40 years working in NHS, and still going. As a general practitioner and psychiatrist, I have worked at the interface throughout my professional career. Past Chair and Past President of Royal College of General Practitioners (only second woman in its 75-year history to hold both leadership roles. Established and led NHS Practitioner Health Service from 2008 to 2022, a service which now sees around 6000 health professionals with mental health and addiction issues. Currently, lead an NHS service for those with gambling-related harms, NHS Primary Care Gambling Service.
Clare Gerada and Ruby Wiltshire summarise a new scoping review of UK-based research on the treatment of harmful gambling, which finds a complete lack of high quality intervention studies to support decision making.
Today is World Mental Health Day and the theme this year is ‘Prioritising Mental Health in the Workplace’. Clare Gerada reviews a study showing that doctor suicide rates, particularly for females, exceed those of the general population.
