In an "increasingly desperate" effort to replace a general practitioner who will be retiring in a matter of weeks, a town in Cornwall has recorded a song and created a video to recruit new physicians to the area.
The Lostwithiel surgery, where one of the partners is leaving, has been having trouble finding GPs, according to the organizers.
Following a flash mob earlier this month to promote recruitment, the song was released.
Organisers described the most recent action as a "loving call" dot.
There are two partners in the Lostwithiel Medical Practice, which is in charge of 5,500 local patients.
It was given an "outstanding" rating by the Care Quality Commission in 2018, and a review earlier this month found no reason to reevaluate that assessment.
At the end of March, one of the partners will retire.
The song, Lostwithiel Need A Doctor, was described as "an inventive, yet increasingly desperate, attempt to replace a much-loved retiring GP within two weeks" by the organizers.
The statement was followed by the phrase "loving call from a loving community to loving doctors.".
The soon-to-be last practice partner, Dr. Justin Hendriksz, claimed that the group had "struggled to recruit new GPs through the usual route of adverts in all of the relevant medical publications.".
We're all very aware of the alarming number of GPs leaving the field, so we know we're not the only practice finding it difficult to find qualified new doctors, he said. .
We're very proud of the historical work we've done and the community service we've provided in Lostwithiel, but we need to find medical successors who will carry on our mission of treating patients with the "right person, in the right place, at the right time.". ".
This [recruitment] idea has the support of the entire community, he claimed.
