Skin cancer follow-up is most effective when general practitioners establish follow-up strategies suited to the rural populations and supported by evidence-based guidelines for skins cancers.

This article looks at how the cascade of care for tuberculosis infection screening and treatment have been implemented in primary care settings globally.

This study compares virtual reality against standard care for children undergoing routine four-year-old immunisations.

A diagnosis of cancer disrupts almost every developmental life stage and continues to affect the child, and potentially their whole family, throughout adulthood.

Increased awareness of the alternative medical abortion models may encourage medical abortion delivery in general practice and increase access for women.

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.

Regular contraceptive review should take account of the fact that women’s reasons for use may shift between contraceptive and non-contraceptive purposes.

Beliefs about the usefulness of initiatives to reduce opioid prescribing in clinical practice and autonomy in prescribing may be important considerations in driving compliance.

This paper describes a step-by-step approach to ethics applications for research projects in primary care for new and inexperienced researchers and those new to primary care research.

Research-ready general practitioners and practices would make general practice an ideal environment to conduct research relevant to the patients GPs serve.

The authors provide guidance on the grant application process for clinicians with an interest in research.

This study examined the experiences of GPs when faced with paediatric type 1 diabetes (T1D) and to what degree GPs can diagnose and assist in the management of children with T1D.

Research, education and clinical practice form the cornerstone of the medical profession. Practising clinicians should appreciate the role of research and actively participate in knowledge generation.

Patient health literacy is a barrier to both management of familial hypercholesterolaemia and cascade testing.