When it rains for Rishi Sunak, it pours. Just hours after the Prime Minister was forced to apologise for leaving D-day commemorations early to film a pre-recorded ITV interview, Sunak was faced with more challenges on the election trail.
During a campaign visit, a frustrated member of the public — who is also a local doctor — had a go at the beleaguered PM over his party’s NHS workforce plan. It supports the training of physician associates to work in the health service, which has caused outrage in the medical community amidst fears that doctors in the country are not being adequately supported by the government.
In a rather robust rant, the GP raged:
What are you going to do about that? 37,000 GPs will not vote Conservative because of the constructive dismissal of general practice that is currently occurring. You cannot employ lesser qualified people instead of GPs. They cannot be replaced.
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