02/03/2015
Inside Out Yorkshire and Lincolnshire presented by Toby Foster.
Lucy Hester looks at why family doctors often fail to spot cancer symptoms, Chris Jackson asks why so many GPs are leaving the service and Rachel Pierman looks back to the 1970s to see how different things were for GPs back then.
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GP shortages
Have you ever struggled to get a GP appointment?
大象传媒 Inside Out has uncovered a national shortage of GPs, doctors deserting the profession and junior doctors avoiding what they see as an "unglamorous" career.
All these have culminated in the number of unfilled GP posts quadrupling in the past three years, which may help explain why your surgery's phone number is often engaged.
GPs over 30 years
大象传媒 Inside Out looks at how the working lives of GPs have changed over the past 35 years.
In 1979 the 大象传媒's Nationwide programme showed a fly on the wall documentary series, Medic One Six, about Bridlington GP David Hartley.
Life is very different today with doctors taking on a bigger range of duties and having to complete more paperwork.
Reporter Rachel Pierman talked to GP Nicole Nunn who now works at the Bridlington surgery and asked her how life has changed for modern doctors.聽
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Toby Foster |
| Reporter | Chris Jackson |
| Actor | Lucy Hester |
| Reporter | Rachel Pierman |
| Series Editor | Nicola Addyman |
Broadcast
- Mon 2 Mar 2015 19:30大象传媒 One Yorks & Lincs & Yorkshire only