My partner and I both grew up in Yorkshire, and she has a strong Yorkshire accent. She trained to be a doctor in Nottingham, where she was typically undermined

My partner and I both grew up in Yorkshire, and she has a strong Yorkshire accent. She trained to be a doctor in Nottingham, where she was typically undermined by other doctors and patients due to her accent and the percieved professionalism that is lacking with that accent. We now live in the North East, and she hasn't had a repeated experience from anyone local - just those with a more 'southernly' accent. The respect she's given is night and day in difference. In conversation with her colleagues, I asked if the inverse was true for them. Did their southern accent cause a barrier with the patients in the North East? None of her colleagues could comprehend the question, let alone could provide a clear answer.