Domhnall MacAuley: Designing general practice for others
15 May, 13 | by BMJ Group
Flying off to Berne to talk about general practice in the future, I met a GP colleague in the airport. A conversation contrasting theory and reality. Asked to talk to Swiss GPs about the best models of European general practice, with particular focus on the UK, I looked back on the effect of the 2004 GP contract, which was designed to help with poor morale and under payment—and introduced radical new changes with a performance related component to income (Quality and Outcomes Framework—QOF) and major changes to out of hours. more…
