Caring for Doctors, Caring for Patients

How to Transform UK Healthcare Environments to Support Doctors and Medical Students to Care for Patients

Professor Michael West and Dame Denise Coia

Patient safety depends on doctors’ wellbeing. The focus of this report is on identifying causes, consequences and solutions. The review aimed to take account of the experience of all doctors and medical students working and learning within the UK’s healthcare systems, in both primary and secondary care. The starting point is understanding the needs of doctors in the workplace.

© 2019 General Medical Council