TY - JOUR T1 - Looking Forward JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 219 LP - 219 DO - 10.3399/bjgp20X709445 VL - 70 IS - 694 AU - Domhnall MacAuley Y1 - 2020/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/70/694/219.abstract N2 - A modern journal should be a multimedia platform for medical communication. The word ‘journal’ is itself an anachronism and we regard our website (https://bjgp.org) as the definitive version of BJGP. The future BJGP will package information in many different formats to be watched, read, or listened to, at any time of the day, and in every environment. Earlier this year that goal may have been simply an aspiration. Such metamorphosis would be inconceivable. But, you have already shown how revolutionary change can happen by transforming general practice almost overnight. Our entire ecosystem turned upside down; consultations, contact with patients, collaboration across boundaries. The improbable became possible.Listening is the first step. Facing the decade ahead with a new editor brings an opportunity to think about how the journal can meet those challenges in this changing world; bring research into practice, inform our experienced clinical readership, and challenge all of us … ER -