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The article focuses on the British government's public health white paper. Reading the 207-page document, general practitioners (GPs) are only mentioned 23 times, mainly in supporting tables or case studies. In the chapter 'Making it Happen' they are not mentioned at all. But statistics reveal the government's deceit. Some 76 per cent of patients cite GPs as their main source of health information. Next highest is pharmacists at 26 per cent. GP and practice staff consultations total 1.2 million each day. day. The rest of the National Health Service accounts for one third of that.

The article examines how the shift of work to general practitioners (GP) is progressing since the British government's proposed shift in the organization of the National Health Service (NHS) in 2006. The proposal outlined in the "Our Health, Our Care, Our Say" white paper aims to bring care closer to home with a series of initiatives to improve local services. The GPs' response to the proposal and the problems related to its implementation are highlighted.

The article reports that practice-based commissioning has been postponed by at least 18 months as a result of the British government's restructuring of primary care trusts. The House of Commons Health Select Committee called the "Commissioning a Patient Led NHS" process as incoherent. In addition, members of the parliament criticized the Department of Health for pushing ahead with the restructuring in advance of the Community Health White Paper.

The article reports that all national service frameworks (NSFs) will be completely over-hauled under the government's plans, with disease prevention becoming the single unifying theme. The NSFs will be drawn together under a comprehensive and integrated prevention framework and health improvement will become mainstream across the British National Health Service, according to the White Paper on public health. General practitioner experts warned plans to change the NSFs to address geographical variation in preventive action and prescribing rates would be a crude tool.