🔴 Doctors in crisis-hit hospitals are so overworked they risk missing vital signs that patients are deteriorating, a junior doctor told theipaper
Doctors in crisis-hit hospitals are so overworked they risk missing vital signs that patients are deteriorating,A newly qualified junior doctor, who asked to remain anonymous, described how they often cried at work and had started having panic attacks, with health staff having to care for up to 20 patients at a time.
The junior doctor said: “We were told being a doctor was hard, and that the NHS was struggling, but I never thought it would be like this.” “In reality, the strikes are the least busy days in hospital; people tend to access emergency services less and the hospitals are also prepared for these strikes,” they said. “It is the other 364 days that are the real worry.”over pay and conditions. The hospital doctors’ union, HCSA, and the British Dental Association were also involved in discussions.
The NHS strikes were “not just about money”, the junior doctor said. “The NHS is failing for a number of reasons, one of which is understaffing and unfortunately, unless the working conditions suddenly change, I believe it is [a rise in] pay that may stand a chance at deterring staff from leaving the NHS,” they said.
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