TY - JOUR T1 - Rocks and Hard Places JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 500 LP - 500 DO - 10.3399/bjgp15X686761 VL - 65 IS - 639 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2015/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/65/639/500.abstract N2 - We have chosen this month’s theme — the primary care workforce — to highlight the major problems currently facing general practice and, by extension, the entire NHS.At a time when increasing demands are being placed on general practice by changing patterns of illness and disease management, changing population demography, new government initiatives, and the need to ensure uniformly high standards of care, the profession is facing unprecedented difficulties in recruitment to general practice and in the retention of GPs. The irony of the close juxtaposition of demands by central government to extend access to general practice, and the recent announcement by the Chief Executive of the NHS of a national support service for GPs experiencing psychological problems, stress, and burnout, is unlikely to be lost on many of us. The Primary Care Workforce Commission, led by Professor … ER -