A TV doctor has shared an ‘eye-opening’ post on social media that reveals a single day working as an over-stretched GP – as she hit out at the 10-minute GP consultation period.
Dr Zoe Williams, who regularly appears on This Morning to dish out health advice, explained some of the complex cases she had to deal with in the allocated time slot.
Recent research by Cambridge University has highlighted the 10-minute consultation in Britain is among the shortest in Europe.
Dr Williams told her Instagram followers about three people she saw – all immigrants and victims of violence, rape, torture or poverty – who she said showed ‘the warmest gratitude’ for their NHS care.
She added two of the three needed telephone interpreters before she could help them in her post that offered a glimpse of ‘what normal life is really like for so many’.
It comes after it emerged that Britons on average are seen for just 9 minutes and 22 seconds by their GP.
