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Health Secretary's comments may be "morale-sapping .....", only time will tell, but he is stating an obvious problem of discontinuity of care since the implementation of 2004 GP Contract.
Why do we persevere in defending the indefensible truth?
Just ask the patients [me included ] please.
Competing interests:
I worked as a full-time GP and then consultant in the English NHS until my retirement.
Re: Health secretary’s remarks about GPs are “morale sapping,” says royal college
Health Secretary's comments may be "morale-sapping .....", only time will tell, but he is stating an obvious problem of discontinuity of care since the implementation of 2004 GP Contract.
Why do we persevere in defending the indefensible truth?
Just ask the patients [me included ] please.
Competing interests: I worked as a full-time GP and then consultant in the English NHS until my retirement.