Boiled frogs, tight nooses: The making of a PHO contract

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This article was first published online on 2 August.

From Fiona: I like a bit of history and tried in this article to unravel the many tangled threads that led to primary care funding being where it is now. Read on if you want a good potted timeline of primary care funding – and to know what “snappy” acronyms like PSAAP and ASFRI actually stand for