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Practices will receive virtually no help to prepare for what could be an exceptionally harsh Christmas, finds Carolyn Wickware
'When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras' - the old adage is well-known to GPs but what should you do when faced with a zebra, not a horse? Consultant cardiologist Professor Robert Tulloh and GP Dr Louise Tulloh kick off our new series with their advice on how to catch Kawasaki disease in general practice.
Poorly attended extended-hours surgeries are just one example of the way primary care has ended up as a political football. The resigned look on the faces of impotent GPs reminds me of the way the wildebeest look in the Serengeti just before they end up as dinner for the crocodiles.
From Dr Abbas Virji
Denmark Hill, south London
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