Evidence

FIVE questions to ask before you switch to ambient AI

Primary Care Research: From an Optional Extra to an Essential Part of Modern General Practice

Almost 90% of NHS patient contacts happen in primary care, yet most research still happens somewhere else. Dr Fatima Tahir on why that gap matters, and what practices stand to gain from closing it.

AI scribes and the changing shape of clinical documentation

Dr Frederick Reynolds, a GP using ambient scribes day-to-day, has written the kind of thoughtful, first-hand review these tools deserve.

Falling through the GAAP: when patients diagnose themselves

One in 10 patients surveyed by Kidney Care UK found out they had CKD by seeing it recorded in the NHS App. Almost 40% had no opportunity to discuss the diagnosis with a healthcare professional.

It shouldn't be this hard!

What the RCGP and Patients Association report means for GP workload, referrals, and NHS digital systems.

Rare disease in UK primary care: why 'more education' isn't enough

1 in 17 people will be affected by a rare disease in their lifetime. Most will wait years for a diagnosis. The default answer has always been that primary care needs more education — but is that actually true?

NICE is about to prescribe more medicines — here's why

For 26 years, NICE has used the same yardstick to decide whether a new medicine is worth funding. From April 2026, that yardstick is changing for the first time, and prescribers will feel it.

Are we losing the battle for primary care?

Where is the money really flowing in healthcare?