The Health service journal
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More than half the GPs in the UK have said they will consider resigning from the NHS if the government will not agree improvements in their contracts. GPs have been threatening to resign from public healthcare in the UK for the past 90 years. ⋯ By September 1948, 90 per cent of GPs had signed up with the NHS. GPs' threats to resign need to be seen in the context of history.
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Regulation of managers would improve patient safety and managers' credibility. Removable offences should include improper conduct. ⋯ A regulatory code should incorporate the values of integrity, honesty, openness and accountability. In the absence of a regulation system for managers, a medical manager struck off by the General Medical Council could go on to manage another organisation.