From the Revd Dr Simon Wright
Sir, - I was intrigued at the description of her GP by the Revd
Hayley Matthews (Letters,
8 March).
I am also a Salford GP like hers. Unlike hers, I am 50, work
ten- to 11-hour days, drive a 13-year-old Zafira, and see about 40
patients face to face daily, while dealing with more than that
number by messages and emails. When I am not preparing to run the
NHS as this Government expects of me, I use much of my free time
being an OLM.
Unlike her GP, I do not get away early, but she concedes that
her GP may not be typical. Indeed, to me he seems more of a
caricacture.
The broad-brush approach tarring a whole profession that is
working in difficult circumstances, especially difficult in
Salford, as she is well aware, is to be regretted and possibly
unworthy.
SIMON WRIGHT
12 Davyhulme Road, Davyhulme
Manchester M41 7DS