Thanks Fay (-: Laurie -----Original Message----- From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fay Wilson Sent: 18 February 2008 00:59 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: United we stand ... Oh Laurie, here let me give you a cuddle. I didn't mean that at all. There is a tendency to forget we are not hard shell all the way through & I have as much of it as anyone. This cheeky supposedly glum reply did make me smile though & I can't remember how I have savaged you either in the past or (more worryingly) earlier in this thread. Fx Laurie Slater wrote: > I'll take that as a gentle hint to shut up then. I have crossed Aunty > before and I fared no better last time. I should probably consider > myself lucky get away with just being blinded and doomed! > > My posts came at the end of a long week and were born of much > frustration at the mess we find ourselves in. They were a catharsis > for me and were directed more towards the GPC as an institution than > any specific individuals. If I had more spare time I wouldn't be > inclined to spend it in medical politics, which seems to be a > thankless job. So I suppose I should be grateful that there are people > who do take up the mantle (... and try harder not to upset them. Sorry Fay). > > Best - Laurie > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fay Wilson > Sent: 16 February 2008 19:31 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: United we stand ... > > We have before us the examples of what happens when independent > contractor services become a commodity to be traded in GP out of hours > and community pharmacy. If we cannot see what is happening in APMS and > super-APMS (as in Hammersmith & Fulham) we are not only blind but doomed to extinction. > Fay > > > > >