TY - JOUR T1 - GP obstetrics JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 931 LP - 932 DO - 10.3399/bjgp10X544159 VL - 60 IS - 581 AU - Steve McCabe Y1 - 2010/12/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/60/581/931.2.abstract N2 - David Jewell’s lament for GP obstetric services is clearly heart-felt and he makes some valid points.1 But I am far from convinced that his sense of loss, particularly for GP intrapartum care, is shared by the majority of current practising GPs. Moreover, he makes a number of assertions that are open to critical analysis.It has become common place to blame the 2004 change in out-of-hours care arrangements for a variety of perceived deficiencies in UK general practice. Jewell cites these changes as one of the reasons for GPs giving up intrapartum care but he provides no evidence to back up this claim. In reality, in my locality at least, GP intrapartum care disappeared long before 2004.While it’s true to say that I miss my previous level of involvement in antenatal care, I am more than happy to accept community midwives as an integral part of the primary care … ER -