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GPs and Surgery

I think, looking at the comments from Dr Rant, that the Labour Party's idea that GPs should do more surgery has not been well received.

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Anonymous said…
Good thing to. Its an awful idea.
As Dr. Crippen points out, surgeons are trained to deal with the complications associated with all surgery.

If this comes to fruition, I await the outcry when people die from 'simple' procedures performed by GPs...

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