This issue describes aspects of modern cancer treatment and underscores the importance of general practitioners to achieve optimal whole-person care.

Characterising the general practice response to the COVID-19 pandemic is important for ongoing policy planning.

Many challenges exist in providing best-evidence treatments that promote an active approach facilitating self-efficacy and physical activity, and align with a contemporary understanding of pain.

Skin cancer medicine is a core component of Australian general practice and is consistently in the top 10 conditions managed.

Skin cancer medicine is a core component of Australian general practice. The Focus articles featured in this issue discuss the management of pigmented skin lesions in general practice.

A simulation model of the general practice nurse workforce from 2012 to 2025 a likely shortage of the workforce, but this shortage could be reduced through recruitment and retention strategies.

Incomplete pretreatment assessment is likely to be a reflection of the recent shift in management of chronic hepatitis C to primary care.

The Freo Street Doctor service is an accredited, mobile, open-access general practice service to improve primary healthcare for people who are homeless and marginalised.

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

LactaMap aims to support general practitioners caring for women and infants requiring lactation support by delivering evidence-based lactation information in an accessible format at the point of care.

Better defining, integrating and supporting general practitioner roles in disaster systems is likely to improve disaster healthcare.

While general practitioners have concerns about the use of data stored on electronic health records, they also recognise the benefits of using this data for research purposes.

This paper explores the main issues associated with the use of primary care data for research and proposed solutions to address them.

This article explores patients’ perceptions of nutrition advice and care received from doctors and expectations of this care, including key skills and attributes patients perceive as important.

Education and learning activities that specifically target areas of medicolegal risk can help reduce the likelihood and severity of future medicolegal events.