primary care

Her primary care doctor ended up overseeing her prescription, but once she got on Prozac, they didn’t really discuss it anymore, she said.

Ruth Rankine, the primary care director at the NHS Confederation, said doctors would welcome the £102m boost to "deliver high quality care, closer to home, and fit for the 21st century".

Reddy can’t match the salaries offered by larger health systems — a difficulty compounded by a widespread shortage of primary care doctors.

But the government may want to spend money on other parts of primary care, such as nurses, physios or mental health workers in community healthcare hubs.

But the core of the crisis and key to this election is GP services, or primary care, largely offered by private clinics.