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'You feel like cannon fodder. No one gives a **** about you’

Why more burnt-out junior doctors are turning their backs on the post-Covid NHS

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Feb 13, 2024
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“Staff retention is one of the main corporate risks for the NHS… and that’s due to exhaustion and over-work.” - Charles*, former employee in performance reviews for health and social care.

A junior doctor contemplates another medical decision. Pic: Nappy on Unsplash

In the midst of the pandemic, we stood in our millions on our doorsteps to clap our NHS ‘h…

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