NHS choice: 'Our patients want and value continuity' - The Guardian 3rd July 2008

Two doctors respond to the plans outlined today to make GPs compete for patients When I joined this practice in 1983, we did interviews with 10-15 elderly doctors who told us about what it was like before the NHS. Pre-NHS there was cut-throat competition and doctors filching patients. It was an inner-city area where people were poor and couldn't afford fees. Patients were moving around all over the place. Once doctors became properly funded, patients families were happy to register and felt a good bond with their doctor.

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Ministers will force family doctors to take new patients - The Independent 4th July 2008