The workforce issues facing general practice in the UK are of concern to the profession and the public.
Opinions, facts, and research are unlikely to solve the whole breadth of confounding variables that are at play.
A public with expectations of a valued clinical service (wants) might expect its politicians to assist with the planning and provision of general practice at a time of falling enrolment (needs).
Market forces can do wonderfully creative things ... for markets. The provision of a primary medical care service with general medical practitioners may be too highly valued to be left to market forces alone. If there is to be a blend of public and private provision to ease the disparity of provision and to assist recruitment, perhaps today’s students could be provided with financial assistance (bonds) in return for a period of work in an area of the country with a recognised need?
- © British Journal of General Practice 2015