The future for child healthcare provision within general practice

While much has been done to refine general practice vocational training, since its formal inception in 1979, the present arrangements ensure that only one third of training takes place in GP. [...]both the context and the control of the educational experience is out with the control of the discipline of GP and its educators. [...]secondary care paediatric services probably have a right to expect this level of service to limit the rising tide of admissions that has arisen, at least in part, for want of appropriate opportunities for assessment over time in the community.