Pearls

With the London Marathon around the corner and ParkRun never more popular, many of our patients are exploring running or upping their miles. Running brings huge physical and mental health benefits, but can be associated with characteristic overuse and injury patterns.

People experiencing homelessness are among the most vulnerable patients we care for, and they face significantly poorer health outcomes.  In this week’s Pearl, we look at practical steps we can take in general practice that can make a difference. 

We are heading into pollen season and the familiar refrain ‘hay fever really bad, nothing working’ will have hit the triage list. So, we thought it might be the perfect time to share a practical look at allergic rhinitis, including hay fever.

Spring has arrived: flowers are blooming and your ARCP is probably looming.  This month’s bite-sized Pearl focuses on how to make the most of your ARCP, with practical tips to help you!

In this week’s Pearl, we explore what burnout really is, why clinicians are particularly at risk, how to recognise the warning signs in yourself and colleagues, and the practical steps that genuinely help.

This week’s Pearl provides a clear, practical, general practice approach to cancer and frailty, and focuses on where we can make a positive difference to support person-centred care.

Tomorrow is World Oral Health Day, so we thought we would consider some of the more common oral conditions that patients may present to general practice with. We break the topic down into a simple overview to give you the essentials fast.

Making a diagnosis relies on knowledge and suspicion that outweighs our experience. In support of Brain Tumour Awareness Month, we wanted to help you to top up that knowledge with this week's Pearl

This month’s GPST Pearl on non-migrainous headaches focuses on tension headache, medication-overuse headache and cluster headache, providing you with the confidence to convert your consultation from a headache into a win.

After a tremendous reception in 2025, the Let’s Dance campaign is back! In this week’s Pearl, we’re delighted to share more information about this joyful national initiative and how our patients and practices can benefit.

One of the jedi skills of general practice is spotting the rare among the common - recognising when something just isn’t following the usual pattern. For Rare Disease Day (28 February), we’re sharing a Pearl on bullous pemphigoid, a rare autoimmune blistering skin disease.

Precocious puberty is relatively rare so many of us will need a helping hand if a potential case pitches up on the triage list.   In this week’s Pearl, we share our handy two-page GEMS (Guidelines and Evidence Made Simple) on this very subject. 

This month’s GP Trainee Pearl gives you a clear, step-by-step guide to heart failure, perfect for exam prep or making a busy clinic a bit easier. 

When selecting topics for our GP Update course, we choose things that are new or practice-changing, or sometimes just because they are important and we won’t learn about them anywhere else. Perianal masses fall into the ‘you probably won’t learn about this anywhere else’ category!

Early pregnancy can feel overwhelming, especially when raising a sensitive topic like weight. This week’s Pearl shares our updated article on obesity and weight management in pregnancy, based on the 2025 NICE guidance.

The BBC news headline ‘Menopause linked to Alzheimer’s-like brain changes’ (27/1/26) will catch the attention of women across the UK. When this happens, questions come our way in primary care. Our Pearl is here to help!