Recent technology-related changes in the practice of medicine will have a profound effect on both the provision and measurement of continuity.

Prognostic uncertainty delays discussions and leads to unnecessary treatments for older patients who are dying.

The two professions have evolved with different social drivers and scientific underpinnings, with only a recent appreciation of the connections between the health of the mouth and the body.

The benefits of a strong doctor–patient relationship obtained through continuity of care should not be lost as our health system becomes more complex.

This paper examines the importance of, and challenges in, measuring and promoting continuity of care in Australia.

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.

This study discusses how skin in patients with skin of colour is biologically, functionally and structurally different to that of patients with lightly pigmented skin.

A high proportion of early-career general practitioners working part time in clinical general practice has implications for workplace planning.

Chronic non-cancer pain management illustrates the case for reconceptualising chronic condition management using a generic lifestyle-based approach.

Australian primary healthcare has been transitioning from episodic to continuous care of patients with diabetes.

Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic disease in Australia, with 1.2 million people known to have type 1, type 2 or gestational diabetes.

An update on the various treatment methods available today to tackle pilonidal disease.

Australia has adopted innovative, evidence-based criteria for the inclusion of HPV NAT assays in the renewed NCSP.

Many issues related to catheters can be safely and adequately managed in the community, resulting in timely management and increased patient satisfaction.

This paper considers common mechanisms underpinning chronic conditions and how these mechanisms might be targeted therapeutically in primary care.