"We've turned from heroes to villains": GPs deluged with patients say they are getting grief from the public

28.05.2021 - 21:15

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox GPs are struggling to cope with a surge in demand for services, two senior doctors in Greater Manchester have warned.

Doctors say that requests for appointments have risen again as lockdown measures are eased across the country. A shortage of GPs, a backlog of patients waiting for hospital referrals, and pressure to deliver the Covid-19 vaccination programme is pushing many doctors to the point of burnout, one Stockport GP said.

Dr Siobhan Brennan, who has worked as a general practitioner for fourteen years, says that morale is low among colleagues after more than a year of 'firefighting'. “We are drowning right now,” says Dr Brennan, based in Marple. “We are

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"We've turned from heroes to villains": GPs deluged with patients say they are getting grief from the public

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