# Balancing safety and access: The GP’s role in isotretinoin management

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Published: 2025-09-09T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://bjgplife.com/balancing-safety-and-access-the-gps-role-in-isotretinoin-management
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## Resource

In this episode, we speak to Dr Diarmuid Quinlan, a GP and MD candidate based at the Department of General Practice at University College Cork. Title of paper: Competencies and clinical guidelines for managing acne with isotretinoin in general practice: a scoping review Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0135 There is evidence of inequitable access to the most effective treatment for severe acne, isotretinoin. This scoping review identified the clinical competencies to safely manage acne using isotretinoin. No global consensus exists among clinical practice guidelines (CGPs) on whether GPs are appropriate prescribers of isotretinoin. Appropriately resourced and CPG-guided patient access to isotretinoin in primary care may promote safe, timely, and equitable acne management for patients and improve antimicrobial stewardship. Transcript: This transcript was generated using AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Please be aware it may contain errors or omissions. Speaker A 00:00:01.440 - 00:01:07.850 Hello and welcome to BJGP Interviews. My name is Nada Khan and I'm one of the associate editors of the bjgp. And welcome to our autumn edition of the BJGP podcast. We're kicking off with a new set of interviews for the next few months. So thanks again for joining us. Today we're speaking to Dr. Dermod Quinlan, who is a practicing GP in Cork and is also an MD candidate at University College Cork in Ireland. We're here today to discuss his paper, recently published in the BJGP titled Competency and Clinical Guidelines for Managing Acne with Isotretinoin in General Practice. A Scoping Review. So thanks very much, Dermid, for joining me here today to talk about this paper. But yeah, I guess I just wanted to start by saying that this is a really interesting paper…

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