In message <[log in to unmask]> tobylipm wrote: > We would have to wear old-fashioned suits with waistcoats, carry an > umbrella and Gladstone bag, and drive Ford Consuls. We could get rid of > pagers, mobile phones and dictaphones (we would have one standard > referral letter, scribbled on a piece of paper torn from a notepad: > "Dear Doctor, re Mrs Bloggs, please see and treat"). One of the best > things would be that we could make huge savings on our drugs budgets and > it would be almost impossible to sue us for negligence because the > knowledge and skill expected of the average GP would be so low that we > could get away with minimal standards of clinical care. > > Is this a nightmare or what? Hmmmm, I think I could live with that for a few years. Until I retire, anyway. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%