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Our guest this week is the incredible Dr Nighat Arif. After studying medicine to postpone an arranged marriage, she become a GP and now appears on TV. We find out how she answers questions about vaginal discharge in the supermarket and does a doctor need to see a doctor when they're ill?

Plus, we hear about the impact of chronic funding in the NHS and her experience of racism whilst practicing.

Find Dr Nighat here: https://www.instagram.com/drnighatarif/?hl=en

And order her book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/UNTITLED-DR-NIGHAT-ARIF/dp/1783255234/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15EPSERMSM5XF&keywords=9781783255238&qid=1678119746&sprefix=9781783255238%2Caps%2C269&sr=8-1

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