What do you reckon? Readers tell it like it is – rather glum

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What do you reckon? Readers tell it like it is – rather glum

Patrice
Dougan
Looking over a man's head and shoulder while he works on a laptop, with graphs displayed on the screen. A pair of glasses and a phone lay on the table close beside the laptop
“We already give all we can” – one GP survey respondent’s view on performance-based incentives

The year started with a flurry of health announcements – it was a lot to take in. Last month we published the results of our straw poll to gauge readers’ reactions to the various funding initiatives, asking ‘What do you reckon?’ about the health minister’s Primary Care Package, more formally known as the Primary Care Tactical Action Plan. But in addition to the figures, readers were keen to comment. Deputy editor Patrice Dougan takes a dig through the comments

Primary care staff are feeling more pessimistic about the future of the sector following health minister Simeon Brown’s Primary Care Package announced