*** We are glad of the opportunity to apologise to Dr Shalet and his colleagues for missing
their" short communication,"'which appeared some time after the paper we discussed and …

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In its 40 years of existence the Royal College of General Practitioners has engendered
emotional responses from many doctors in general practice. Those emotions have varied from …

An acutely embarrassing experience has led me to wonder why it is that an organisation
with such laudable aims as the Royal College of General Practitioners should stimulate …

In the aftermath of the Shipman Inquiry’s fifth report, 1 the Chief Medical Officer for England,
Sir Liam Donaldson, had an unenviable task in producing a report2 on patient safety, …

Sir, The paper by Marsh and colleagues (July Journal, p. 301) alarmed me on several counts.
It seems evident that the authors are in favour of telephone management but by its very …

WONCA 2001 was a kind Sydney Olympics for South African general medical practice. Although
on a much smaller canvass, this world jamboree also achieved efficiency and ambience…

EDITOR—Esmail and Kmietowicz give an inaccurate account of the General Medical Council's
policy development on revalidation, ignoring an iterative process with interested parties …

EDITOR—Smith's second editorial on the General Medical Council in recent weeks was
characteristically cogent and pointed but is ironic for various reasons. 1 The first editorial on the …

EDITOR—Pringle's editorial reinforces the General Medical Council's corporate view that its
prime function is, and always will be, the protection of the public by promoting the highest …