British Journal of General Practice: 76 (762)

January 2026; Volume 76,Issue 762

Editor’s Briefing

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Moving beyond ‘duel’ diagnosis
Euan Lawson

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743829

Editorials

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Young people’s mental health: an NHS primary care perspective, 10 years on
Daniel Romeu, Prathiba Chitsabesan and Faraz Mughal

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 4-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0743
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Should antidepressants be prescribed simply if it is the patient’s preference? Why NICE guidelines must be revised
James Davies and John Read

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 7-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0596
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Patient removals: time to rethink exclusion in general practice?
Natassia Brenman, Francesca H Dakin, Jessica Drinkwater, Anne-Laure Donskoy, Kelly Howells, Clive Rowe, Sara E Shaw and Jackie van Dael

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 10-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0751

Letters

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Should antidepressants be prescribed simply if it is the patient’s preference?
Katharina Dworzynski, Stephen Pilling and Eric Power

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743853
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Optimising post-acute coronary syndrome care: the case for a structured 14-day check
Angad Singh

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743865
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Optimising care post-acute coronary syndrome
John Sharvill

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743877
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Author response to Dr Sharvill and Dr Singh
Thomas Round

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743889
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Continuity of care in primary care: is it time to demand it?
Manuel Martinez-Selles

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743901

Research

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Predicting risk of psychosis in primary care: a qualitative study
Daniela Strelchuk, Sarah Sullivan, David Kessler, Irwin Nazareth and Katrina Turner

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): e890-e898. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0222
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Complex mental health difficulties: a mixed-methods study in primary care
Phillip Oliver, Vyv Huddy, Ciarán McInerney, Ada Achinanya, Michelle Horspool, Kritica Dwivedi and Chris Burton

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): e899-e909. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0818
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Increasing uptake of physical health checks for people living with severe mental illness: a systematic review
Elizabeth Emsley, Sarah A Sullivan, Elizabeth Rose-Innes, Emma Sidebotham and Clare E French

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): e910-e917. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0826
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Patterns of antidepressant prescribing around pregnancy: a descriptive analysis using Clinical Practice Research Datalink GOLD
Florence Z Martin, Gemma C Sharp, Kayleigh E Easey, Paul Madley-Dowd, Liza Bowen, Victoria Nimmo-Smith, Aws Sadik, Jonathan L Richardson, Dheeraj Rai and Harriet Forbes

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): e918-e928. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.1093
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‘We’re all doing different things’ — exploring primary care practitioners' perspectives of managing distress: a qualitative study
Hannah Bowers, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Miriam Santer, Harm Van Marwijk, Berend Terluin, Tony Kendrick, Paul Little, Michael Moore, Manoj Mistry, Debs Smith, Al Richards, Bronwyn Evans, Nikki Lester, Roya Kolahy and Adam W A Geraghty

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): e929-e936. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0820
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Health problems of people with intellectual disabilities in general practice: dynamic cohort study between 2012 and 2021 with Dutch routine care data
Marloes Heutmekers, Bianca Schalk, Annemarie Uijen, Jenneken Naaldenberg, Geraline Leusink and Maarten Cuypers

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): e937-e945. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0084
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Patients’ experiences of a patient-centred polypharmacy medication review intervention: a mixed-methods study
Lorna J Duncan, Deborah McCahon, Barbara Caddick, Roxanne M Parslow, Katrina Turner, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Bruce Guthrie and Rupert A Payne

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): e946-e956. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0052
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Understanding measurement of postural hypotension: a nationwide survey of general practice in England
Sinéad TJ McDonagh, Rosina Cross, Jane Masoli, Judit Konya, Gary Abel, James P Sheppard, Bethany Jakubowski, Cini Bhanu, Jayne Fordham, Katrina Turner, Sarah E Lamb, Rupert A Payne, Richard J McManus, John L Campbell and Christopher E Clark

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): e957-e965. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0025
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Developing the PATH-GP (Prevention and Testing for HIV in General Practice) intervention: a person-based approach intervention development study to increase HIV testing and PrEP access
Anne Scott, Hannah Family, Jeremy Horwood, John Saunders, Ann Sullivan, Jo Burgin, Lindsey Harryman, Sarah Stockwell, Joanna Copping, Paul Sheehan, John Macleod, Sarah Dawson, Joanna May Kesten and Sarah Denford

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): e966-e979. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0151

Life & Times

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A wassail for the new year!
Andrew Papanikitas

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743913
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Shaking hands again
Jorge L Polo-Sabau

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743925
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The value of time
Emma Ladds

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743937
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The RCGP curriculum
Terry Kemple

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743949
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Knowledge, wisdom, and following the blue line
Ben Hoban

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743961
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Poem: On decision fatigue
Tasneem Khan

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743973
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Ketamine: when the party’s over
Paul McNamara and Megan Glover

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743985
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Reflections on racism, civility, and the role of general practice
Carter Singh

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X743997
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Fellowship re-ignited my GP career: could it do the same for yours?
Simon Tobin

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744009
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Books: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI
Euan Lawson

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744021
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A doctor’s Bag for Tomorrow: Packed with Apps, AI and Good Old Fashioned Eye Contact
Andrew Papanikitas

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744033
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Balance, boundaries, and burnout
Emilie Couchman

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744057
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Yonder: Social prescribing, asking about drug allergies, commercial primary care pricing, and HbA1c variability
Alex Burrell

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X744045

Analysis

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‘You can mix your methods, but you can’t mix your paradigms’: a guide to ontology and epistemology for the confused researcher
Stefanie Disbeschl, Katherine Checkland, Kris Stutchbury and Rebecca Payne

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 36-40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0390

Clinical Practice

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How GPs can help forcibly displaced young migrants
Liz Hare, Amy Stevens, Jessica Keeble and Christian Harkensee

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 41-44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0225
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Bile acid diarrhoea: a clinical conundrum in primary care
John Thirkettle, John McLaughlin and Maiedha Raza

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (762): 45-47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0613

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