‘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 2017.

Doctors 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. The Guardian