Rishi Sunak has laughed at a joke about GPs after a doctor shouted at him over the state of the NHS.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Rishi Sunak has laughed at a joke about GPs after a doctor shouted at him over the state of the NHS.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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