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DAUK front page of the Daily Mirror: harrowing stories of burned out NHS doctors bullied and broken

Dedicated to caring for the sick and vulnerable, junior ­doctors should expect to be ­supported and valued as they carry out their vital work. But hundreds have revealed they are subjected to bullying and harassment at overstretched hospitals that have been plunged into a staffing crisis. The Doctors’ Association UK has collated stories from over 600 doctors. The shocking report made the front page of the Daily Mirror.

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February 13, 2020
Compassionate Culture / Learn Not Blame

TED talk: Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden Co-Founder of DAUK reveals how tough things are for frontline doctors

How can we maintain our doctors empathy? In her TED talk Sammy reframes the burnout debate and explains that doctors are suffering from moral injury, the psychological harm that occurs when doctors cannot give patients the care they deserve due to system pressures. Sammy also speaks openly and honestly about her experience of being on the other side on the NHS as an A&E and ICU registrar when her son was born at 27 weeks and spent 3 months in intensive care. Determined to fight for the NHS Sammy founded The Doctors’ Association UK during her maternity leave. Watch her talk here.

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February 3, 2020
Compassionate Culture / Learn Not Blame / NHS Pensions Crisis

DAUK Co-Founder Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden writes for The Metro If we don’t start looking after our doctors there will be no one to care for our patients

The Doctors’ Association UK Co-Founder Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden writes for Metro on how the NHS has changed over the past 10 years and what the impact has been on doctors. Sammy cites the blame culture, the pension tax, the junior doctor contract as key causes of rock bottom morale. She also warns that doctors maybe suffering from ‘moral injury’.

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January 13, 2020
Compassionate Culture

DAUK in The Guardian: Dossier reveals ‘petty tortures’ of NHS trainee doctors denied leave

This week we got in touch with DAUK member Dr Joanna Poole, an anaesthetic registrar whose post about wanting to quit medicine went viral on Twitter. DAUK were able to support Joanna and were able to help see this piece published in The Guardian on Joanna’s behalf. Now, Joanna is joining forces with DAUK to encourage doctors to speak out as part of DAUK’s #NHSMeToo campaign. Yesterday, we published a thread of such stories which has been widely shared, and has even been commented on and retweeted by the Health Secretary. Read The Guardian article here.

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March 29, 2019