General practitioners at the crossroads.
As practices take on fund-holding status, GPs are thrown into a new management role/ According to Ross Hamilton and Fiona Shepherd, there is some doubt whether current medical training provides the skills for this.
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Napier Business School, Napier University, Edinburgh.
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