NHS has the west's most stressed GPs, survey reveals

UK's family doctors have the highest stress levels and shortest consultation times out of 11 industrialised countries - and almost 30% are planning to quit The NHS has the most stressed GPs by western standards, as a result of relentless workloads, endless bureaucracy and the shortest amount of time spent with patients, new research by the world's most influential health thinktank reveals. Related: I ring her a few hours later and the headache has gone. We both breathe a sigh of relief.