GPs at the Deep End

Abstract

These 12 articles1 and Watts'2 concluding editorial have been inspirational, and for us, like others,3 have helped validate our experience over a professional lifetime of serving in a deprived post-war peripheral council estate where there were ‘very few easy cases’.4 We recognise each characteristic cited by Watts, as being a true reflection of issues faced by all patients at the Deep End, and the teams who serve them. Watts et al convincingly make the case, again, for additional healthcare resources to deal with the number, severity, and complexity of health and social problems at the Deep End, that are difficult …