Is it possible to leave work on time as a doctor?

8 January 2026

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By Erin Dean

As a GP is suspended for making up appointments to be able to leave work on time, Doctors.net.uk explores the pressures doctors face when it comes to clocking off.

GP Dr Ellen Welch can clearly remember the “judgement and disappointment” from her consultant when she left work one day as a resident doctor in emergency medicine without staying on for an unusual case.







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