TY - JOUR T1 - RCGP Research Paper of the Year 2016: how the winning papers are so relevant to clinical practice JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 520 LP - 521 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X693365 VL - 67 IS - 664 AU - Carolyn Chew-Graham Y1 - 2017/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/664/520.abstract N2 - The Research Paper of the Year (RPY), awarded by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), gives recognition to an individual or group of researchers who have undertaken and published an exceptional piece of research relating to general practice or primary care. The award spans six clinical categories, with one overall winner.We had an excellent response to our call for papers from 2016, with 87 submissions, and I am indebted to the RCGP’s Clinical Innovation and Research Centre (CIRC) for the support provided for the judging process. The winners of all six categories are decided by sub-panels, and the overall winner decided during a teleconference of sub-panel leads. Again, thanks are due to the GPs who give of their time judging all the entries. The key to this award is ‘relevance to clinical practice’. We asked the winners of each category to describe the clinical implications of their work. Here, I consider how the winning papers are relevant to patients I saw in a recent surgery.Mr A, aged 72 years, is someone who I have seen on a fairly regular basis for the past 16 years. I think of him as having recurrent depression. He remains on citalopram, and we often increase the dose from his maintenance dose of 20 mg daily to 30 mg in the autumn. I am aware that the evidence base for this change is limited. The overall winning paper, led by Wiles,1 suggests that I might think of … ER -