GPs in the UK may remove a patient from their list without supplying a reason to the patient or the local health authority. Little is known of the events that lead to such removal decisions, nor of patients' views of their removal.
Medical Care Research Unit, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent St, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK. F.C.Sampson@sheffield.ac.uk