Liz Dunphy: Can Covid-19 ultimately save our GP service?

The recent crisis may have shown us we can maintain our health better than we thought, taking pressure off packed GP surgeries, writes Liz Dunphy.

‘We're on a war-time footing,” Dr Mike Thompson said from his GP practice between fielding calls from concerned patients and hand-writing referrals for Covid-19 tests after the online system crashed under hectic demand.