Dr. Pádraig McGarry:

I am a general practitioner - I have been a GP for over 30 years. I do not think anyone could do this job without a vocational attitude. There is no such thing as watching the clock - it is a continuum. I do not see that has majorly changed. Perhaps people want to be a little more organised, but I do not see a lack of vocation in the job. People want more of a work-life balance. When a doctor is in front of a patient, he is dealing with the patient's problem there and then. That is how he deals with it. I do not think a doctor can switch on and off just like that. A person either has it or does not have it. I do not see any change in the new doctors coming out in that regard. That is what I can see.