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.
Diseases of the adrenal gland occur rather more frequently than is appreciated and provide a series of challenges for the treating practitioner.
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.
Gamma hydroxybutyrate is associated with a disproportionate burden of harm despite low overall population prevalence of use.
Respiratory tract and sleep disorders – including obstructive sleep apnoea, difficult-to-treat asthma in adults, and insomnia – are commonly encountered in general practice.
The connection between sleep and health has been recognised for centuries, but it is only relatively recently that the treatment of sleep disorders has developed as a medical specialty.
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.
This study examined the effectiveness of a general practice nurse intervention to reduce blood pressure in adults with hypertension who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease.
Education and learning activities that specifically target areas of medicolegal risk can help reduce the likelihood and severity of future medicolegal events.
This study discusses the potential adverse effects on women’s health of pharmacists diagnosing and treating urinary tract infections and other disease due to the shortage of general practitioners.