TY - JOUR T1 - Assume Nothing JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 51 LP - 51 DO - 10.3399/bjgp22X718265 VL - 72 IS - 715 AU - Euan Lawson Y1 - 2022/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/72/715/51.abstract N2 - Euan LawsonIt is all too easy, all too human, to fall prey to our biases. The research this month does an impressive job of poking us in the assumptions. It could be argued that continuity and communication are the two most important features of general practice. After all, they are the bedrock of relationship-based care.The study by Sandvik et al on continuity in this month’s issue feels right to GPs and fits with existing evidence. In Norway, the introduction of a named GP has been associated with startling improvements in emergency admissions and mortality with reductions of 25%–30%. As GP Phil … ER -