Trainee doctors in UK facing higher risk of burnout than during pandemic

Recent GMC figures reveal young medics are struggling with unsustainable workloads and inadequate support

Trainee doctors are at higher risk of burnout now than during the pandemic, with some describing how they have struggled with unsustainable workloads and inadequate support.

The most recent figures published by the General Medical Council (GMC) in its national training survey of junior doctors and their trainers reveal the proportion of trainees feeling at a high or moderate risk" of burnout is 63%.