Doctor wellbeing and lifestyle news

A new BMA Scotland survey found almost nine in 10 GPs in Scotland say they or their practice staff have suffered verbal or physical abuse in the last month.

Doctors have been left with 'moral injury' after being forced to act against their ‘moral compass’ during the pandemic and feel like they have let their patients down.

New research published by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has found that 73% of medical professionals feel stressed and/or anxious on a weekly basis.

The Government needs a fully costed and funded long term NHS workforce plan if it is to recover from the pandemic as there is a real risk that exhausted NHS staff may leave their roles unless they are allowed time to recover.

Pushing doctors to ‘get the NHS back to normal’, without giving them the respite and support they need could threaten patient care and safety, the BMA says.

The annual NHS Staff Survey highlights the intense pressure that NHS staff have been under during the Covid-19 pandemic with 44% of all staff reporting being ill because of work-related stress.

The Royal College of GPs has called on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to address the impact of its inspections on GPs from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.

Structural inequities have for a long-time persisted across the medical profession which has limited the professional development of many BAME doctors. In light of this, the BMA has launched a members forum to address the many instances of discrimination that exist across the NHS. 

Many doctors from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds (BAME) do not feel protected from the risk of Covid-19 infection in their place of work, according to a BMA survey.