20 patients in a waiting room for 1 doctor with an average of just 10 minutes each means a wait of more than 3 hours - similar to what you will see in an NHS drop in centre today.

The simple answer is that there aren't enough GPs - we can't carry on tempting doctors from overseas, we need to train our own and make the profession attractive enough to encourage more to train.

We won't solve the problem by restricting pay and conditions - nor by trying to force current doctors to work longer hours or restrict holiday times - that will simply make the situation worse!