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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Gregor Young

Junior doctors are ‘exhausted, depleted and struggling’, senior doctor warns

Doctors are 'exhausted, depleted, and struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel', says Dr Lailah Peel

SCOTLAND’S junior doctor workforce is “balancing on a knife-edge”, the chair of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Scottish Junior Doctor Committee (SJDC) has warned.

Dr Lailah Peel, below, says junior doctors are “exhausted, depleted, and struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel” due to workload pressures.

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