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Personal continuity of care, a core value of general practice, is threatened by societal and healthcare changes. To identify practice and patient characteristics associated with personal continuity, this study used both observational routinely collected care data and semi-structured interviews with GPs. The dose-dependently associated characteristics (that is number of usual GPs in a practice and days since registration with a practice), combined with GPs’ views, may provide practical targets for future interventions to improve personal continuity in general practice.