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Life as a general practitioner

A GP is usually the first person a patient turns to for help and is a general expert in adult and paediatric medicine. One of the attractions of working as a GP is the variety—you never know who is going to walk through the door. Yes, there will undoubtedly be a lot of backaches and colds to deal with but a GP also needs to be able to spot red flag symptoms that might indicate a serious problem such as cancer.

A GP’s working week is divided up into sessions, each lasting half a day. A typical day will start at 8 am but could be earlier if the practice offers an early morning clinic. Appointments are usually 10 minutes long and the GP may see 18 to 20 patients during a morning surgery.

The time before and after the morning surgery may be spent dealing with paperwork such as going through correspondence, discharge summaries, out of hours reports, and test results. The GP may also need to make phone calls to patients or other healthcare professionals. After lunch the GP may need to visit patients at home or in care homes.

Afternoon surgery usually runs from 3 pm until 5.30 pm with another 15 to 20 patients seen. Some practices may also take last minute urgent cases after …