‘We don’t work in isolation’: a GP’s opinion on looming industrial action

Dr James Booth says GPs have been ‘providing an immense amount of unresourced work for years’. Photograph: Dr James Booth

GPs in England have voted to stage industrial action for the first time in 60 years amid a row over funding. More than 8,500 GPs took part in the vote, the BMA said, with 98.3% backing collective action. The disruption is likely to begin immediately and could last months.

Here is the view of one GP in Essex, Dr James Booth.