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GPs 'working as Uber drivers' because they can't find jobs - as medics warn of 'unprecedented crisis'

Sky News Wednesday, 26 February 2025 ()
GPs 'working as Uber drivers' because they can't find jobs - as medics warn of 'unprecedented crisis'A lack of jobs is forcing GPs out of the NHS with some taking up work as Uber drivers to pay the bills, experts have told Sky News.
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