TY - JOUR T1 - Questions for the GP Curriculum JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 314 LP - 314 DO - 10.3399/bjgp10X484110 VL - 60 IS - 574 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2010/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/60/574/314.abstract N2 - The central importance of the personal primary care physician is one of the messages in Larry Green's editorial1 on the healthcare reforms which are planned and needed in the UK and the US. Even before the financial winter, the shift of the focus of care of many patients from the secondary (hospital) sector to the primary (general practice and family medicine) sector had been recognised as holding the key to affordable and comprehensive medicine. The planned reconfigurations of hospital services and the amplification of the secondary–primary shift make it more important than ever for primary care physicians and their teams to be adequately equipped for the job. And the job is changing. Management of the major non-communicable diseases is becoming increasingly complex and challenging, each year seems to bring a … ER -