Dr Sarah Jacques: From burnout to balanced: how to create a sustainable portfolio GP career

In this episode, Dr Richard Fieldhouse is joined by Dr Sarah Jacques to discuss her deeply personal experience with professional burnout, which led her to leave her GP partnership and re-evaluate her career. Dr Jacques details her transition to a balanced portfolio, combining a single clinical session per week with influential non-clinical roles in Doctors Association UK (DAUK) and the Medical Women's Federation (MWF). They explore the systemic issues driving GP dissatisfaction, the critical role of grassroots advocacy, and why uniting the entire Sessional workforce—locums, salaried, and partners—is essential to fight for a sustainable future for general practice against looming threats like the new GP contract and privatisation.