TY - JOUR T1 - The tortuous path of progress JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 344 LP - 344 DO - 10.3399/bjgp22X720053 VL - 72 IS - 720 AU - Saul Miller Y1 - 2022/07/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/72/720/344.abstract N2 - Mine was a two-partner practice that experienced a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in March 2019, just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thankfully, we were found to be good. We never managed to get the team party though as the first lockdown arrived even before we had our official result.The following autumn my partner was forced to retire for reasons related to COVID-19, leaving us with no prospect of finding a replacement in the time. This left me single-handed from October 2020, though I was lucky to land excellent salaried help.I was required to apply to the CQC to re-register as well as undergo a review by our CCG of whether to allow me to retain the practice contract at all: being single-handed is considered an automatic risk … ER -