The public health role of GPs is explored in editorials this month and health inequalities are never too far away from the discussion. First published on BJGP Life, our multi-media platform, Gemma Ashwell and colleagues write on behalf of the RCGP Health Inequalities Standing Group on how we need to put equity at the heart of our systems. Would you call the failure to do so social murder? Mark Riley puts forward the case.
Gill and Kalra have a powerful editorial on racism offering positive steps the primary care community can take to force meaningful change. Tariq Hussain describes the intensely personal experience of racism in the NHS —’Look sorry, right, no offence but we need a white doctor.’
We cover the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the prognosis for the family doctor. Research on statins, hepatitis C, parkrun, and health service use by people with heart failure should all be eyed through a health equity lens. They can all change our practice.
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