GPs: Treating Rural Britain

A look at daily life for the UK's most rural general practitioners, from a surgery nestled in the the English countryside, to a practice on the edge of a Scottish loch. Dr Andy responds to an emergency on the south-west coast of Scotland, when a semi-conscious patient is airlifted to hospital. In the Lake District, Dr Julie meets a patient with a condition affecting his hands.

Doctor Matt performs a minor surgery to remove a skin tag in Devon, and he sees a patient who has recently been in hospital with breathing difficulties. On Islay, doctor Catriona meets a woman who's worried that she may have shingles. In northeast Wales, doctor Kieran has a visit from a patient who thinks she has Crohn's disease.

Dr Andy treats a patient who's broken their wrist while walking in the hills, and Dr Sinead sees a patient who has an eye infection and is living with an auto-immune disease. Dr Matt is with a three-year-old who has a lump in her neck, plus Dr Donna visits a man and and his wife at home following a recent cancer diagnosis.

Dr Bruce sees a patient who is recovering from a possible heart attack, and also performs a minor operation to remove a cyst from another patient's neck. Dr Shashi is with a man who thinks he may have Farmer's Lung, and meets a regular patient who has come to the surgery for his monthly cancer treatment.

On Islay, Dr Catriona is on a home visit to see a patient who is recovering from a fall and at the surgery, a woman comes in to discuss her menopause symptoms. In County Durham, Dr Shashi has an appointment with a patient who is grieving her deceased husband and a former GP comes in, worrying that she might have Lyme disease.

Dr Kieran sees a patient who is experiencing severe abdominal pain, and a woman struggling with discomfort and restricted movement in her wrists. Dr Sinead is with a patient who has a condition that has resulted in an ulcer on their foot. Plus, at the Lake District surgery Dr Julie sees a patient who is preparing for bowel surgery.