Not long after we all stood on our doorsteps and clattered pots and pans during the weekly Clap for Carers in 2020, thunder clouds rolled over.
After the initial outpouring of mass appreciation, doctors became the target of hate from some members of a lockdown-weary public, and as the pandemic dragged on, the anger grew.
In 2021, a patient attacked a GP in Manchester, leaving him with a fractured skull and deep cuts.
And earlier this…