Working for free and burning out: College survey shows GPs’ hours worked are the longest since 2014

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Working for free and burning out: College survey shows GPs’ hours worked are the longest since 2014

Medical Stress illustration [Image: Molotovcoketail on iStock]
Medical Stress [Image: molotovcoketail on iStock]

A workforce survey puts numbers on the growing workload, stress and disaffection among GPs, Fiona Cassie finds.

This is the first part of New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa's survey COVER STORY. The following stories will be rolled out online over the next week

We can’t blame it all on COVID…before the pandemic hit, things were hard The average GP is working nearly one day every week for free and is at a, Samantha Murton 2023, RNZCGP president Samantha Murton says GPs love their job but their working conditions are below par [Image: Supplied]