TY - JOUR T1 - General practitioners and their staff JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 145 LP - 150 VL - 29 IS - 200 AU - W. O. Williams AU - Richard Dajda Y1 - 1979/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/29/200/145.abstract N2 - We describe the practices and staff of a random sample of 158 doctors. There has been a significant increase in ancillary staff since the Doctors' Charter of 1966. The study showed that there was no economy in staff as the number of doctors in a practice increased. In the selection of receptionists, doctors preferred married women over 35 with children, and were in favour of good personal qualities rather than good academic attainments. However, a high standard of work is important as well as a good understanding of human behaviour. ER -