Reforms, recession and recruitment causing stress in doctors

Apart from the fact that medicine is a challenging and complex profession, there are many other reasons that can be firmly placed at the foot of the health authorities, management and employers, why Irish doctors in general experience stress in their working lives, an RCPI report shows. Ill health had an impact on the individual doctors, their friends and family, and had potential implications for patient safety, the College highlighted. Health issues, particularly mental, were often left unaddressed until a tragic event such as a suicide occurred, warned the training body, who added that this was the case despite evidence…