GENERAL PRACTITIONERS

Early day motion 578, tabled 10 April 2001 by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 11 members.

That this House notes with concern the recent survey of 4,000 GPs conducted by General Practitioner newspaper highlighting that family doctors are threatening to take industrial action due to the rapidly growing crisis in general practice; and calls upon the Government to address the problems of recruitment, rising patient expectation and violence in the surgery.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 6, Labour 4, Conservative 1.