‘Exhausted and overstretched’ | Staff burnout levels set to impact NHS

Back in May 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed that it would recognise the growing issue of corporate burnout as a medical condition.

Since this development, burnout has become more and more recognised among workforces, with employers working to tackle the issue that employees may be facing, particularly throughout the global pandemic where stress levels have rocketed.

A recent study from RSA’s Matthew Taylor and Vitality supports this, as it discovered that multiple lockdowns worsened employee physical health and mental health.

Now, a new report of NHS and care staff in England has found that they are so burnt out that it has become an “emergency” and risks the future of the health service.