In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Personally, as one who has a three hour lunchbreak today, and is about to go fishing before afternoon surgery (which I manage quite often), I can't see anything wrong with general practice in the co-op era. Now if they would double my salary, pay for my car and for my holidays, then I might be tempted. So I say being a GP is OK. My view is that if you organise it right, get good staff in and indulge in a bit of time management, it is a demanding but rewarding job. So there. Andrew -------------------------------------------------- Dr. Andrew N. Herd MRCGP General Practitioner & Journalist Medical Adviser to County Durham Health Commission [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%