title: General practice. Resigned to the job.
abstract: 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. In March 1948, 90 per cent of doctors voted against the proposed NHS. 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.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ainsworth
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom