Key services struggling to cope with ‘shameful’ level of hardship

Almost half of people working in key services have considered quitting their job as they struggle because of a “shameful” level of hardship, a study has found.

The study, by the , found that around 40 per cent of people who work in primary and GP surgeries were “staggering under the weight of hardship”, as resources have to be redirected to provide extra support to the nearly four million