The GP will see you now... but only for a couple of minutes!

The GP will see you now... but only for a couple of minutes! More than 51million GP appointments lasted five minutes or less last year as patients were 'rushed' out the door, official figures suggest.

Patients are typically offered ten-minute consultations but more than one in six (17.2 per cent) were ended after less than half that time.

Campaigners warn doctors who cut visits short risk missing symptoms and storing up more serious problems for the future. The Daily Mail