= Registered users
= Paid-up subscribersAbout The Practitioner (1868-2022)
The Practitioner has been meeting the changing educational needs of GPs for over 150 years.
This monthly clinical review journal aims to keep GPs up to date by providing concise but in-depth coverage of important clinical developments that will have an impact on primary care.
| 1. Mission and values | 3. Peer review system |
| 2. Editorial team and advisers | 4. Instructions to authors |
Last revised 14/09/2018
Editors, Advisers and Reviewers (2009-2022)
Editor | Executive Editor |
| Editorial Advisers | Review panel of GPs with a special interest* |
| Dr Phillip Bland BA BM BCh MRCGP DRCOG Former GP with an interest in mental health, Dalton-in-Furness, UK | Dr Chris Barclay MB ChB FRCOG GP with an interest in O&G, Suffolk |
| Dr Peter Saul MB ChB DCH DRCOG FRCGP GP with an interest in respiratory disease, Wrexham and Associate GP Dean for North Wales, UK | Dr Phillip Bland BA BM BCh MRCGP DRCOG Former GP with an interest in mental health, Dalton-in-Furness, UK |
| Dr Jez Thompson MB ChB MSc MRCGP Former RCGP Regional Lead Substance Misuse and Hepatitis C champion GP, Leeds | Dr Matthew Lockyer BSc MB BS DCH DRCOG DFFP MRCGP GP with an interest in diabetes, Suffolk, UK |
| Dr Richard Ma MSc MRCGP DFSRH DCH DRCOG DipGUM DrPH GP with an interest in sexual health and NIHR Research Fellow, Imperial College, London, UK | |
| Dr Peter Saul MB ChB DCH DRCOG FRCGP GP with an interest in respiratory disease, Wrexham and Associate GP Dean for North Wales, UK | |
| Dr Peter Savill BSc (Hons) MBBS PGDipCard Former GP, Community Cardiology Specialist, Southampton and Mid Hampshire | |
| Dr Jez Thompson MB ChB MSc MRCGP Former RCGP Regional Lead Substance Misuse and Hepatitis C champion GPwSI Substance Misuse, Leeds | |
| Last revise 1/08/2022 | *Panel of GPs who: Pick out and review recent research papers in The Practitioner in their area of special interest 2. Highlight 'Key points' from the main articles for general practice |
Peer review system
The major review articles (Symposia articles, Special reports and the occasional Case report) are usually written by hospital specialists. The Editor selects two doctors to peer review the main articles. They are blinded as to the author's identity and institution. They review each article for accuracy, timeliness, strength of evidence, and how recent advances will affect day to day practice with respect to diagnosis, treatment and referral to secondary or tertiary care. The reviewers often request further information, data or explanations, to ensure relevance to general practice.
A reviewer from The Practitioner's panel of GPs will select 5 or 6 Key Points, i.e. key messages for GPs, which are published at the end of the article under the reviewer’s name.
Last revised 20/11/2018
