I think that the trouble with some GPs is that due to the nature of most of their work i.e. consultation room and home visits they have lost the sense of urgency which is sometimes required of them when presented with patients with chest pain etc. Their sense of urgency might be to get to the next patient within the next seven minutes. Not right but that's the pressure they are under. Ambulance and lots of hospital staff deal with emergencies on a much more frequent basis. I'm not saying that to excuse poor treatment when it happens, just a thought as to why these stories sometimes surface.