The Lancet Primary Care

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A fully open access journal dedicated to quality primary care for healthier societies.

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 11:05 AM

📢Have you reviewed for us since August 2026? You might be eligible for a discount on Article Processing Charges! Following feedback from our readers, reviewers, and authors, we are now part of The Lancet Reviewer Incentive programme. ➡️ For full terms, see your peer-review invitation email!

Static image, featuring the inaugural cover of The Lancet Primary Care, with the text “Publish with us. Dedicated to publishing research and opinion that can guide the effective delivery of primary care in the 21st century." Copyright: Elsevier.

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 3:23 PM

🆕 In their Comment, Przemyslaw Kardas and colleagues announce a new practical handbook to aid clinicians in handling and addressing medication non-adherence in #primarycare

Read the full Comment ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#familymedicine #adherence

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@thelancetendo.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 8:10 AMReposted by @lancetprimarycare.bsky.social

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@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 11:20 AM

🆕Beth Nichol and colleagues report their analysis of the effectiveness of SMS text message reminders for #cervicalscreening attendance in a real-world setting versus usual care

Read the full Article now www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#medsky #primarycare #generalpractice #cervicalcancer

Image shows the Research in context panel from the Article, describing the evidence before the study, the added value of the study, and implications of all the available evidence.

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:31 PM

Our new issue is out now and free to read for all!

Explore and download the issue on our journal homepage: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#primarycare #primaryhealthcare #generalpractice #familymedicine #medsky

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Front cover of The Lancet Primary Care September issue, featuring a photograph of a happy doctor discussing with a female patient. Image credit: Westend61

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 12:58 PM

🆕 In their Health Policy paper, Serena Chong and colleagues describe their refinement of a scoping tool to identify #antimicrobialresistance relevant interventions delivered via #primaryhealthcare

Read the full paper ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#primarycare #medsky

Table shows the 21 focus areas of the antimicrobial resistance-primary health care approach scoping tool, grouped into the three primary health care components and delineated across the three countries included in the study (Kazakhstan, Sweden, and Thailand).

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 10:30 AM

🆕 Elizabeth Manias provides her perspective on the new research published by Ángel González de la Fuente and colleagues.

Read the full Comment ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#primarycare #primaryhealthcare #familymedicine #medsky #generalpractice

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 10:25 AM

🆕 Ángel González de la Fuente and colleagues report their investigation of relational continuity, care coordination, and experience of person-centred #primarycare among adults with chronic conditions using OECD PaRIS data

Read the full Article ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#emdsky

Figure 2 from the Article, showing a heat map of predicted person-centred care across the combined care coordination x relational continuity intensity framework

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 3:22 PM

🆕 Nancy Dale and colleagues report the CRIMSON trial, investigating the effectiveness on mortality of an evidence-based decision support tool versus standardised malnutrition treatment in acutely #malnourished children

Read the full Article ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#primarycare #medsky

Table that shows the primary and secondary outcomes of the trial, including mortality and hospital admission data.

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 9:40 AM

🆕In their Article, Steven Gilmore and colleagues investigated the occurrence of #prescribing cascades and their effects on problematic #polypharmacy in a cohort of community-dwelling older adults

Read the full Article here ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#primarycare #medsky #familymedicine

Image shows a flow diagram that is the figure in the paper, showing identification of prescribing cascades

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 4:00 PM

❤️ This #WorldHeartDay, listen to the most recent episode of The Lancet Primary Care in conversation with, in which we speak with authors of a recent Comment on the Check my Beat cardiac screening programme

🎧Available now:
🍏 Apple: bit.ly/40Pel76
🎵 Spotify: bit.ly/4aQ8QuZ
⚡Podbean lnkd.in/eGRB_bma

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 12:46 PM

🆕 In their Comment, L Paloma Rojas-Saunero and colleagues discuss the use of target trial emulation studies in the #primarycare space

Read the full Comment ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 10:18 AM

🆕Gong Feng and colleagues for the GPS-MASLD Alliance present their Delphi consensus and recommendations to support management of #MASLD in #primarycare

Read the full Review ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#openaccess #primaryhealthcare #generalpractice #medsky #familymedicine #liverdisease

Figure 3 from the Review, showing the primary care-centred practice workflow for assessment and follow-up of MASLD, based on the FIB-4 index. Details step 1, with initial assessments, and step 2, with repeat assessments.

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 1:49 PM

🎉Our new issue is out now and free to read for all!

Explore and download the issue on our journal homepage: hubs.li/Q03yqV6c0

#openaccess #primarycare #primaryhealthcare #familymedicine #generalpractice #medsky

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Cover of The Lancet Primary Care August 2026 issue, featuring a photograph of an older black woman working at a laptop while in her living room. Cover image credit: Inti St Clair

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 3:57 PM

🆕In their Article, Mia Holley and colleagues report their emulated target trial investigating the effects of weight-based #levothyroxine dosing on long-term cardiovascular, bone, and mortality outcomes in older adults with #hypothyroidism

Read the full Article ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Figure 2 part A, forest plots showing hazards of cardiovascular events by levothyroxine dose group on the basis of total bodyweight and lean bodyweight

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Sep 2, 2026, 1:37 PM

🆕 In their Viewpoint, Ramzi Ajjan and colleagues propose practical algorithms for use of #continuousglucosemonitoring metrics in the management of #insulin for people with #type2diabetes treated in #primarycare

Read the full Viewpoint ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Sep 2, 2026, 1:01 PM

🎧 Listen to this month's episode of The Lancet Primary Care in conversation with, where we talk with Paul Little and Rosie Essery about their latest publication

Available now wherever you get your podcasts:
🍏 Apple: bit.ly/40Pel76
🎵 Spotify: bit.ly/4aQ8QuZ
⚡Podbean lancetprcare.podbean.com

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Sep 1, 2026, 2:28 PM

🆕 In their three-arm randomised controlled trial, Paul Little and colleagues investigated whether a #digitalintervention resulted in improvement in #cognitivehealth in older adults with #cognitiveimpairment at 12 months

Read the full Article here ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@lancetprimarycare.bsky.social Sep 1, 2026, 11:17 AM

⏰Register this week to save on fees and join world-renowned speakers at the #LancetSummit to explore critical topics in #diabetes research, prevention, and care.

👉 Book your place by Sep 4, 2026 to save on fees at
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@lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social Sep 1, 2026, 7:25 AMReposted by @lancetprimarycare.bsky.social

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of maternal mortality & long-term morbidity. But, pregnancy-related cardiovascular complications are under-recognised and variably managed.
Read the Series on Cardiovascular Disease & Pregnancy: www.thelancet.com/series-do/ca...
@thelancet.com #ESCcongress2026

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