Another year blooms and with it comes a new flowering of GP registrars and freshly minted GPs.

To them, welcome to a great career choice. Not many occupations offer the variety of options, challenges, fun and fretting that is the stuff of general practice.

Last year, I wrote some Fog’s Blog tips on how to survive (and flourish) in general practice — see Dr Fog’s 2018 GP survival guide: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 and part 5.

This year, while claiming nothing other than some decades in the business, I plan to launch in again with a scattering of unasked-for advice to new players.