• ‘Brutalised and burnt out’ NHS hospital staff take 8m mental health sick days in five years

    ‘Brutalised and burnt out’ NHS hospital staff take 8m mental health sick days in five years
    Staff shortages, treatment backlogs and the pandemic have contributed to hospital doctors and nurses taking almost 23,000 years off with mental health problems since 2017Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDoctors and nurses have spoken of feeling “brutalised” and burnt out, amid an escalating mental health crisis that has seen hospital staff take more than 8m days off sick in the past five years.Senior figures called for an urgent plan to plug staff sho

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