Healthcare professionals would generally like to increase their electronic correspondence, yet most are currently faxing or posting their correspondence.

Shared medical appointments and programmed shared medical appointments are an innovative approach to chronic disease management.

Medical research in Australia has mostly been conducted in tertiary hospital settings, but as the majority of illnesses are managed in primary care, there is a need for a change in focus.

Some doctors rarely run late and yet seem to meet their patients’ needs. We call these colleagues ‘Time Lords’.

Discusses the role of GPs in identifying patients who may be at risk of or are experiencing elder abuse.

GPs need to know common sources of bias in evidence and information arising from industry-sponsored work so that they can detect bias and minimise its influence on their clinical practice.

GPs receive updates to their knowledge on a daily basis. They want accurate summaries of a medicine’s properties, efficacy and side-effect profile from trusted sources on which to base a decision.

The knowledge produced by Cochrane reviews informs the guidelines that shape our responses to clinical presentations in general practice.

In a rapidly evolving digital world, it is crucial that general practice embraces the potential of artificial intelligence and virtual reality in a real and proactive clinical manner.

Morgan’s organisational metaphors are one example of a management conceptual model that might help us illuminate the prisms of presupposition and assumption that we hold about organisations.

GPs will need to adapt rapidly to change, seizing opportunities offered by disruptive technology in a globalised world affected by climate change.

We need to count what counts if we want to ensure modern workforce approaches can indeed produce a fit-for-purpose generalist workforce that is able to meet the needs of the communities we serve.

The focus is shifting to how best to enable GPs to deliver effective, efficient and equitable care.

This article reviews the challenges of developing a workforce of trained general practitioners for primary care in Pakistan and proposes solutions to address the gap.

Care in the 21st century demands better outcomes through more comprehensive data to enhance the provider’s ability to deliver care and increase the patient’s involvement in their own healthcare.