This is an extract from a brilliant article by Matthew Norman this week entitled, “A proper GP can be a pain in the wallet”.

It even made tonight’s #WTPS (“What the papers say”) on BBC Radio 4.

Reactions to Jeremy Hunt’s “nominated Doctor” for over 75s have been generally underwhelming.

Some have even mooted whether the lack of nominated doctor for people with numerous comorbidities, and 75 years or under, may even be an offence of age discrimination under the Equality Act (2010).