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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Two in three uk doctors suffer moral distress due to overstretched nhs study finds - Caught on Camera

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The head of the BMA says almost all doctors see or experience moral distress nearly every day, mainly because of problems they can’t overcome due to a lack of capacity in the NHS. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Two in three UK doctors are suffering “moral distress” caused by the enfeebled state of the NHS and the damage the cost of living crisis is inflicting on patients’ health, research has found.

Large numbers are ending up psychologically damaged by feeling they cannot give patients the best possible care because of problems they cannot overcome, such as long waits for treatment or lack of drugs or the fact that poverty or bad housing is making them ill.

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