General practitioners are like the players on a football team who can all do the basic tasks of kicking, passing and heading a ball, but most will have a specialty as well. Some GPs specialise in ...

A doctor working in primary care – commonly within the NHS. A general practitioner (GP) is a medical practitioner who attends to acute and chronic illnesses and also provides preventive care and ...

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