GP received a letter this week from Leslie James Wright.
His wife died after suffering from cancer and he was keen to express his gratitude to her GP Dr David Pouncey who works at the Bell Lane surgery in Minchinhampton, Gloucester. Read next week's GP for the full story but it's a good example of why patients value general practice.
This week's GP has a range of Valuing General Practice campaign articles.
Look out for the King's Fund report revealing that there is no evidence to support polyclinics, news that next week's LMCs conference will debate whether the government banks on world-class general practice 'on the cheap' and a feature about a GP-led collaborative which claims to have achieved Lord Darzi's goal of integrated care without the expense of building polyclinics.
Thanks to those practices who have returned their campaign petitions. I should reiterate that there is no deadline date on them because, unlike other campaigns, we're not putting our feet up for the summer. Valuing General Practice is with you until the foreseeable future.
As well as Leslie James Wright's moving endorsement of his GP, GP will also include a feature about how to campaign successfully against polyclinics and a piece from the National Association of Primary Care about why it is backing the campaign.