GPs losing sleep over patient safety fears, says head of profession

Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, says overwork and exhaustion are leaving colleagues anxious about the risk of error

“Shattered” GPs are lying awake at night worrying they may have harmed their patients by making mistakes caused by tiredness and overwork, the leader of the profession has revealed in an interview.

Family doctors are losing sleep because they are so anxious that they have put patients’ safety at risk by missing a symptom or not keeping their medication up to date, said Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard.

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