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Jan 2021
Covid – warning of Yorkshire GPs ‘burnout’
GPs in Yorkshire have warned that increasing numbers of health professionals face ‘burnout’ during the pandemic.
This news comes as a Health and Social Care Select Committee is has taken place to look at the pressure medical staff are under.
Professor Jeremy Dawson, professor of health management at Sheffield University, spoke to MPs at the Select Committee earlier this week, and said “The problem I see at the moment is that we are relying on the goodwill and the going the extra mile-and-a-half of the staff, which is simply unsustainable.”
Dr Daniele Bryden of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) said she had concerns about the high number of intensive care staff who had been working “full pelt” since March last year, adding “Not only are they tired – many have had Covid themselves, or have been isolating. I think the psychological impact of what they are doing is considerable for many of them.”
Health Secretary Matt Hancock, has said the UK is currently at the ‘worst point’ of the pandemic, with the NHS being placed under ‘significant pressure’ with the new variant of Covid-19.
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Posted by Tony May, Partner/head of Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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