Trying to get a GP appointment is a formidable challenge - there's often nothing available for weeks on end and it's a struggle to get through on the phone.

Yet more than 80 per cent of locum GPs in England can't find work in surgeries - according to a survey by the British Medical Association. They spoke to more than 1,800 locums - and almost a third of them said they were leaving the NHS. So why is there no work for them?

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