Intrigued by Hall and Hartshorn's magical letter1 revealing how general practice will be in 20 years time, I went up to the loft and retrieved my crystal ball. Sadly it was cracked, but through it I too saw how it will be two decades hence, albeit from a rather warped perspective.
GPs are not extinct but work in a rather different capacity; after all someone needs to be ‘responsible’ in society and to take the blame when anything goes wrong. Expert patients (so beautifully described by Mike Fitzpatrick in the same issue)2 have ejected us from the surgery, though, and most of our time …