UK IN 1950S HAD SHORTAGE OF GPS. PAY WAS POOR. WORK HARD. HOUSE CALLS COMPULSORY ON DEMAND, MANY CLEVER DOCS EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, CANADA.NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA/. INSTEAD OF RAISING WAGES GOVT ALLOWED ANY COMMONWEALTH DOC TO PRACTICE IN UK THUS FLOODING THE MARKET.
IN ONTARIO NURSE PRACTITIONERS HAVE SAME RIGHTS AS A DOC. PHARMACISTS NOW ALSO HAVE DIAGNOSTIC AND PRESCRIBING RIGHTS. SAME POLICY TO FLOOD THE MARKET AND KEEP WAGES DOWN FOR GPS.
IN 1970S UNIV TORONTO SCHOOL OF PUBLIC JHEALTH SOCIALIST MOTTO WAS ' BREAK THE MEDICAL MODEL"