Almost a third of exhausted doctors have cried at work, research finds

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By Lucinda Cameron, PA

Almost a third of doctors in Scotland have cried at work in the past three months, giving a warning sign of a system under “severe strain”, a medical professionals’ organisation has warned.

Doctors cited stress, feeling overwhelmed and exhaustion as the top reasons for crying at work, the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) research found.