The government says GPs are in the most "exciting" area of the NHS. In fact General Practice is in a parlous state.
Good care is less to do with 'doctoring', drugs and technology, and more to do with compassion, continuity, and asking the right questions.
A new report by the Competition and Markets Authority highlights how poorer people are failed by energy markets. Jonathan Tomlinson finds the same for health - and for understandable reasons.
The most vulnerable patients already attend too little, not too much, and don't need to be made to feel more guilty about what they are costing the NHS.
The government's plans for the future of primary care are long on gimmicks, but short on cash. Jonathan Tomlinson sees a more interesting vision of the future - if sufficient funding is there.
