titioners. Thus far Maynard and Scott's is but a voice "singing in the wilderness."' The alleged fall in the number of applicants to general practice training schemes has been attributed to the stresses incurred by general practitioners under the new contract. I think not. It is because most aspiring medical graduates want to practise medicine for most of their working week rather than deal with non-medical problems such as business management and medical trivia better dealt with by nurse practitioners. With the inception of this ill conceived, untested contract general practice is dead. The trainee general practitioner could now profitably spend his or her time attached to a large firm of accountants rather than acting as a locum tenens for the partners for 12 months. The case for a salaried contract for general practitioners either full or part time must now be put to the vote.
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