In message <[log in to unmask]> Paul Caldwell wrote: > Will someone please tell me what this means in practice? I haven't a clue. > Both thoughtful and sarcastic comments welcome. It means that GPs will be given the power and conviction to withold antibiotics from the worried well. ;-) In actual fact, it means bugger all. It is an anodyne slogan designed to induce submission in the stupid. It is a sign of the times, a signal of the 90s, a decade when we're all supposed to be caring for others, when, in fact, it's "looking after number one" more than ever before (because no one's looking out for you!). Iain... Leading contender for most maudlin poster to GP-UK 1996 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%