Abstract
Writing on this New Year's Day, 1976, I find it difficult to look forward with great enthusiasm to the year ahead because the problems both national and international appear so daunting and the medical scene in Britain remains unhappy and confused.The two disputes between the medical profession and the Government are still not satisfactorily resolved, and although it may be said that an uneasy truce has been established, there is little doubt that the recent confrontation has done great damage to the National Health Service (NHS) and some damage to the profession itself.1 The rigid 40-hour working week that . . .

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