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Interesting to note the change in focus on practice size - more than ten years ago I applied to take over the (failing) single handed practice down the road from my own three-partner practice. The idea was that simply we could absorb the additional patients into our existing structures - the access and facilities were better than what was currently available. But the PCT made no bones about the fact that they were looking for a single-hander to take it over as a going (sic) concern, and that they would only looking for my solution if no candidates of sufficient calibre came forward. In fact there was at least one candidate, so the status quo was maintained. Now, of course, 'big is beautiful', or so it seems. Robert ________________________________________ From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephen Meech I was pleased that both Drs Vautrey and Colin-Thome rose to the defence of single-handers. Not quite the fight the beeb were hoping for, I suspect. ________________________________________ From: John Glasspool Does the old-fashioned family doctor have a future? As we brace ourselves for what could be the worst flu outbreak of our lifetime, swine flu, Newsnight has uncovered evidence that raises a number of important questions over the future of GPs who work on their own. They are six times more likely to be subjected to disciplinary hearings than GPs working in group practices. That's according to GMC figures. We'll explain in the programme.