{"podcast":{"title":"BJGP Interviews","slug":"bjgp-interviews-1317540","podcast_index_feed_id":1317540,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/bjgp/","website_url":"https://www.bjgplife.com/podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a0571431-c754-4d19-aa78-8985285552a9/a2latk3exjxonxk7ainz9t7w.jpg","author":"The British Journal of General Practice","episode_count":200,"summary":"Listen to BJGP Interviews for the latest updates on primary care and general practice research. Hear from researchers and clinicians who will update and guide you to the best practice. We all want to deliver better care to patients and improve health through better research and its translation into practice and policy. The BJGP is a leading international journal of primary care with the aim to serve the primary care community. Whether you are a general practitioner or a nurse, a researcher, we publish a full range of research studies from RCTs to the best qualitative literature on primary care. In addition, we publish editorials, articles on the clinical practice, and in-depth analysis of the topics that matter. We are inclusive and determined to serve the primary care community. BJGP Interviews brings all these articles to you through conversations with world-leading experts. The BJGP is the journal of the UK's Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). The RCGP grant full editorial independence to the BJGP and the views published in the BJGP do not necessarily represent those of the College. For all the latest research, editorials and clinical practice articles visit BJGP.or…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bjgp-interviews-1317540"},"episode":{"title":"Counting GPs: When definitions change the workforce picture","slug":"counting-gps-when-definitions-change-the-workforce-picture","published_at":"2025-10-21T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bjgp-interviews-1317540/counting-gps-when-definitions-change-the-workforce-picture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bjgp-interviews-1317540","url":"https://bjgplife.com/counting-gps-when-definitions-change-the-workforce-picture","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a7a7b60b-32f6-4f8d-b9e5-b8450b6b2402.mp3","summary":"Today, we’re speaking to Dr Luisa Pettigrew, a GP and Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Senior Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation. Title of paper: Counting GPs: A comparative repeat cross-sectional analysis of NHS general practitioners Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0833 There have been successive Government promises to increase GP numbers. However, the numbers of GPs in NHS general practice depend upon how GPs are defined and how data are analysed. This paper provides a comprehensive picture of trends in GP capacity in English NHS general practice between 2015 and 2024. It shows that the number of fully qualified GPs working in NHS general practice is not keeping pace with population growth and there is increasing variation in the number of patients per GP between practices. We offer research and policy recommendations to improve the consistency and clarity of reporting GP workforce statistics. 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 00:00:01.040 - 00:01:04.810 Hello and welcome to BJGP Interviews. I'm Nada Khan and I'm one of the Associate Editors of the Journal. Thanks for taking the time today to listen to this podcast. In today's episode, we're speaking to Dr. Louisa Pettigrew, who is a GP and research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Louisa is also a Senior Policy Fellow at the Health foundation and we're here today to talk about the paper that she's recently published here in the bjgp. The paper is titled Counting A Comparative Repeat Cross Sectional analysis of NHS GPs. So, hi, Louisa, and thanks for joining me here today to talk about your work. And I guess just…","meta_description":"Today, we’re speaking to Dr Luisa Pettigrew, a GP and Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Senior Policy Fellow at th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":947,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bjgp-interviews-1317540/episodes/counting-gps-when-definitions-change-the-workforce-picture/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bjgp-interviews-1317540/counting-gps-when-definitions-change-the-workforce-picture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}