Unlike the hospital super-specialists, all that a GP needs to perform his duties is an eight square meters consulting room. Nothing more
The call centre NHS 111 providing this service has been considered a disaster by most people who have used it.
Medical science has evolved to a bewildering series of new diagnosis, treatment and life-changing operative techniques. There are more than 60 disease-related specialities in England, and each speciality may have several sub-specialities, practised from the modern hospitals by the ‘super-specialists’. All these highly complex fields of medicines can only be delivered from hospitals equipped with sophisticated diagnostic facilities and operating theatres.
The speciality of the simple, ancient, noble, General Practice has not changed since the inception of the NHS in 1948, and for that matter, even 100 years before. All that a GP requires to offer the services is an eight-meter consulting room.