GP burnout: ‘I was left feeling like a husk of a human’
A support service for NHS staff reports a 77% rise in doctors seeking help for mental health issues. Source link
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Patients Can Experience Burnout Too
Dec. 7, 2021 — Efforts to combat burnout in health care professionals can be expanded to include patients with chronic conditions — who can display some of the same telltale signs, such as prolonged stress, hopelessness, or feeling a loss of control. Identifying these patients and acknowledging their increased burnout risk could improve the doctor-patient … Read more
Health Care Workers Share Stories of Delta Variant’s Toll
Michael Battistelli, licensed paramedic, emergency medical services instructor, Stratford, CT. Todd Rice, MD, associate professor of medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care; and medical director COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville. Yvonne Billings, MD, director of cardiopulmonary medicine, Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, Stuart, FL. Gina McNemar, ICU nurse, Baton Rouge General … Read more
Doctor Burnout Is Affecting Patients: Survey
July 29, 2021 — Much attention and literature have focused on increased doctor burnout, which has worsened during the COVID-19 global pandemic. But according to a new survey, this burnout also has an impact on patients. The research, published by virtual healthcare technology company Wheel and independent research firm PureSpectrum, found that 80% of … Read more
NHS and social care staff burn-out at an emergency level – report
The functioning of health services in the future is at risk because staff are burned out, MPs are warning. Source link
Matter of Mind: Beating the burnout is ultimate need of hour
In this situation, organisations need to become points of delivery for mental health services. In September last year, Thomson Reuters announced that it will be giving its employees a Mental Health Day Off on October 9 as a permanent company holiday every year. “If there’s one thing 2020 has taught us, it’s the value of … Read more
Moral Injury: Pandemic’s Fallout for Health Care Workers
Wendy Dean, MD, president and co-founder, Moral Injury of Healthcare, Carlisle, PA. William A. Haseltine, PhD, chair and president, ACCESS Health International, New York City. Fahmida Hossain, PhD candidate and bioethicist, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. Tassia Trink, registered nurse, Southern California. Consuelo Vargas, registered nurse, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago. Matthew Heinz, … Read more
‘Diabetes burnout’: The mental-health impact of diagnosis
Diabetes treatment will be successful only if it comes with mental-health support, doctors say. Source link
Covid: Burn-out fears of ‘exhausted’ unpaid carers
The ‘hidden’ role of unpaid carers in lockdown Source link