What are the 12 most common conditions seen by GPs?

What are the 12 most common conditions seen by GPs?

These are the 12 most common conditions seen by GPs.

1. Hypertension – including medication review
2. Upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) – e.g. cough, cold, sore throat
3. Depression or anxiety – and other mental illnesses
4. Back pain
5. Routine follow-up of chronic disease – e.g. CKD, DM, CHF, BP, cholesterol, COPD/asthma, thyroid disease
6. Arthritis (not back) – especially osteoarthritis (e.g. hip or knee pain
7. Skin disease – especially eczema
8. Earache – especially acute otitis media
9. Diabetes – review of medication, control of DM, and complications
10. Dementia
11. Medication – review
12. Urinary tract infection (UTI)

Summary

We have described what are the 12 most common conditions seen by GPs. We hope it has been helpful.

Other resource

This article is based on this paper: Finley, 2018 and data from NHS Digital, 2021.