Objectives As general practice increasingly moves towards large group practices, there is
debate about the relative benefits, safety and sustainability of different care delivery models …

General practice is in trouble. The reasons for the difficulties faced by doctors and patients
include a growing population, increasing numbers of older and more complex patients, the …

The General Medical Services Committee recently commented that previous arguments for
and against a salaried service for general practitioners had been exaggerated.'In the recent …

General practice is likely to change greatly over the next few years. Increases in care in the
community and day surgery will lead to more work, and the demand for better data on …

Have no doubt about it: the next generation of senior doctors, who we currently label as
juniors, have found their voice. It's one for debate whether the term “junior” itself is …

The NHS Plan called for the introduction of 1000 “specialist general practitioners” to
establish clinics in community settings for carefully selected patients. 1 A key aim is to …

Editor—Two papers and an editorial recently reported on the delivery of out of hours care by
doctors in cooperatives. 1 2 3 One of the reasons for the development of cooperatives was …

The commission's fourth annual report found that 4% of doctors were from working class
backgrounds, a proportion that was even lower than that of two other enclaves of privilege …

Spike Milligan once described the invention of a machine that did the work of two men.
Unfortunately, it took three men to work it. 1 As populations age, multimorbidity accrues …

This paper uses data from in-depth interviews with general practitioners in one area of south
London to explore how a group of single-handed general practitioners construct space, time …