Member

I was commending the sponsor of the Bill, but the truth is that there is no point in the Bill saying: “It’s all right because you’ll get to see a GP”. Just wandering in and seeing a GP for a short consultation is not the same as this holistic notion of a GP who can act as a safeguard and understand all that is going on in your life—which, when I read the Bill, I had assumed and flattered the sponsors of the Bill for wanting. I was going to say to them that real life is not like that. There is a serious danger, if it is just a question of going to see a GP without continuity of care, that it becomes a tick-box exercise. The word “GP” is mentioned to give some kind of medical authenticity, but it is of no real consequence.