Originally Posted by Unregistered

Your grouses are not unique to Singapore. The scope of primary care keeps expanding. More and more things are "simple" and the primary care doc should manage. And specialists are saying don't waste their precious time with unnecessary referrals (as if primary care dr's time is not precious).
Wanting drs to see more complicated patients with same finite time and not have any reduction in total number of patients seen.

Meanwhile what's the consult fee like?

There seems to be a correlation between consult fees for GPs and the cost of a men's hair cut in various countries.

This is how societies now value primary care physician consults. Might be better off being a barber.