Professor Sir Liam Donaldson's report 1 offers a realistic possibility that, for the first time,
every patient in the United Kingdom will have the guarantee of a good doctor. 2 This is not …

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There is evidence of widespread agreement with these statements from the Prime Minister,
among both the receivers and providers of health care. The increasing negative reaction that …

Across the globe doctors are miserable because they feel like hamsters on a treadmill. They
must run faster just to stand still. In underdoctored Britain they must see ever more patients …

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Will we be getting good doctors and safer patients? Page 1 Graeme Catto, president General
Medical Council, London I believe that forward thinking doctors will welcome this white paper …

Speaking at an event organised by the Medical Journalists' Association on 17 June, Wes
Streeting said that general practice “will do well” under a Labour government that would …

A traditional referral has the form of a personal introduction; referral management centres
are the equivalent of dating agencies. General practitioners listen every day to patients …

Continuity of care has had many definitions, 1 but in the context of general practice it is still
virtually synonymous with care from one doctor, usually spanning an extended time and …

Paternalism is endemic in the NHS. Benign and well intentioned it may be, but it has the
effect of creating and maintaining an unhealthy dependency which is out of step with other …