To mark Pulse's 50th anniversary, we've asked the leaders of the profession to help us draw up a list of the UK's most influential GPs.
We asked a panel of 50 leading GPs - including the chairs of the GPC and RCGP - to pass judgement on those of their colleagues they most admire. Here we present the results, with lists of the UK's 50 most influential GPs - past, present and future.
Top 20 GPs - Present
1 - Professor Steve Field
2 - Dr Laurence Buckman
3 - Dr Iona Heath
4 - Dr Hamish Meldrum
5 - Professor Mike Pringle
6 - Dr David Colin-Thomé
7 - Dr Fay Wilson
8 - Dr Clare Gerada
9 - Dr Michael Dixon
10 - Professor David Haslam
11 - Professor Martin Roland
12 - Professor Paul Little
13 - Professor Richard Hobbs
14 - Professor Trisha Greenhalgh
15 - Dr Gillian Braunold
16 - Dr Sam Everington
17 - Dr Michelle Drage
18 - Dr Maureen Baker
19 - Dr Andrew Dearden
20 - Professor Kamlesh Khunti
Top 15 GPs - Past
1 - Dr Julian Tudor Hart
2 - Sir Denis Pereira-Gray
3 - Sir Donald Irvine
4 - Dr Roger Neighbour
5 - Harold Shipman
6 - Dr John Horder
7 - Professor John Howie
8 - Dr Ian Bogle
9 - Dr James Cameron
10 - Dr William Pickles
11 - Dr John Chisholm
12 - Dr John Fry
13 - Dr David Morrell
14 - Dr John Hunt
15 - Dame Lesley Southgate
Top 15 GPs - Future
1 - Dr Chaand Nagpaul
2 - Dr Beth McCarron-Nash
3 - Dr Richard Vautrey
4 - Dr Clare Taylor
5 - Professor Helen Lester
6 - Professor Tony Avery
7 - Dr Richard Fieldhouse
8 - Dr Sarah Jarvis
9 - Dr Nigel Watson
10 - Dr Ahmet Fuat
11 - Dr James Parsons
12 - Dr Ben Riley
13 - Dr Andrew Thomson
14 - Dr Charlotte Jones
15 - Dr Kathryn Griffith
