As a GP I feel increasingly burnt out, but the buck always stops with me

Patients are the reason I stay in general practice – but when you dread getting up and never see your family, this way of working is unsustainable

It’s 6.15am on a Sunday and I am up early and in front of the computer again. I spent yesterday filing 150 letters when my son wanted to play football and the older one wanted go climbing.

I can’t remember the last time I had a lie in. It’s not because the kids or the cats wake up early for breakfast, it’s because I am working remotely from home logging in to my GP computer system looking at patient notes.

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Continue reading... October 09, 2017 at 12:04AM