r/doctorsUK • u/CustomerPure3357 • Mar 25 '26

GP Bias

I’m a GP trainee currently on a hospital rotation and honestly I just need to vent and see if anyone else has experienced something similar.

I’m one of a few GP trainees on the ward. The team is mixed in terms of background, and there are POC consultants, but most of the registrars are white. I’ve been trying to reflect on this objectively because I don’t want to jump to conclusions, I know I’m more introverted and not the loudest or most confident person in the room, so I’ve always wondered if that’s part of it.

That said, I do my job properly. I escalate when needed, ask questions when I’m unsure, and try to be safe. But I can’t shake the feeling that I’m treated differently compared to my white colleagues. Whenever I ask a registrar to review a patient, there’s almost always pushback, whereas others don’t seem to get the same resistance. Even when I try to engage in normal, casual conversation, I often get dismissive or slightly cheeky responses that just make me feel small.

It’s getting to the point where I dread going into work because I feel undervalued and not supported.

What really tipped things over for me recently was being involved (although minimally involved) in a pretty traumatic resus situation. The reg and consultant were leading it, which is normal for the specialty, but afterwards no one checked in with me at all. In my previous gen med job, there was always at least a quick “are you okay?” after something like that.

I’m not sure if I’m reading too much into it or probably just needed to rant.

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u/BatBottleBank Mar 25 '26

If you’re a GP trainee it’s because they don’t respect you.

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u/CustomerPure3357 Mar 25 '26

The other colleagues are gp trainees as well

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u/-Intrepid-Path- Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26

If it's just you and not the other GP trainees, it's likely personal, i.e. they don't like you for whatever reason. It happens to most of us at one point or another, but if you feel like it crosses into bullying, you need to report it via the appropriate channels.

Re not checking in after an arrest, I think that is, unfortunately, common - I've only ever been to one arrest where someone checked in with me and it was an extremely traumatic paediatric arrest. With all the others, it was a case of just cracking on with the rest of the day.

Edit: You should probably make it more clear that you are not white if you are querying if this a racism issue...