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A ‘wassail’ for the new year!

"'Wassail’ is an apt greeting to a medical journal community — it derives from the Old English was hál, meaning ‘be hale’ or ‘be in good health’. ... As we wassail 2026 ... [w]hether you are a reader or writer, let’s face
2 January 2026
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A Yuletide mystery

"This issue comprises our very own advent calendar-mix of festive and seasonal offerings contributing to our mystery."
28 November 2025
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You are not a gadget, but …

"Do you feel like you are treated as a gadget? The ways in which both digital and human systems adversely affect human relationships and dehumanise us have been a recurring thread in BJGP Life ..."
31 October 2025
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In summer!

"As ever, the articles in Life and Times tell a story, a meta-narrative that shares present realities, draws on the past, and attempts to speculate on the future ..."
1 August 2025
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An educated mind is a requirement for good general practice

"... is it the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it? The vibrant discussions in BJGP Life suggest to me that this misquotation is pointless at best and harmfully misleading at worst. I encourage you to entertain
27 June 2025
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For the attention of Doctor Nemo

"One idea circulating was a character called Dr Brain, a seemingly mild GP who turned invisible in the sunlight ‘... along with all his appointments’, he quipped to parents’ polite laughter. Dr Brain might well be a good name for a children’s supervillain
2 May 2025
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The familiar and strange art of diagnosis

Diagnosis ... provides structure to a narrative of dysfunction, or a picture of disarray, and imposes official order, sorting out the real from the imagined, the valid from the feigned, the significant from the insignificant ... In Life and Times this month
28 March 2025
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‘Tis the season of the primary care miscellany

"Seasons greetings, dear readers! One of my favourite Christmas traditions is the miscellany, often found in little piles at the cashier’s desk in a bookshop. We have a suitably seasonal miscellany for you this December in a variety of genres! Some will
29 November 2024
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Are good GPs holistic?

Is holistic part of being good or just a part of being a GP? GPs work in a complex adaptive network interacting in many interconnected ways with wider society. Terms like ‘whole person’, ‘holistic’, and even ‘ecological’ may fail to completely grasp
1 November 2024
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Trust

Again and again we learn — when trust fails, systems fail ...
23 September 2024
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Thinking about general practice as the dust settles

"As I write this, the UK is having a general election. By the time you read this, a new government in the UK will hopefully be discovering that thinking about general practice in a meaningful way is a fundamentally good thing to
26 July 2024
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Everything happens in the context of a relationship

I don’t need to tell a GP audience this, but it’s always worth a reminder. For us GPs the relationship is everything. Outside GPs this doesn’t seem widely understood. Everyone will agree that relationships are crucial, but usually in a way that
15 July 2024
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Guardians of the primary care wall

GPs have been called ‘gatekeepers’ to health care, because of our role in determining eligibility for medical treatment and social support. And yet we have long known that GPs do more than this. Our wall is not a line but an indistinct
28 June 2024
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Going the extra mile

"The extra mile is a problematic concept. If everyone goes the extra mile, do we lose sight of which miles are extra? If we are to embark on our quest then the readings in this month’s Life and Times help us to
29 December 2023
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Call for articles: General Practice after Covid-19

BJGP Life is putting out a call for articles on the theme of “General Practice after Covid-19“. We will be accepting articles on this theme over the rest of this month. It is time to build our future. We, and your colleagues, are waiting
24 March 2021
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It’s time to join in the conversation!

What a year we have had! BJGP Life is the GP's coffee lounge - let's talk together about our world and our ideas. BJGP Life invites you to join in the conversation. Here's how....
20 October 2020
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Churchill Fellowships: an opportunity to make a difference

David Jeffrey is a palliative care doctor and member of the Advisory Council of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. Churchill Fellowships are awarded by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (WCMT) to enable UK citizens to explore innovative ideas abroad and return with
22 March 2019
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Opportunity for GP researchers: RCGP research awards

Applications are open… Applications are currently open for two of the RCGP research awards: Research Paper of the Year Award 2018, and Yvonne Carter Award for Outstanding Early Career Researcher 2018. Since 1996, the annual Research Paper of the Year Award has
18 January 2019
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