title: Should general practice give up the independent contractor status?
authors.affiliation: BJGP. E-mail: rjones@rcgp.org.uk.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Professor of Primary Care and Head of the Department of Primary Care & Public Health, Imperial College London, and GP Principal, Dr Curran & Partners in Clapham, London. E-mail: a.majeed@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Azeem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majeed
authors.affiliation: Limehouse Practice, Tower Hamlets, London and Associate Dean, Professional Support Unit, Health Education North West London, working on behalf of Health Education North Central and East London and Health Education South London. E-mail: naureen.bhatti@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Naureen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen. E-mail: p.murchie@abdn.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Murchie
authors.affiliation: BMA GP Committee, London. E-mail: richard.vautrey@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vautrey
authors.affiliation: The Nuffield Trust, London. E-mail: Rebecca.Rosen@nuffieldtrust.org.uk.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosen
mesh_terms: D032982:Contracts / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D058006:General Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006113:United Kingdom