title: In review.
abstract: In a year that saw the chancellor bestow riches on the NHS beyond its wildest dreams, the rejection of the consultant contract and the furore around foreign medical teams shows all was not easy. Paul Stephenson remembers 2002.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stephenson
mesh_terms: D002910:Chronology as Topic; D003284:Contract Services; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013038:Specialization; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists