Do all doctors not sit behind desks anymore?

[Monkeybrains192]

When I was a child growing up in the 80's doctors always sat behind a desk. I have a chronic illness so I had lots appointments hospital appointments too, again the consultant was always behind a desk.

I still have lots of appointments and I can't remember the last time I saw a health care professional sat behind a desk. The desks are now pushed up against a wall and the patient sits adjacent.

Is this a 'thing' now? Was the desk seen in front seen as a barrier as intimidating or something or am I just making shit up?

the consultants behind the desk, but now we have a new clinic and the consultants are more like the gp surgery, with their face to the wall, and the computer, and the family round their side

Behind a desk is old fashioned and distancing. They need to be able to see your whole body language - if it changes when you talk about certain things, if you're expressing pain you may not have words for, etc. And these days it means a computer isn't in between you, but to the side.

I've never seen a doctor sat behind a desk