study
Laura Jefferson, Ben Walker, Rosa Parisi, Matt Sutton, Evangelos Kontopantelis and Katherine Checkland

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): e183-e191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0260
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GP workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review
Emily Owen-Boukra, Bryan Burford, Tanya Cohen, Claire Duddy, Harry Dunn, Vacha Fadia, Claire Goodman, Cecily Henry, Elizabeth I Lamb, Margaret Ogden, Tim Rapley, Eliot L Rees, Nia Roberts, Etienne Royer-Gray, Gillian Vance, Geoff Wong and Sophie Park

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): e192-e203. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0061
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Access to general practice appointments and sustainable change: a focused ethnographic case study
Helen Atherton, Abi Eccles, Carol Bryce, Annelieke Driessen, Toto Gronlund and Catherine Pope

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): e204-e212. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0140
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Consultations with locum doctors in UK general practice: longitudinal analysis of electronic health records
Thomas Allen, Christos Grigoroglou, Kieran Walshe, Gemma Stringer, Jane Ferguson, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Stuart Stewart, Charlotte Morris and Darren M Ashcroft

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): e213-e222. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0298
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What do patients and clinicians think about continuity in general practice in England? a qualitative study
Patrick Burch, Stephen Iles, Aaron Poppleton, Kath Checkland and Sarah Skyrme

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): e223-e233. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0323
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Revealing the hidden harms in end-of-life care: a mixed-methods characterisation of reported safety incidents involving injectable symptom control medication
Isabel Hope, Ben Bowers, Isobel J McFadzean, Sarah Yardley, Kristian Pollock, Stuart Hellard and Andrew Carson-Stevens

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): e234-e243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0301
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Critical illness in prisons: a multi-methods analysis of reported healthcare safety incidents in England
Isobel J McFadzean, Lauren Donovan, Thomas Hewson, Jake Hard, Jenny Shaw, Adrian Edwards and Andrew Carson-Stevens

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): e244-e252. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0239
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Self-management of male urinary symptoms: qualitative findings from a primary care trial
Jessica R Wheeler, Jo Worthington, Marcus J Drake, Jessica Frost, Mandy Fader, Lucy McGeagh, Hashim Hashim, Margaret Macaulay, Jonathan Rees, Luke A Robles, Gordon Taylor, Matthew J Ridd, Stephanie J MacNeill, Sian Noble, J Athene Lane and Nikki Cotterill

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): e253-e263. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0046

Life & Times

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A syllabus for whole-person medicine
Andrew Papanikitas

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 118. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744333
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General practice: medicine’s living philosophy
John Goldie

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 119. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744345
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Two’s company, three’s a crowd: AI in the consultation
Roger Neighbour

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 120-122. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744357
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Seeing double
Charlotte Sidebotham

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744369
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When normal tests end care too early
Kees van Boven

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 124. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744381
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The three-body problem
Ben Hoban

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 125. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744393
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Poem
Alex Burns

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744405
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Film review: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Sati Heer-Stavert

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744489
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Yonder
Alex Burrell

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 128. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744417
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Books: The Leopard in My House: One Man’s Adventures in Cancerland
Kirsty Shires

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 129. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744441
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Books: Psychology’s Quiet Conservatism: How a Supposedly Woke Science Promotes Capitalism and Protects Privilege
Elke Hausmann

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 129-130. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744429
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Books: The elements
David Misselbrook

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 130. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744453
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Action required
Saul Miller

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 131. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744465

Innovation in Practice

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Neighbourhood delivery of urgent care in North Yorkshire, UK
Victoria Blake, Daniel Kimberling, Emma Olandj, Zulf Ali and Mike Holmes

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 133-136. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744477

Clinical Practice

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Paediatric cervical lymphadenopathy: an evidence-based approach for GPs
Behrad Barmayehvar, Alexandra Anna Rachel Keay, Rosie Elsegood and Amit Parmar

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 137-140. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0666
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Recognising and managing thoracic outlet syndrome in primary care
Nirupa Sivathasan and Ashley Iain Simpson

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (764): 141-143. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0548