So the prime minister has responded to GP and Healthcare Republic's Valuing General Practice campaign but what do you think of what he said?
Are you happy with his 153-word statement or do you wish he had gone further?
When GP and Healthcare Republic launched the Valuing General Practice campaign on 2 May, we felt that it was important to make two points: general practice is cost effective and much valued by the communities it serves.
Six months on and the Brown government is planning to spend its way out of the credit crunch but how much of a comfort is that for the practices which have a polyclinic built on their doorsteps, threatening to poach their patients?
There are signs that the government is finding its feet after the disastrous 12 months following the election that never was.
Only yesterday a poll in The Independent had the Conservative lead over Labour at 8 points, down from 19 two months ago. GP's sense is that is not the position in general practice. Brown's approval rating is 3% according to the GP35 panel of 35 GPs aged under 35 that we launch today.
So GP and Healthcare Republic's message to Gordon Brown is clear: now is the time to win over GPs.
Comment below if you would like to have your say about the prime minister's Valuing General Practice statement.
neil.durham@haymarket.com