Supermarket sweep

When I was the new partner in the practice I sat playing Doom and listening to the new Oasis album, Definitely Maybe. Although I looked the part—jacket, tie, chinos—and had a clutch of certificates the patients gave me a body swerve, preferring to see the old timers, even happy to wait weeks for an appointment with their favourite general practitioner. When the older partners were running behind I offered to help out, but the patients usually said, “I want to see my …