The organisation of primary care, both at local and national level, plays an extremely important part in promoting wellbeing and preventing burnout within primary care. However, we as individual practitioners, and the primary health care team as a whole, can take many steps to make a major improvement in wellbeing and preventing stress and burnout both for ourselves and for everyone within the primary health care team. Changes made at practice level and at an individual level promote a healthier working environment for staff and patients, reducing the risk of burnout and improving patient safety.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/doctor/mental-health/tips-on-managing-well-being-in-primary-care