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April 19, 2024BMJ

NHS Practitioner Health: “We’ve always been on the precipice of closure”

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Over the course of a weekend NHS England halted new signups to the mental health and addiction support service for doctors, before swiftly reversing its decision after an outcry. Emma Wilkinson looks at what happened, what the service provides, and what happens next

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synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6e65fb6db643587661a0b https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q913

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