‘I could get through one day working as a GP with my medical knowledge and Google,’ says Hamish Blake

GPs have challenged comedian Hamish Blake to sit in with them seeing patients, after he suggested he had enough “general medical knowledge” to get through a day’s consulting.
In the latest episode of the Hamish and Andy podcast, produced with his long-time comedy partner Andy Lee, Mr Blake claimed he could have a crack at being a GP for a day.
“I say this with the greatest respect for this profession and I don’t want this to be confused with me saying you don’t need to train to be in this profession or that I don’t have respect and appreciation for them, ‘cos I use them,” the comedian said on the podcast released last week.
“But I honestly think that I could get through one day of being a GP.