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265 Junior Doctors responded to the survey, which was shared online by the Charity Duty to Care. 91% said that since becoming an NHS Junior Doctor, their mental health has been negatively impacted. Of those who answered yes:

Approximately, there are 26, 496 NHS staff members in South West London. This is made up of: Wandsworth, Richmond, Kingston, Merton, Sutton and Croydon.

NHS digital figures has shown that 400 NHS workers leave every week and around 10% of posts are unfilled. Shockingly, 52% of doctors reported suffering poor mental health in the last 12 months, with burnout affecting more than three quarters of hospital doctors on the frontline. There is now a National Physician Suicide Awareness Day as doctors are up to four times more likely to die by suicide compared to the general population.