A Mirror probe uncovered more than 1,000 reports including one where a junior doctor was left in charge of more than 40 patients. Junior doctors are told to lodge “exception reports” with hospital management if they think working practices are dangerous. The figures lay bare the extent of unsafe wards as the NHS struggles with more than 100,000 posts left vacant. At Rotherham NHS Foundation, a junior doctor on their first day in the job was left in charge of 25 patients. “This in turn contributes to burnout of junior doctors and puts patients at risk.

Source: Daily Mirror December 11, 2019 22:52 UTC