Third of NHS doctors struggling as GMC warns health services in critical state

GMC findings paint a grim picture of the working lives, morale and wellbeing of UK doctors, with many reducing hours and declining additional work

NHS doctors are at breaking point", with almost a fifth cutting their hours and two in five refusing to take on extra work to avoid becoming burnt out, new research has found.

A third of medics are struggling" and unable to cope with heavy workloads that force them to regularly work extra hours to keep up with the demands for care, the General Medical Council (GMC) said.