Dr. Liam Glynn:

Senator Burke and Deputy Kelleher have got to the nub of this issue. If the majority of GPs are sitting outside this process looking in, the process will not be completed in one year, or two or three years. God knows how long it will take. If we agree on the importance of underpinning our new health care reform with a new GP contract we have to get serious about the process. Our stated position is that we want to get into the same room as the IMO, which represents the other element of general practice in this country, to work towards the development of a new contract as quickly and effectively as possible, so that everybody wins out. I wish the IMO had a similar position.