It’s election time, and ‘I’m mad as hell’ (see below video) about the state of our specialty at the hands of successive governments.

It’s so bad that recruitment into general practice is declining, and more and more of the graduates who do enter now develop ‘portfolio’ careers — a few sessions a week as a GP, a session or two in a skin clinic, some hospital sessions (especially in ED) and perhaps some part-time surgical assisting too.