British Journal of General Practice: 76 (763)

February 2026; Volume 76,Issue 763

Editor’s Briefing

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Closing the gap in health care for older people
Euan Lawson

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744069

Editorials

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Winter pressures in general practice in England
Rachel E Denholm, Luisa M Pettigrew, Shrinkhala Dawadi, Emily Herrett, Ruth E Costello, Mengxuan Zou and Rosalind M Eggo

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 52-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0799
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Cultivating hope: reframing the ‘heart-sink’ consultation
Mohammed Mustafa, Hassan Awan, Awadalla Youssef and Carolyn A Chew-Graham

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 54-55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0728
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What is the future of the fit note?
Dipesh P Gopal, Lisa Newington, Shriti Pattani, Kabir Abraham Varghese, Ge Yu, Umesh Kadam, Sarah Dorrington, Austen El-Osta and Lara Shemtob

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 56-57. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0779

Letters

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Time for a broader definition of continuity?
Louisa Polak

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 59. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744081
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Management of IBS in primary care
Kevork Hopayian

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 59-60. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744093
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Authors’ response
Alex Ford and Hazel Everitt

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 60. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744117

Research

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General practice consultation patterns and patient factors predicting older patients’ use of out-of-hours services: a nationwide register-based cohort study
Jonas Olsen, Sonja Wehberg, Frans Boch Waldorff, Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen and Jesper Lykkegaard

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): e91-e99. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0798
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Evaluating the role of faecal calprotectin in older adults: a retrospective observational study
Robert W Perry, Peter FG Foulser, David Zhang, Pablo Martinez Perez, Shakira Taylor, Angelica Sharma, Mithun Kumaran, Sharmili Balarajah, Shiva T Radhakrishnan, Rohan Sundramoorthi, Carmen MY Chung, David Mummery, James L Alexander, Azeem Majeed, Lucy C Hicks and Horace RT Williams

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): e100-e107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0169
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Sociodemographic variation in symptomatic faecal immunochemical testing return: a population-based analysis of 125 659 patients
Emily Haworth, Caroline Addison, Willie Hamilton, Colin Rees, Ian Dunn, Pete Wheatstone, Linda Sharp and Christina Dobson

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): e108-e115. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0144
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Continuity of primary care and end-of-life care costs in dementia: a retrospective cohort study
Javiera Leniz, Peter May, Martin Gulliford and Katherine E Sleeman

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): e116-e123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0218
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Exploring the views of key stakeholders on dementia risk prediction in primary care in areas of socioeconomic deprivation: a qualitative study
Rebecca L Morris, Nicola Schmidt-Renfree, Wendy Joseph, David Reeves, Catharine Morgan, Blossom Christa Maree Stephan, Harm van Marwijk, Elizabeth Ford, Sarah Sowden, Lindsey Brown and Eugene Yee Hing Tang

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): e124-e131. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0318
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Attitudes to earlier advance care planning: a qualitative interview study in general practice
Sonya Bushell, Ishbel Winter-Luke, Elizabeth Dennis and Fliss EM Murtagh

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): e132-e140. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0393
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Clinical assessment of recurrent cancer: a Danish cohort study in general practice
Kasper Grooss, Linda Aagaard Rasmussen, Kaj Sparle Christensen, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Alina Zalounina Falborg and Peter Vedsted

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): e141-e150. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0316
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Learning from end-of-life injectable medication patient safety incidents in the community: a mixed-methods analysis
Ben Bowers, Sioned Gwyn, Sarah Yardley, Stuart Hellard, P John Clarkson, Isobel J McFadzean, Kristian Pollock, Stephen Barclay and Andrew Carson-Stevens

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): e151-e162. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0106
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Evaluating genotype–treatment interactions for high-risk medications in British general practice: a retrospective cohort study using UK Biobank
Kinan Mokbel, Michael Weedon, Rob Daniels, Victoria Moye and Leigh Jackson

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): e163-e174. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0806

Life & Times

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Cultural boundaries of general practice
Andrew Papanikitas

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 72. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744141
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Poem: How to Use a Stethoscope
Emer Forde

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 73. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744153
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Tackling the problem of quality in peer review
Mohammad Sharif Razai

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 74-75. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744165
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General Practice 179: a doctor, a lawyer, and an artist
Annie Farrell

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 76-77. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744177
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Culpable in the face of uncertainty? A perspective from military intelligence
Nada Khan

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 78-79. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744189
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Treating doctor–patients and work colleagues: a need for some international principles
Saud Jukaku, Fahad Wali Ahmed, Abdulelah Almutairi and Taimur Butt

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 80-81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744201
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Yonder: Scale, shared care, AI scribes, and trust in supervision
Alex Burrell

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 82. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744213
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Book: Death in a Shallow Pond: a Philosopher, a Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need
Terry Kemple

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744225
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Every gap is an educational gap
Tim Senior

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 84. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744237

Analysis

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What potential cancer symptoms should we consider ‘unexplained’?
Stephen H Bradley, Jessica Watson and William T Hamilton

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 85-89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0433

Clinical Practice

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Chronic pruritus of unknown origin: assessment and management in general practice
Chris Papas, Jim Muir and Lauren Chan

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 90-92. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0586
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Recognising obesity-related skin conditions in general practice: a practical guide
Alyssa Susanto, Christopher Robinson, Miranda Wallace and Jim Muir

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (763): 93-95. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0601

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