In this issue, there is a particular focus on the health and well-being of clinicians. There is a growing awareness of the importance of practitioner health not just within the profession but also within the specialist colleges and the General Medical Council (GMC). Increased workloads, long hours, fewer resources and rising patient expectations can impact on a doctor’s mental health, and yet there is an apparent reluctance to admit to illness, partly due to a working environment where coping with the daily requirements of the job and patient care are given higher priority than the health of the doctor themselves. There is a perceived stigma associated with mental health problems and doctors often self manage, self prescribe and delay seeking support. In an important editorial, Dr Clare Gerada of the Practitioner Health Programme shares her experiences of treating and supporting doctors with mental health and addiction problems [1]. Encouragingly overall the prognosis appears to be good for those in treatment but failure to address some of the root causes remains a concern.
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