Doctors are afraid to speak out about their mental health problems and it is putting them and their patients at risk

Mental health problems are investigated under the same procedures as misconduct and poor performance, and any subsequent fitness to practice processes are required to be declared on application forms for jobs

Doctors are afraid to speak out about their mental health problems and it is putting them and their patients at risk

BY: Nima Ghadiri Between 2005 and 2013 there have been 28 reported cases of suicides of doctors who had previously been the subject of GMC investigations Carl Court/Getty Images   Doctors are no different to the rest of the population in terms of their susceptibility to mental health problems, however in the NHS, a culture exists […]