BMJ  2005;331 (8 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.0-h

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Editor's choice

Evidence not ideology

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This week I am opening my GPs' new surgery. It will be a proud moment for me—there'll be a plaque and everything. I'll be taking with me this week's special issue of Career Focus, devoted to GP training, but I'm especially looking forward to hearing their stories of the latest policy directives and how they are getting round them. Working in the midst of a giant and rapidly moving healthcare experiment is easier if you can laugh about it while carrying on doing your best for patients.

Of course the experiment itself is no laughing matter. The world is watching, huge amounts of public money are at stake, and working lives as well as patient care are being turned upside down. And the news is not good. Consultants are retiring early because of pressure of work (p 798), one trust is saying it will have to cut consultant . . . [Full text of this article]

Fiona Godlee, editor

(fgodlee@bmj.com)


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