Why Can’t I See My GP?

Foreword
Dr Amir Khan
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Dr Ellen Welch
Chapter 1 A brief history of NHS general practice
Ellie Philpotts with Dr Ellen Welch –
A brief history of NHS general practice
Roy Lilley – Gone 16
Dr Eric Rose – The history of out-of-hours GP services
Dr David Wrigley – NHS GPs aren’t private companies
Chapter 2 How the role has changed
Dr Christine Hunter with Dr Ellen Welch –
Thirty years as a Cornish GP
Dr Louise Hyde – The magic of general practice
Dr Ayan Panja – Expert generalism –
the power, the magic and the pitfalls
Chapter 3 GPs and the pandemic
Dr Neena Jha – Being a GP during the pandemic
Dr Aman Amir – Rising levels of abuse towards GPs
Chris Milligan – The personal toll of being a GP
Dr Elizabeth Croton –
GPs are not lazy, we’re working harder than ever
Chapter 4 What does a GP do in today’s Britain?
Dr Lizzie Toberty – On the pressures
Dr Catriona McNicol – On home visits
Dr Ellen Welch – On remote working
Dr Paul Evans – On workload caps
Dr Lizzie Toberty – On pay restoration
Dr Zainab Batool – On the 10-minute consult
Ron Templeton – What do the patients think?
Chapter 5 Does it work better elsewhere?
Dr Neil Barnard with Dr Ellen Welch –
Anywhere is better than the NHS
Dr Sarah Rushworth – From Merseyside to Nova Scotia
Dr Robin Kåss – General practice in Norway
Dr Lois Mugleston –
General practice in New Zealand and the UK
Dr Ellen Welch – The American system – fees at sea
Chapter 6 The future of general practice
Anonymous GP – Are allied healthcare
professionals a solution to the GP crisis?
Dr Ellen Welch – Are part-time GPs the problem?
Over to you – Solutions to the GP crisis in a nutshell
You and your GP
Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK)
List of contributors
Glossary
Help for GPs
Further reading
Endnotes
About the author