Medscape October 13, 2025
NEWPORT, Wales — Compassion has its limits and doctors need care too, experts warned at a well-being session at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Annual Conference 2025.
Presenters Dr Roopinder Brar, medical adviser and GP in Woking, Surrey, and Kay Louise Grant, risk adviser at the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS), shared alarming survey data. The figures showed that 60% of healthcare professionals have experienced compassion fatigue, 66% reported burnout, and 74% have considered leaving or retiring early.
Alarmingly, 1 in 5 (19%) admitted to having thoughts of self-harm or suicide during their career.
Michael Blackmore, a GP partner at NHS Forth Valley, Grangemouth, Scotland, and chair of the RCGP West Scotland Faculty, moderated the...
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