[Plataforma NoGracias: From interest group to lobby].

NoGracias group is a civil society organization that takes action in defense of a democratic (transparent and accountable to citizens) and sovereign public health system (its decisions are not dictated by the interests of other actors such as industries). It is inscribed in rationalism regarding its confidence in science and its method, but at the same time it is critical of the drifts that the rationalist fit of contemporary medicine has taken, that is, evidence-based medicine. It operates in a scenario in which the State has lost its classic strengths in favor of business groups and where access to the political process is not easy.

[Longitudinality, prestige, good reputation (social and professional) and general/family medicine. Clinical and public health aspects. SESPAS Report 2012].

The reform of primary care in Spain in 1984 focussed mainly on skills and knowledge (physician training and working hours) and material resources (new buildings). The reform did not succeed in improving longitudinal care nor did it give primary care physicians greater power, that is, the reform did not increase coordination or strengthen the central role of the family physician in services provision. The lack of longitudinality has persisted over the years since the working methods that encourage it (and its resulting clinical and public health benefits) have not been stimulated.