Negative newspaper coverage of GP pay may start to erode public trust in the profession, researchers have warned.
A team from the University of Leeds analysed trends in five national newspapers: The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Sun and The Times.
They found that after the introduction of the new GMS contract in 2004, there was a ‘sharp rise’ in stories related to GPs’ salaries. Numbers rose from less than 20 articles per year in 2004 to 100 articles per year in 2007.
Writing in Primary Health Care Research and Development, the researchers said that, after 2004, newspaper coverage of GPs became ‘unfavourable’.
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