Dying in the UK as well:
The BMA said GPs were uneasy about policies which they saw as putting cost-cutting ahead of quality, and said doctors had been subjected to a long-running “doctor-bashing” campaign.The survey found only 51.9% would recommend a career as a GP to an undergraduate.
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What is moving to rapid extinction is NOT primary care medicine, but rather Government controlled/funded primary care medicine. Medicare (US), Medicare (Canada) and the NHS are all examples, the latter being actually in the best shape. It is so bad that even the PAs in the USA are now fleeing the Medicare funded nightmare.
Truly Private, cash-only, and Concierge PCP practices are booming.
Ed Sodaro MD
That’s funny, ’cause from what I read, primary care in the UK pays relatively well.
Makes sense, ’cause most medical care is primary care. So most people who vote only need primary care. Good primary care, lots of votes. All they remember is the PAP smear was free.
The denied specialty care accounts for only a few votes.
Which is, after all, what it’s all about in a socialized system.
“The survey found only 51.9% would recommend a career as a GP to an undergraduate.”
How about “The survey found a whopping 51.9% would recommend a career as a GP to an undergraduate.”
I think it is amazing the percentage is that high!
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