TY - JOUR T1 - GPs and green socks: don’t get stuck between a sock and a hard place JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 82 LP - 82 DO - 10.3399/bjgp18X694649 VL - 68 IS - 667 AU - Rosie Clare AU - Peter Dixon AU - Neil H Metcalfe Y1 - 2018/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/68/667/82.abstract N2 - Simply wearing a particular colour of socks could lead to a GP partner losing their job. This is a legitimate and legal approach within some GP partnership agreements, as a way of removing a GP partner. An increasing number of GP partnership contracts contain this legal caveat known as ‘the Green Sock Clause’.1–3 It was developed from similar clauses used in legal partnerships whereby a partner can be expelled without reference to their work but is instead described as due to their wearing of green socks 2,4–5. This can be helpful when the relationship between partners has irretrievably broken down4 and can make dissolving partnerships easier and less protracted.6There has been no research into how aware GPs are of this clause, nor of their sock-wearing habits. However, we have attempted to address this slightly by undertaking a recent observational study last year. An online questionnaire was … ER -