On 01/11/2007, Paul Bromley <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Quite agree. It may not be necessary. Problem is that despite what the > press etc say about huge payrises, we are a small practice, and the > money is VERY tight this year. We find ourselves in a difficult situation where our income is bound to fall and we shall be obliged to work increasingly hard at maintaining QOF data (which most GPs do not find satisfying) to reduce the amount of that fall. I was surprised to hear that morale among GPs has risen. Perhaps it is the old truism: "if you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs, you don't understand the seriousness of the situation". -- Michael Leuty Nottingham, UK