This article uses lived experience to outline some of the crucial trigger points where support from the general practitioner can have a significant impact on a positive path forward for the patient.

Random case analysis in practice clinical team meetings is a novel method of peer review of performance that also promotes quality improvement and can identify patient safety concerns.

Effort needs to be made to most effectively combine expert cancer care with holistic, whole-person care, across the cancer continuum.

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

This framework meets the need for a simple framework for practice-based case discussion that applies to both the formal problem case discussion and informal ad hoc teaching scenarios.

Neurodiversity, which refers to variations between human minds occurring naturally within a population, is the focus of this month's issue.

General practitioners are well placed to support their neurodivergent patients once recognised, with or without a formal diagnosis.

Rational investigation of thyroid disease requires careful avoidance of over-investigation of minor abnormalities balanced with prompt diagnosis of serious health conditions.

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.

The safe and timely removal of foreign bodies ensures good patient outcomes and limits complications.

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