Allow GPs and consultants to speak to each other again

I qualified in 1981 and have been a GP since 1986, spending most of the time in inner city practices in Manchester. Last year I was burnt out and decided to take a gap year, so I left my job and went to work as a GP in Cairns, Queensland. It was a joy to just be a good, old fashioned GP, managing people holistically without the tyranny of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and targets, medicines management, spreadsheets, and referral gateways.

I am now back doing locum shifts in Britain. If …