Dr Kerri Parnell was my boss for five years. She had a big, contagious laugh; a very well-developed sense of mischievous fun; and a razor wit to go with it.

The easiest way for you to discover this was to volunteer an ill-informed comment about general practice.

Her specialty, I soon found out, was disassembling the lazy views of a patronising partialist.

All of us who knew her were aware of her passion for general practice and the patients she cared for.