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The UK Primary Health Care Reforms dating from 1990 have resulted in traumatic stress for General Practitioners (GPs) within the UK National Health Service (NHS). Previously, their first task had always been to provide care. Now the objectives are purely economic, focusing on cost-effectiveness and meeting Government targets. This article compares the Balint Model, set out by Michael and Edna Balint in the 1950s, to what is required in the current situation, and shows how group analysis can help GPs come to terms with their new professional identity and how they see their future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents letters to the editor of the 'British Medical Journal,' as of June 2001. Availability of quality of health information about depression on the Internet; Thoughts on nasal diamorphine in children with clinical fractures; Reasons why patient access to records must by acceptable to both parties; Belief that unlimited consumer demand would destroy the National Health Service (NHS) of Great Britain; Others.