Pause to proceed: clearing the backlog created by COVID-19 requires a careful plan
The pressures COVID-19 has placed on doctors are unprecedented, and without a carefully thought out plan to return to business as usual, many will not be able to cope. Tim Tonkin reports
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UK
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Tuesday 13 April 2021
‘It’s only since I went on maternity leave that I quite realised how tired I was,’ explains London GP Rammya Mathew.
‘Whilst you’re in it [work] you’re not even getting a chance to stop and think about how the situation is affecting you.
‘Once you step out of that environment you have a chance to look back, reflect and digest a bit of what has happened,’ says the GP. ‘It’s been a year like no other and not everyone has had the chance to even recognise or realise that.’