General practice in a Catch-22: The message ‘we’re under the pump’ is necessary but hardly inspiring

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General practice in a Catch-22: The message ‘we’re under the pump’ is necessary but hardly inspiring

Mark Liddle
Mark Liddle 2022
Mark Liddle 2022

Painting a grim picture of practice life isn’t helping to attract new recruits, writes Mark Liddle, but how else to convey the sector’s tough times to the powers that be?

Here’s the quandary: on the one hand, we need to encourage people to work in primary care. On the other, we need to be clear and open about the plight