Understanding why primary care doctors leave direct patient care: a systematic review of qualitative research.

Background: UK general practitioners (GPs) are leaving direct patient care in significant numbers. We undertook a systematic review of qualitative research to identify factors affecting GPs' leaving behaviour in the workforce as part of a wider mixed methods study (ReGROUP).

Objective: To identify factors that affect GPs' decisions to leave direct patient care.

Overseas GP recruitment: comparing international GP training with the UK and ensuring that registration standards and patient safety are maintained.

Background: Ambitious overseas recruitment targets have been set by the UK government to help alleviate the current GP shortage. European Economic Area (EEA) doctors can join the UK's GP register under European law. Non-EEA doctors must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), demonstrating equivalence to UK-trained doctors.

Feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of an online alternative to face-to-face consultation in general practice: a mixed-methods study of webGP in six Devon practices.

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of webGP as piloted by six general practices.

Methods: Mixed-methods evaluation, including data extraction from practice databases, general practitioner (GP) completion of case reports, patient questionnaires and staff interviews.

Setting: General practices in NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group's area approximately 6 months after implementing webGP (February-July 2016).

Why do GPs leave direct patient care and what might help to retain them? A qualitative study of GPs in South West England.

Objective: To identify factors influencing general practitioners' (GPs') decisions about whether or not to remain in direct patient care in general practice and what might help to retain them in that role.

Design: Qualitative, in-depth, individual interviews exploring factors related to GPs leaving, remaining in and returning to direct patient care.

Setting: South West England, UK.

Pharmacists' perceptions of their emerging general practice roles in UK primary care: a qualitative interview study.

Background: UK general practice is experiencing a workload crisis. Pharmacists are the third largest healthcare profession in the UK; however, their skills are a currently underutilised and potentially highly valuable resource for primary health care. This study forms part of the evaluation of an innovative training programme for pharmacists who are interested in extended roles in primary care, advocated by a UK collaborative '10-point GP workforce action plan'.

Quitting patient care and career break intentions among general practitioners in South West England: findings of a census survey of general practitioners.

Objective: Given recent concerns regarding general practitioner (GP) workforce capacity, we aimed to describe GPs' career intentions, especially those which might impact on GP workforce availability over the next 5 years.

Design: Census survey, conducted between April and June 2016 using postal and online responses , of all GPs on the National Health Service performers list and eligible to practise in primary care. Two reminders were used as necessary.

Understanding quit decisions in primary care: a qualitative study of older GPs.

Objective: To investigate the reasons behind intentions to quit direct patient care among experienced general practitioners (GPs) aged 50-60 years.

Design And Setting: Qualitative study based on semistructured interviews with GPs in the South West region of England. Transcribed interviews were analysed thematically.

Routes to total joint replacement surgery: patients' and clinicians' perceptions of need.

Objective: To explore patients' perspectives of need for total joint replacement associated with decision making in orthopaedic consultations for hip or knee osteoarthritis.

Methods: Twenty-six orthopaedic consultations in 3 UK hospitals were observed and audio recorded, and semistructured interviews were conducted with the involved patients and clinicians. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis.