Anatomy of a crisis: Layer cake of woe built on workforce and funding shortages

+News
In print

Anatomy of a crisis: Layer cake of woe built on workforce and funding shortages

Martin Johnston

Martin Johnston

Tired_Doctor_CR_Martin_Prescott_on_iStock.jpg
The negatives are stacking up dangerously in general practice [Image credit: Martin Prescott on iStock]

Martin Johnston reports on the markers of stress in general practice, where the feeling of failing to cope is palpable

For some GPs, the crisis in their profession is visible in their loss of faith in the health system. For others, it might be the hard financial facts