What's wrong with general practice? Lots, apparently. All too often the media treats it as if this branch of the NHS is still locked in the 1950s. Poor services; poor knowledge; simply an acute care service, the main value of which was a rather iffy referral system that protected hospitals. Is this the paranoia of a blinkered, self pitying GP? Nope - not at all. I was indeed a GP, but I retired over a decade ago. Since then my only contact with the NHS has been as a patient,