The UK's 36,000 family doctors claim that their workload is unsustainable. Patients are more demanding, clinical work that used to be carried out in hospital is often now done in GP practices, and there is more paperwork to plough through.
Patients can also be rude, aggressive, and even physically abusive.
Not forgetting the piles of paperwork and meetings with other GPs, and health managers. This particular revolt appears not to be about financial rewards - but then the average GP earns between 54,000 and 70,000, and in some cases as much as 140,000 a year. Factor in a decent pension, six to eight weeks holiday a year, and excellent job security, and it becomes clear that they are well-remunerated for their troubles. Hundreds of doctors are holding a day of action. The BMA doesn't support the day of action, claiming that it may harm patients, and might anyway involve a breach of the GPs contract.