{"id":68117,"date":"2024-06-07T17:59:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/rishi-sunak-laughs-as-gp-heckler-says-nhs-is-disintegrating\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T17:59:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:59:08","slug":"rishi-sunak-laughs-as-gp-heckler-says-nhs-is-disintegrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/rishi-sunak-laughs-as-gp-heckler-says-nhs-is-disintegrating\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak laughs as GP heckler says NHS is ‘disintegrating’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rishi Sunak has laughed at a heckler after she shouted at him about the state of the NHS. <\/p>\n

The prime minister was speaking at a rally in Wiltshire on Friday when the woman – understood to be Dr Jane Lees-Millais – began questioning government policies that see patients being sent to other primary care staff, rather than GPs.<\/p>\n

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A GP herself, Dr Millais claimed the NHS was “disintegrating”, adding: “The country is not stupid. They know when lesser qualified people are being used to conduct consultations which are massively complex.”<\/p>\n

But when she was then heckled by a man shouting, “most GPs spend more time on holiday than in the surgery, love”, Mr Sunak laughed.<\/p>\n

The second heckler was heard again, adding: “You can’t get an appointment, can you?”<\/p>\n

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Responding to the doctor, the prime minister highlighted how his father had been a GP and his mother had been a pharmacist, adding: “My parents dedicated themselves to primary care. I know a thing or two about it.”<\/p>\n

He said the government was “supporting” GPs, mentioning money being put into new digital telephones, before continuing: “We are also making it easier for people to see other primary care practitioners to get the treatments they need and that’s where I will respectfully disagree with you.<\/p>\n

“Because I do think it is right that people can now see their pharmacist to get medicines for several common ailments.”<\/p>\n

The incident comes after a difficult day for the prime minister, who is facing criticism from all sides over leaving D-Day commemorations in France early on Thursday in order to do a TV interview back in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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