In my twilight years of general practice, I’ve begun to be amused, rather than dismayed, by the patient who refers to a list of medical issues during a consultation.

A patient with a list, I try hard to imagine, is a patient who is organised, and as such might be more likely to listen to my sage advice.

One of my children recently attended a GP consultation.

On telling the GP that they had a ‘list’ of concerns to discuss, they were faced with some reticence.