What do GPs really do? They sit in an office, type data into a computer, take your blood pressure and then either say there is nothing wrong but do come back for a blood test, or they refer a patient to a specialist.

They are no longer the anchor in a community as they were in the past, when they used to know every family and were able to recognise people on the street.

What is their role now? They have lost the skill of listening due to the time constraints of seeing a patient every 10 minutes and they have lost the continuity of care working for surgeries where it is a lottery which doctor you see.

Isn't it about time we had a revision of the system?

The old-fashioned description of a GP doesn't fit anymore.

According to recent claims, the average basic salary for a GP is £60,000. Why is it so high?

I can totally understand paying a hospital doctor on the frontline such a high wage but a GP is nothing more than an administrator.

With such easy access to medical information on the internet, what on earth do we need them for apart from writing out prescriptions for basic drugs?

The fact they get paid for every task completed makes it a numbers game. The more in through the door the more cash banked.

And speaking to a former health professional it is clear the biggest crime is the disparity between the GPs' salaries and what other professionals working in the same surgery earn.

For example, the immunisations for which a GP gets paid on top of their salary are administered in the majority of cases by practice nurses, though they do not get any more pay. How is this fair?

The GP can sit in his or her office making as many appointments as humanly possible and clocking up extra cash while the nurse carries out the treatment.

It's wrong.