Quality, morale and the new contract with GPs

• 1 Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
• 2 Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, Imperial College, London, UK.
• 3 Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

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