1,000 more psychiatrists needed to tackle 'unacceptable failings' in care At least 1,000 more psychiatrists are needed to tackle “unacceptable” failings in treatment of the mentally ill, the head of the profession has said.
Sir Simon Wessely, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, called for urgent action to tackle widespread shortages of doctors, warning that he was “absolutely terrified” that the crisis would deepen as a result of Brexit.
Too many vulnerable patients were being sent for treatment hundreds of miles from home, because of shortages of specialists he said, with “scandalous” failings in some services.
In his final interview as president, he called for an overhaul of medical training, to plug widespread shortages of doctors which he fears will worsen if the supply of medics from Europe falls. The Daily Telegraph
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