Building resilience is not for the faint-hearted

Abstract

We seem to be in a national crisis. Healthcare workers are faced with financial constraints, increased patient loads, and reduced staff. For many of us, the greatest struggle is the sense that we cannot help our patients in the way we know they deserve. When admissions are unrelenting, the emergency board is never-ending, and theatre time is insufficient, it is demoralising. I am not responsible for a trauma firm, but I still feel the heat.