A failure to retain GP retention schemes

I wrote recently in the BJGP about the key components of the Royal College of General Practitioner's (RCGP's) pre-election manifesto and the seven steps raised by the College to 'save' general practice.It is a big blow to these objectives to find out that the New to Practice Fellowship, a national plan providing 2 years of support to newly qualified GPs and practice nurses in England, has been withdrawn.This decision by NHS England is pretty much the opposite of what the RCGP has been lobbying for in terms of retention schemes as part of its manifesto, which calls for a 'one-stop-shop' retention programme, stating that 'new to practice fellowships must be made more easily accessible for all newly qualified GPs to support them to develop fulfilling