‘Real medicine is nothing like TV’: Read the GP open letter to difficult patients

The UK practice told its patients they must stop expecting instant cures for every ill
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Ivy Grove Surgery made headlines recently for writing an open letter to its patients after being deluged by their demands during the pandemic.

Based in the UK, it said patients were expecting to receive “instant healthcare” in the same way as “instant movies”, “instant food” and “instant gratification”.