# @royalcollegeofgps on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-05-25T13:00:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Royal College of GPs (@royalcollegeofgps) — https://gondola.cc/royalcollegeofgps

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What would he be if he wasn't a GP? Bored, says Dr Waqar Ahmed, a GP in Northern Ireland for 15 years.

He is an RCGP member trustee and has represented the Northern Ireland Faculty Board on the RCGP UK Council since 2017.

As well as being a GP, he works as an actor and comedian.

Q: Why did you choose to be a GP?
A: My dad made me.

Q: What's the best thing about being a GP?
A: Creating a shared story with patients.

Q: What's the most frustrating thing about being a GP?
A: Not having the resources to look after patients properly.

Q: What are you most proud of in your career?
A: Doing a workshop with Roger Neighbour at RCGP conference.

Q: What has been the most important lesson you have learnt during your career?
A: Pay attention as much as you can and say as little as humanly possible.  I realise that's kind of two lessons but one wouldn't really work without the other.

Q: What is the biggest challenge for current GPs?
A: Not having the funding to care for their patients properly or even get a job.

Q: What challenges are specific to Northern Ireland?
A: Massive inequality, deprivation and poverty, plus people from Northern Ireland have a thing about arguing.

Q: Why do you think it's important to be a College member?
A: So that Jamie Hynes stops making me look inadequate.

Q: What would you be if you weren't a GP?
A: Bored.

This '10 minute consultation' features in the Spring edition of GP Frontline. See link in bio.

[Image description: Photo of Dr Waqar Ahmed.]

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