TY - JOUR T1 - Predictions — past and present JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 388 LP - 388 VL - 54 IS - 502 AU - Stephen Hall AU - Clive Hartshorn Y1 - 2004/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/54/502/388.1.abstract N2 - In April 1984, a year sacred to a generation of futurologists, we proposed in a letter to the JRCGP, as it was then called, that GPs should be rewarded by a payment based on practice performance.Exactly 20 years later, we have the new GMS contract. We were wrong about consultant colleagues being involved in the quality and outcome framework, but our suggestion that the seniority pay was not compatible with a compulsory retirement age has been … ER -