Health administration: chasing doubtful shadows.

Abstract

In one of its more decisive moments the Royal Commission recommended the abolition of FPCs and the assumption of their functions by health authorities. In this article, author looks at the debate surrounding this issue and in particular GPs' problems in inner city areas. He says that while more could be achieved by making the management expertise of the hospital sector available in the primary sector, wards will always be easier to control than GPs' surgeries.