Increasing numbers of doctors are looking to cut their hours or leave the NHS, the General Medical Council has warned in its annual workplace report published today.1 Of the 50000 doctors currently working in the UK who were sent the online survey, 4288 completed it online during September ...
The doctor was very distressed by the tragic event and was aware of his role in the prescribing error. The body responsible for medical training and education considered the incident to have been caused by human error. There was no evidence of persistent or reckless failure to follow guidelines....
GPs were the second most likely group of respondents in a 2019 BMA survey of 4300 doctors and medical students to have a 'high' or 'very high' risk of burnout – behind doctors in training. Doctors working in emergency medicine were amongst those experiencing the highest levels of burnout, ...