General Practitioners: Hippocratic Oath

Lord Patel Excerpts

Thursday 11th December 2014 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Jolly]

I really do not have the experience on which to draw. It sounds like a good idea, but how practical it is I do not know.

[Lord Patel (CB)]

My Lords, does the noble Baroness agree that part of the problem with GP contracts is that GPs are independent practitioners who can negotiate their contracts, whereas hospital doctors, when they apply for a job, have to comply with the job description for that job?

[Baroness Jolly]

That is probably an issue for the BMA, the GMC and others to sort out.