Helen Salisbury: I’m a GP—get me out of here?

I’m reaching the age when my friends are discussing retirement, pensions, and the next stages of their lives. And sometimes, when I describe my hours and volume of work, it’s a bit like being on the other side of a consultation with a patient who persists in self-destructive behaviour. I hear my own explanations and see people listening hard, trying to understand while utterly mystified.So, what are the joys of general practice? Let’s for a moment forget the time spent poring over ever changing spreadsheets of targets—the Quality and Outcomes Framework, the Investment and Innovation Fund, and the Prescribing Quality Scheme, to name but three (although of course, we must pay attention at some time, as our income depends on them). Let’s also put aside the struggle, in an area of labour shortages and intense competition, to recruit, train, and retain the clinical, reception, and admin staff we need at…
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