New Zealand’s requirement for patient consent means junior doctors can’t perform CPR on a patient, or practise care of babies and people with dementia.
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Improving staff morale improves patient care.
Overworking junior doctors has been normalised for decades. And we all suffer.
Junior doctors face immense pressure at work – and a growing number are choosing to leave the NHS as a result of these poor working conditions.
Research shows unprofessional behaviour and poor communication among doctors and other clinical staff contributes to medical errors. This flows on to worse patient outcomes.
New medical staff start in January and may not be as skilled or adept as their predecessors, meaning more things go wrong.
People working in caring professions are not superhuman.
Starting a new job is never easy, never mind one that puts people’s lives in your hands on a daily basis.
Listen up junior doctors, here is your survival guide.
While politicians and doctors argue over the data on the weekend effect, it’s important to remember that there are other ways to reduce hospital deaths.
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