Almost two-thirds of senior doctors and dentists in Otago and Southland feel burnt out. It comes from a survey of 2,100 medical staff carried out by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists as a follow-up to a similar one six years ago.
And as our Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown found out, whilst the situation might not have changed much across the country, burn out is a serious problem in the south.
Health Minister Andrew Little says he appreciates health professionals are working really hard, and are under pressure.
He says the government has provided additional funding, and his ministry has a role in monitoring how the additional resources are being utilised.
