is it? really? let's think. first of all, the bbc story @Jeremy_Hunt links to doesn't seem to have a link to the data we need to asses this claim. searching brings up the @aberdeenuni press release dated today/ abdn.ac.uk/news/22964/

https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Hunt/status/1770822737533038641

this doesn't have a link to the research either, but googling leads me to a similar story at imperial which does have a link to a nature paper imperial.ac.uk/news/249573/ne…
nature.com/articles/s4159…

no secret that primary care is really struggling right now. and I read this bmj.com/content/377/bm…, a woman remembering her GP and the care she received and "That was the last of the real family doctors . They don’t make them like that anymore". well...I think they do/ the joy, the real visceral joy of general practice is human connection, knowing people, them knowing you; makes the job easier, more satisfying, better chances of doing medicine usefully, drawing limits and optimising benefits, we don't need to start at the beginning every time;