The Observer | UK News | Casualty staff crisis looms as GPs give up evening cover
'The final straw came two weeks ago, when managers asked me to man a casualty department at night,' said Dale, a 42-year-old mother of two. 'In the past I've been part of a co-operative and my nights on duty have been busy but not unmanageable. Working in casualty and seeing everyone who wasn't an emergency would be enormously pressurised. Why would I want to do this after a long day at work?'
Dale, who has written children's books and now intends to devote herself to it full-time, said: 'The goodwill that has held the NHS together for years is disappearing. I don't think the Government realises how many doctors like myself intend to leave. It's something they would rather not think about.'
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