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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Third of NHS doctors struggling as GMC warns health services in critical state

The GMC warned that patient safety is at risk due to overworked, stressed doctors.
The GMC warned that patient safety is at risk due to overworked, stressed doctors. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

NHS doctors are “at breaking point”, with almost a fifth cutting their hours and two in five refusing to take on extra work to avoid becoming burnt out, new research has found.

A third of medics are “struggling” and unable to cope with heavy workloads that force them to regularly work extra hours to keep up with the demands for care, the General Medical Council (GMC) said.

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