This unique guide to GPs' career development and is vital reading for doctors at every stage of their career. It provides practical examples illustrating opportunities for training and personal enrichment and remains an essential tool for anyone involved in workforce planning education and the new primary care organisations. This eagerly awaited new edition has been fully updated and includes many recent developments such as the NHS Plan Personal Medical Services posts and the developing role of GPs. 'This book is an essential tool for anyone involved in workforce planning education and the new primary care organisations. It anticipates what will be required in the future and the particular skills that GP's will need to learn continuously throughout their professional life. As well as being a workforce tool this book manages to delight us - it reminds us about those things which matter and may not be measurable. It reflects on where we are where we aspire to go and how we get there and that it is an exciting time to be alive.' Rebecca Viney in her Foreword