Doctors would be forgiven for no longer wanting to work in the NHS

As a long retired hospital doctor, I felt almost sick as I watched the brilliant ITV series Breathtaking about the Covid pandemic. I understood the utter horror doctors and nurses went through as a tidal wave of illness hit an over-stretched, ill-prepared service; whilst they and their families were at risk of serious illness or even death.

However, with an ageing and unhealthier population, the demand for medical services is relentlessly increasing, when doctor numbers are falling. Many suffer from burn-out and there’s growing frustration and disillusion caused by the impossibility of delivering the standard of care they wish to provide. I know highly experienced, dedicated doctors who were desperate to retire early and others who’ve told their children not to become doctors.

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