Maybe because the GPs are really good, you dont usually goto them? Iv had a simliar experience with one of our GPs - a locum though - she noticed that I was having an allergic reaction to my insulin (not good), and she immediatly gave me epi (?) and called me a big white taxi, and sat with me for 10mins and talked to me, instead of shoving me out of the door and sending the next patient in, even thoguh she ran late for the rest of the day and missed her train home!