We are always getting calls from people who's GPs are useless, though quite often we can give them the name of a good GP at the same practice. So good GPs are out there! You might have to go through a few to find them though. I think my best example of 'useless GP' was where we went to a 45yo woman who had been having problems for months, had developed a limp and was continuously going to the GP. She died less than 2 days after we saw her, most likely of a brain tumor. Though of course said 'useless GP' won't be touched by the GMC.