TY - JOUR T1 - A world without general practice JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 83 LP - 83 DO - 10.3399/bjgp23X731973 VL - 73 IS - 727 AU - Tim Senior Y1 - 2023/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/73/727/83.abstract N2 - The views from consulting rooms in the UK and Australia are very similar. General practice is in crisis. Grossly underfunded, stretched a long way beyond capacity, patient care becoming more complex, patients finding it harder to see a GP, morale collapsing, and, with it, the collapse of a future GP workforce. Policy is made for short-term solutions without understanding the fundamental role of GPs.What’s at stake here? Is it possible that we could lose general practice, either in the UK or in Australia? What would it look like if we did?Many of the solutions proposed in Australia are based on asking other health professionals to do the job of a GP — pharmacists and nurses mostly. While I wouldn’t mind this sort of task substitution in … ER -