Dr. Brendan O'Shea:

I concur with my colleagues. Properly resourced general practice contracts are probably the biggest game changer. I think many other things will follow on from that. We will be able to retain our trainees. We will get the complement up. The independent contractor model as it is will enable us to involve more practice nurses. We will be able to do more in villages and communities. We will be able to go into nursing homes. We will be able to accept patients from the acute hospital system and if we get diagnostic firepower then we will not have to send anything like as many into hospital. Then we will be on to a winner.