British Journal of General Practice: 76 (771)

October 2026; Volume 76,Issue 771

Editor’s Briefing

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Continuity of care and the Buxton Index
Euan Lawson

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 436. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746529

Editorials

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Challenges in diagnosing and supporting those with premenstrual dysphoric disorder: opportunities for GPs
Beth Louise Woodward, Becky MacGregor, Serena Probert, Paul Faulkner, Rima Dhillon-Smith and Sarah Hillman

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 438-440. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2026.0115
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How much evidence is needed before additional testing is incentivised at scale?
Martha MC Elwenspoek, Tracey Stone, Jonathan Decker, Penny Whiting and Jessica Watson

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 441-443. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2026.0357
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If in doubt, sit them out: concussion management in the community
Christian Mallen, Neil Heron, Clare Pheasey, Tom Crick, Naomi D Deakin and Peter Hutchinson

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 444-446. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2026.0408

Letters

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Minor illnesses teach clinical restraint
Max J Cooper and Jason Heath

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 448. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746541
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Fragmentation by design
Tom Marshall

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 448-449. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746553
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Author’s response
Alastair D Hay

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 449. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746565
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GP continuity of care can be regained: lessons from Finland
Serge Engamba, Kate Sidaway-Lee, Philip Evans and Denis Pereira Gray

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 449-450. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746577
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Clarifying urgent care: towards conceptual coherence and international alignment
Ivan Koay

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 450. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746589
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Urgent care
Hugh Matthews

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 450. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746601

Research

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Development of a novel GP continuity measurement for practices without personal lists: a two-practice pilot of the modified SLICC
Kate Sidaway-Lee, Denis Pereira Gray, Jason Fearn-Smith, Alastair Buick, Serge Engamba, Nada Khan and Philip Hugh Evans

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): e781-e789. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0624
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Clinical empathy and relational continuity mitigate care fragmentation for patients with multiple long-term conditions
Stella Arakelyan, Bruce Guthrie, Atul Anand, Nazir Lone, Stewart W Mercer and Tricia Tooman

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): e790-e797. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2026.0171
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Cost savings from primary care clinic continuity among patients with chronic disease in Alberta, Canada: a retrospective population-level cross-sectional study
Terrence McDonald, Brendan Cord Lethebe and Lee A Green

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): e798-e806. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2026.0085
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Optimising personal continuity in general practice: process evaluation of a toolkit
Lex JJ Groot, Annemarie A Uijen, Henk J Schers, Jako S Burgers, Martin Smalbrugge, Henriëtte E van der Horst and Otto R Maarsingh

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): e807-e817. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0401
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Sustaining named GP continuity requires organisational change: a comparative implementation analysis in Finland
Waltteri Tuompo, Janne Mäkelä, Markku Timonen and Juha Auvinen

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): e818-e827. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2026.0036
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General practice follow-up after hospital discharge in older adults: retrospective record analysis in UK primary care
Naomi Klepacz, Annabelle Long, Zakia Shariff, Simon EF Spencer, Hema Mistry, Frances Griffiths, Jeremy Dale and Rachel A Spencer

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): e828-e835. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0627
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Sustaining a career in general practice: a qualitative study of experienced GPs in South West England
Nada F Khan, Bethan M Treadgold and John Campbell

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): e836-e846. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0674
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Primary care practitioners’ experiences managing urinary tract infections: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Henrike Kleuser, Francine Toye, Felix Kannapin, Luca Ghirotto, Sandra Parisi, Alice Serafini, Maria Chiara Bassi, Ildikó Gágyor and Peter K Kurotschka

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): e847-e858. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0561
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Diagnostic models for male lower urinary tract symptom management in primary care
Chris Harding, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Tom Schatzberger, Jane Davies, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi and Adrian Edwards

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): e859-e867. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0513

Life & Times

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Woke up and smell the coffee!
Andrew Papanikitas

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 460. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746637
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The acceptable stimulant
Anuj Sean Chathley

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 461. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp25X742917
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What tango can help us rediscover in medicine
Rachna Chowla

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 462. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746649
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Yonder: Livestreaming clinical education, complaints, weather and mental health, and HPV and cervical cancer screening
Alex Burrell

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 463. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746661
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Stop coaching breathing: treat hyperventilation by talking patients back to normal ventilation
So Sakamoto

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 464-465. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746673
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Desire paths in patient care
Maiedha Raza

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 466. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746685
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Medicine and the media: why my uncle’s 1985 message matters now more than ever
Simon Smail

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 467. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746721
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Threadbare
Saul Miller

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 468. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp26X746709

Analysis

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Continuity of care measurement across health systems: UK and US insights for global primary care
Molly Dineen, Denis Pereira Gray, Kate Sidaway-Lee, Philip Evans and Andrew Bazemore

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 469-471. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2026.0475
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Cancer risk in patients with four non-specific symptoms: a decade of research and implications for practice
Charlotte Williamson, Anjali Behal, Becky White, Meena Rafiq, Samantha Harrison and Brian D Nicholson

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 472-476. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2026.0088

Clinical Practice

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Impact of discrepancies between patient leaflets and evidence on long-term nasal steroid sprays: a guide for general practice
Hira Hasan, Zahir Mughal, Mona Koshkouei, Emily Mackeith and Samuel Mackeith

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (771): 477-479. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2026.0262

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