Around 40 per cent of almost 1,000 doctors questioned by mental health charity Mind said they had dealt with issues, such as depression, anxiety, bipolar or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dr Mark Pickering, a Christian prison GP in Yorkshire told Premier he wasn’t surprised by the results of the poll.
“Many of my colleagues face mental health problems. The workload, the intensity of the job – it’s a very stressful environment for GPs and for many people in the health service,” he said during Premier’s News Hour.
“I guess we often tend to focus on caring for our patients and sometimes we can neglect our own health and maybe not feel able to speak up about that.”
The survey found less than half of GPs would turn to their colleagues for support if they experienced a mental health problem in the future.
However, 86 per cent said they would get support from families and friends, while 79 per cent would go to their personal doctor.
Mind welcomed existing initiatives such as a confidential NHS support service for GPs, but has called on the Government and NHS England to do more to help those affected.
Dr Pickering said Christians could also do more to support GPs.
He added: “Many of us will have GPs and other healthcare professionals within our churches and one thing you can do is just ask them ‘how work is going?’
“Obviously they can’t talk about confidential things but in…
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