System-wide reform needed to tackle the root causes of burnout

Wilkinson rightly highlights the psychological toll of moral injury, where doctors feel powerless in a system that limits their ability to provide quality care.1 This crisis is deepening across the NHS, where burnout has become a systemic failure demanding urgent reform.2

General Medical Council reports show that rising burnout rates stem from workplace inefficiencies, overwhelming workloads, and role fragmentation rather than individual shortcomings. …