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RE: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' views of a career in general practice

Agreement I do not Agree Body I read with interest this study by Hook et al(1) which adds to existing literature exploring student perspectives of remote consultations in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic.(2) Though not discussed, it also follows co-produced research that has quantitatively and qualitatively explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandem

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BJGP Open1y ago

Help or hindrance?

Agreement I do not Agree Body There are several concerns with this research paper, whose authors are mostly employees of Prostate Cancer UK (PCUK) (1). They describe various activities in terms of surveys, focus groups, and interviews, and say that their online "risk checker" tool can help "reach men at high risk of prostate cancer and support them in making

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BJGP Open1y ago

Response to authors’ reply about Prostate UK’s prostate risk checker

Agreement I do not Agree Body We are disappointed to note the authors’ reply to our letter. The authors have tried to justify the risk checker, and have not answered the points raised in our reply. Firstly, the authors have not responded to the ethical questions we raised around designing a risk checker where every black man over 45 and every man over fifty

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BJGP Open1y ago

RE: improving discharge summaries from hospital

Agreement I do not Agree Body Many thanks for sharing the Danish views regarding this topic. Most GPs in England will agree the workload being faced by us is becoming more and more unbearable. Practices are trying to find more efficient methods in dealing with the workload and prioritising the tasks so a clinician's limited time can be better utilised. One e

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BJGP Open1y ago

RE: Response to eLetter 13 June 2024 from Denis J Pereira Gray et al.

Agreement I do not Agree Body Thanks for your letter dated 13 June 2024. We’re very sorry for the delayed response which is due to prolonged sickness absence of the corresponding author last year. We acknowledge your significant contribution to this field and are grateful for you taking the time to write a letter in response to our article. You raised three

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BJGP Open1y ago

RE: Social determinants of health screening tool: systematic review and Delphi study

Agreement I do not Agree Body Parry et al. (1) discuss the likely benefits of routinely collecting social determinants of health (SDOH) data in the UK, and through a systematic review and Delphi process have identified key items to include in a screening tool for use in primary care. This is a valuable starting point and a good time to explore issues to be t

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BJGP Open10mo ago

RE: Valproate use in women aged 15–44 years: an observational study in general practice

Agreement I do not Agree Body Dear authors, I was very interested to read your article regarding the prescription of valproate in women of child-bearing age. As a clinician who is currently taking sodium valproate, I thought I would offer an additional perspective. I was diagnosed with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) in my third year of medical school and

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BJGP Open7mo ago

Primary care physicians must be included in atrial fibrillation guideline development

Agreement I do not Agree Body Dear Editor, The recent BJGP Open and BJGP studies by Laugesen et al and Jones et al demonstrate the central role of primary care in atrial fibrillation (AF) management, revealing significant practice-level variation in anticoagulation and the complex interplay between AF, heart failure, and stroke risk. 1,2 These findings raise

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BJGP Open6mo ago

Dyslexia, adaptation, and social expectations

Agreement I do not Agree Body Working as a doctor requires a variety of skills, and we do not all share these in equal measure. I therefore wonder why this article focuses specifically on dyslexia. My concern is not with the experiences described by participants, which are clearly real and important. Rather, it is with how we understand those experiences. Th

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BJGP Open17d ago