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It aimed to identify patient-facing and non-patient facing clinical work as well as other activities that are required to deliver comprehensive, continuous, primary health care in the community.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n GPs were invited to participate in two daily diary studies, allocating their activities to six categories. Diaries were completed for 2\u00a0weeks in summer (late 2023) and 1\u00a0week in winter (mid 2024). Data were analysed to identify the volume of patient-facing work and the range of non-patient-facing clinical and non-clinical activities.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n A total of 566 individual GPs completed the diary studies: 417 in summer, 303 in winter, with 154 across both periods. 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