TY - JOUR T1 - July Focus JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 489 LP - 489 VL - 54 IS - 504 AU - David Jewell Y1 - 2004/07/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/54/504/489.abstract N2 - ‘What's a GP worth?’ asks Dougal Jefferies at the end of this month's BJGP (page 568). In passing, it's worth emphasising that, according to him, we can add New Zealand to the list of countries where the GPs don't appear to fare any better than they do here. Dougal could be a model for a Bateman cartoon: the GP who thought he was earning enough money, thank you very much. But the article also, and unwittingly, poses a riddle: if the pay and conditions are that good, why are we finding the vacant posts so difficult to fill?The obvious answer is that it's not the pay but the work. As in the past, the research content this month reflects the range of primary care, how much we do already and how much more we might be asked to take on in the … ER -