his employees who may have been faced with redundancy or a loss of earnings in order for the practice to avoid a financial disaster. This was, after all, an APMS contract for which he made a successful bid at a price he felt was appropriate for the services he was offering. It is absolutely vital for any practice or consortium to formulate a sound business plan in advance of any APMS contract bid in order to see if it is economically viable. In this case, it clearly was not. Full credit must go

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I was sorry to read the Back Pages article by a disappointed student who had met negativity about his choice of general practice as a career. I experienced the same in 1975 from a tutor in my second year ('GP? A bright girl like you? That's a real waste'.) Fortunately, it didn't put me off, and I can reassure all students that many of us have already taken action to ensure that the undergraduate programmes across the UK and Ireland now showcase general practice to advantage.