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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Lydia Veljanovski

Desperate plea for GPs as patients say it's 'easier to see the Pope than a doctor'

Just this week it was revealed 51million GP visits lasted under five minutes as the system struggles to cope.

Some patients have claimed it would be easier to buy Glastonbury tickets or see the Pope than get an appointment.

Here, Prof Kamila Hawthorne, GP and Chair of the Royal College of GPs, reveals the pressures they're really under…

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