Family Medicine

Editorial Director Andrew Chilvers looks at the importance of creating digital communities, citizen self-help groups and social media connections to help support children & young people in the 21st century.

COPD has a number of diagnostic challenges. Here, the authors consider the process and look at the issues GPs might face.

In the second part of our series on sexual dysfunction, the authors look at erectile dysfunction, Peyronie's disease and hypoactive desire disorder.

The final part of our special report on cancer and the role of the GP considers issues and challenges around end of life care and palliative care emergencies.

Ahead of the Preventing Childhood Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) conference, Dr Sharon Raymond calls on GPs to do more to tackle the problem

Recent developments that caught the eye.

BJFM editor Robert Mair speaks to immunisation expert Dr George Kassianos about changes to the immunisation schedule and implications for GPs.

Test yourself with the bJFM 'before and after' self-audit. the information required to answer the following MCQs is covered by the articles in this issue. You may want to try these MCQs both before and after reading to gauge the educational…

 Two experts on osteoporosis answer readers' questions on managing this debilitating condition.

Thousands more babies could potentially be born in a midwife-led unit or at home, according to new guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). 

Women with a mental illness (including depression, anxiety and serious mental illnesses) are less likely to be screened for breast cancer, according to a new study.

A new quality standard setting out how best to care for adults who need treatment for chronic kidney disease has been published by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Following a successful pilot earlier this year, two GPs are now aiming to launch a new training course to address the issue of domestic violence and female genital mutilation (FGM.

Practices are facing a huge rise in patient registrations, with average list sizes increasing by up to 500 patients in some CCG areas in the past 18 months, an investigation has revealed.

People in the UK should have at least 30 minutes of sunlight on bare skin several times a week to generate enough Vitamin D to prevent diseases such as cancer, according to a study.