I have no interest in going to the Antipodes - at 51 I have already started drawing my pension while continuing to work 6 sessions/week.
The GP contract is not fit for purpose: it encourages as few GPs as possible to have as big a list size as possible.
The ultimate iteration becomes a few partners in charge of loads of salaried doctors and noctors.
This is well underway in England and is creeping into Scotland.
As long as all the money 'follows' the patient you'll have a service that looks to cut doctor numbers as much as they can.
When a 9 partner practice gets the same income as a 4 partner practice of the same size, where is the incentive to take on another partner?
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