Just some more anecdata, but it depends which GP practice you go to. There's a GP practice near us that pays really poorly, always young doctors, they never la

Just some more anecdata, but it depends which GP practice you go to. There's a GP practice near us that pays really poorly, always young doctors, they never last more than a year, and the owner (an older GP who also works there) just wants happy return customers who are in-and-out. So yeah, they'll prescribe whatever. There's a better GP practice near me which won't actually do that though, most visits take the full 15 mins, they'll ask loads of questions and give you some tests and/or recommend over the counter stuff, and it's always "come back if it gets worse or doesn't get better by X". They charge for the first consult, but typically just bulk-bill for every visit related to that problem. Even chronic issues they typically bulk-bill. So yeah, quality varies. it'd be interesting to see some stats around what sort of GP practices prescribe the most antibiotics - Total visits per year, average doctor turnover, etc etc.