The British Journal of Psychiatry (2007) 190: 268-269. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.023234
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SHORT REPORTS

Impact of hospital consultants' poor mental health on patient care

Cath Taylor, MA, Jill Graham, PhD, Henry Potts, PhD and Jenny Candy, MSc

King's College London, UK

Michael Richards, MD

Department of Health England

Amanda Ramirez, MD

King's College London, UK

Correspondence: Cath Taylor, Cancer Research UK London Psychosocial Group, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, St Thomas' Campus, London SE1 7EH, UK. Email: cath.taylor{at}kcl.ac.uk

Declaration of interest None.

Funding detailed in Acknowledgements.

In a survey of 1794 UK NHS hospital consultants 1308 (73%) responded. Psychiatric morbidity (General Health Questionnaire–12 score ≥4) was present in 32% of responders, who were twice as likely to report drinking hazardous levels of alcohol, being irritable with patients and colleagues, reducing their standards of care and intending to retire early (all P < 0.001). Male and mid-aged consultants were also particularly at risk. Approaches that support consultants to practice medicine safely throughout their careers are required.


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