TY - JOUR T1 - February Focus JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 82 LP - 82 VL - 56 IS - 523 AU - David Jewell Y1 - 2006/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/56/523/82.abstract N2 - According to the study on page 87, GPs are enjoying work again as much as they were in 1998, at least those in England, and at least in 1994. The majority are satisfied with the job they do, though they report a lot of pressure, some dissatisfaction with the hours of work, and a feeling that there isn't enough time to do justice to the job. The study also confirms one's instinctive expectation that being involved in decisions at work is associated with higher levels of satisfaction. All of this was happening just before the contract changed, so the doctors involved were all still responsible for 24-hour care. Relinquishing the 24-hour responsibility may have made GPs' lives in the UK easier, and have led to higher rates of job satisfaction, but Jim Cox, who no longer works in clinical medicine, fears that we have … ER -