NHS faces exodus of doctors after Covid pandemic, survey finds

[Northerner]

Thousands of UK doctors are planning to quit the NHS after the Covid pandemic because they are exhausted by their workloads and worried about their mental health, a survey has revealed.

Almost one in three may retire early while a quarter are considering taking a career break and a fifth are weighing up quitting the health service to do something else.

Long hours, high demand for care, the impact of the pandemic and unpleasant working environments are taking their toll on medics, the British Medical Association findings show.

In a survey of 5,521 doctors 1,352 (31.9%) of the 4,258 who replied to a question about whether their career plans had changed over the last 12 months said they were now more likely to retire early than they were last year – more than double the 14% who said the same in June 2020.

NHS faces exodus of doctors after Covid pandemic, survey finds

Long hours and the impact of the pandemic are taking their toll on medics, BMA findings show

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[trophywench]

It's obviously true - the lead GP at ours has left and they now only have 3 doctors there instead of 6 or more at the beginning of last year.

 

[mikeyB]

To say nothing of the doctors from EU countries, because of the expensive hoops they have to put themselves and their families through to even live in our country after Brexit. The best GP I’ve ever had was on the Isle of Mull. He was Dutch.

I gave up being a GP because I was bored, it was no longer an intellectual challenge, just hard work.