Victoria Tzortziou Brown
@victoriatb.bsky.social
GP, @RCGP Vice Chair, Research & Innovation lead @NHS_NELondon, @FSEM_UK sports medicine @QMUL . May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. Views: mine
On my way to Bournemouth for @LibDems conference where I will be meeting with MPs, advisors and stakeholders to promote the crucial role of GPs in the NHS and how we can build a sustainable future for general practice #LDConf @rcgp.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
On my way to Bournemouth for @LibDems conference where I will be meeting with MPs, advisors and stakeholders to promote the crucial role of GPs in the NHS and how we can build a sustainable future for general practice #LDConf @rcgp.bsky.social
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"Now is the time to ensure that the people who turn ambition into impact—the clinical academics—are not left behind."
Read more on medical academics and the NHS 10 year plan, from our medical academic staff committee: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Read more on medical academics and the NHS 10 year plan, from our medical academic staff committee: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
The UK is rapidly losing medical academics and without them the NHS 10 year plan is at risk
The upcoming NHS workforce plan is an opportunity to turn this shortage around, write David Strain and Jonathan Gibb
In July 2025, the UK government launched two ambitious strategies with a shared v...
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August 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Now is the time to ensure that the people who turn ambition into impact—the clinical academics—are not left behind."
Read more on medical academics and the NHS 10 year plan, from our medical academic staff committee: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Read more on medical academics and the NHS 10 year plan, from our medical academic staff committee: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Discontinuity of care was higher among younger adults, subgroups of males, urban residents, lower socioeconomic groups, those of "other" ethnicity, those who were unemployed, and patients with higher morbidity in this Danish cohort study doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare @trkristensen.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Discontinuity of care was higher among younger adults, subgroups of males, urban residents, lower socioeconomic groups, those of "other" ethnicity, those who were unemployed, and patients with higher morbidity in this Danish cohort study doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare @trkristensen.bsky.social
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Small improvements in personal GP continuity, achievable in most practices, resulted in reductions in hospital admissions and emergency department visits doi.org/10.3399/bjgp... @liu.se.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #Continuity #GeneralPractice
Personal GP continuity improves healthcare outcomes in primary care populations: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice
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July 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Small improvements in personal GP continuity, achievable in most practices, resulted in reductions in hospital admissions and emergency department visits doi.org/10.3399/bjgp... @liu.se.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #Continuity #GeneralPractice
Shared a summary of our research on workforce retention in Pulse Today:
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/views/guest-...
Despite ongoing recruitment efforts, we're still losing fully qualified GPs at a worrying rate. Workforce data, including vacancy data, is crucial for addressing the retention crisis.
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/views/guest-...
Despite ongoing recruitment efforts, we're still losing fully qualified GPs at a worrying rate. Workforce data, including vacancy data, is crucial for addressing the retention crisis.
May 31, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Shared a summary of our research on workforce retention in Pulse Today:
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/views/guest-...
Despite ongoing recruitment efforts, we're still losing fully qualified GPs at a worrying rate. Workforce data, including vacancy data, is crucial for addressing the retention crisis.
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/views/guest-...
Despite ongoing recruitment efforts, we're still losing fully qualified GPs at a worrying rate. Workforce data, including vacancy data, is crucial for addressing the retention crisis.
At the Congrès de la Médecine Générale in Paris presenting with @becksfisher.bsky.social and John Ford. We covered GP retention, workforce data, unequal GP distribution, lack of job opportunities. #sustainableGPcareers #addressingbottlenecks @rcgp.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
March 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
At the Congrès de la Médecine Générale in Paris presenting with @becksfisher.bsky.social and John Ford. We covered GP retention, workforce data, unequal GP distribution, lack of job opportunities. #sustainableGPcareers #addressingbottlenecks @rcgp.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
Goodmorning @TeamGP and all
March 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Goodmorning @TeamGP and all
#Pulse365 conference, catching up with colleagues after closing speech on Workforce in general practice. With James Waldron and @jkaffash.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
#Pulse365 conference, catching up with colleagues after closing speech on Workforce in general practice. With James Waldron and @jkaffash.bsky.social
#TeamGP The Leng review of physician and anaesthesia associates has launched a survey of healthcare professionals. This will be open until the 30th March. It is important that we have good representation from general practice: consultations.dhsc.gov.uk/67b88983cde4...
@rcgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
@rcgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
Survey - Independent review of physician associates and anaesthesia associates: survey of healthcare professionals
consultations.dhsc.gov.uk
March 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#TeamGP The Leng review of physician and anaesthesia associates has launched a survey of healthcare professionals. This will be open until the 30th March. It is important that we have good representation from general practice: consultations.dhsc.gov.uk/67b88983cde4...
@rcgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
@rcgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
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Recognising International Medical Graduates who may benefit from tailored support: PMQ in English language linked with significantly better chance of passing MRCGP; prequalification assessments help identify IMGs who may benefit from support @victoriatb.bsky.social
www.wisegp.co.uk/teaching-and...
www.wisegp.co.uk/teaching-and...
MRCGP exam
WiseGP - Championing the clinical scholarship supporting the Knowledge Work of person-centred General Practice.
www.wisegp.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Recognising International Medical Graduates who may benefit from tailored support: PMQ in English language linked with significantly better chance of passing MRCGP; prequalification assessments help identify IMGs who may benefit from support @victoriatb.bsky.social
www.wisegp.co.uk/teaching-and...
www.wisegp.co.uk/teaching-and...
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“People just left because they just couldn’t cope with the stress.”
Digitalised work offers some benefits, but, in the current pressurised climate of UK general practice, drives workplace stress, suffering, and strain on working relationships doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
Digitalised work offers some benefits, but, in the current pressurised climate of UK general practice, drives workplace stress, suffering, and strain on working relationships doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
Technostress, technosuffering, and relational strain: a multi-method qualitative study of how remote and digital work affects staff in UK general practice | British Journal of General Practice
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February 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“People just left because they just couldn’t cope with the stress.”
Digitalised work offers some benefits, but, in the current pressurised climate of UK general practice, drives workplace stress, suffering, and strain on working relationships doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
Digitalised work offers some benefits, but, in the current pressurised climate of UK general practice, drives workplace stress, suffering, and strain on working relationships doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
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Patients mostly accept online test result access but want to know ‘what happens next’.
Reliance on the NHS App for test communication is insufficient. Patient-centred communication methods are important for patient safety & clarity in delivering test results, & GP workload doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Reliance on the NHS App for test communication is insufficient. Patient-centred communication methods are important for patient safety & clarity in delivering test results, & GP workload doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Communicating blood test results in primary care: a mixed-methods systematic review | British Journal of General Practice
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February 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Patients mostly accept online test result access but want to know ‘what happens next’.
Reliance on the NHS App for test communication is insufficient. Patient-centred communication methods are important for patient safety & clarity in delivering test results, & GP workload doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Reliance on the NHS App for test communication is insufficient. Patient-centred communication methods are important for patient safety & clarity in delivering test results, & GP workload doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
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Our study is officially published! For the first time, we have explored the association between the language of primary medical qualification and exam attainment, analysing data from over 28,000 candidates.
bjgp.org/content/earl... @bjgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @rcgp.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/earl... @bjgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @rcgp.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Our study is officially published! For the first time, we have explored the association between the language of primary medical qualification and exam attainment, analysing data from over 28,000 candidates.
bjgp.org/content/earl... @bjgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @rcgp.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/earl... @bjgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @rcgp.bsky.social
Our study is officially published! For the first time, we have explored the association between the language of primary medical qualification and exam attainment, analysing data from over 28,000 candidates.
bjgp.org/content/earl... @bjgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @rcgp.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/earl... @bjgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @rcgp.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Our study is officially published! For the first time, we have explored the association between the language of primary medical qualification and exam attainment, analysing data from over 28,000 candidates.
bjgp.org/content/earl... @bjgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @rcgp.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/earl... @bjgp.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @rcgp.bsky.social
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Language of primary medical qualification and differential MRCGP exam attainment: IMGs trained in countries with non-English as first language had lower odds of exam pass and exam scores across all exam components @victoriatb.bsky.social @bjgp.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/earl...
bjgp.org/content/earl...
Language of primary medical qualification and differential MRCGP exam attainment: an observational study
Background International medical graduates (IMGs) comprise more than half of GP registrars but are more likely to fail postgraduate assessments than UK graduates.
Aim To assess whether there is an as...
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February 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Language of primary medical qualification and differential MRCGP exam attainment: IMGs trained in countries with non-English as first language had lower odds of exam pass and exam scores across all exam components @victoriatb.bsky.social @bjgp.bsky.social
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