However, the level of stress endured by frontline NHS staff is unbelievable. Understaffing leaves doctors feeling isolated and stretched. Doctors are stretched because so many of our colleagues have left – left the country for places that support them better or left the profession altogether. Our more experienced doctors report that things have never been worse.”The NHS in England alone is short of almost 10,000 medics. “At each hospital,” she recalled, “we held open forums for doctors to come and talk about things that were on their minds.

Source: The Guardian September 29, 2019 07:18 UTC