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Daily Mirror
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Daniela Loffreda & Will Maule

GP waiting room 'trashed' by angry patient as doctor blames 'unrealistic expectations'

A surgery in Derby has been trashed by a patient, with the local GP blaming the violent outburst on "negative media narrative, anti-GP rhetoric, unrelenting demand and unrealistic expectations".

Images shared by Dr Shehla Imtiaz-Umer show the waiting room at Wilson Street Surgery, Derby with chairs upturned, leaflets strewn all over the floor and Christmas decorations ripped from the walls.

In a tweet which has gone viral, Dr Imtiaz-Umer wrote: "The anti-GP violence, abuse and aggression continue unabated.

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