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Front-line healthcare workers at risk of suffering from PTSD

ENGLAND could see more than 200,000 new referrals for post-traumatic stress disorder due to the pandemic with front-line healthcare workers particularly at risk, new estimates suggest. 

The Strategy Unit, a research group within the NHS, predicts there could be 230,000 new referrals for PTSD between 2020/21 and 2022/23 in England. 

The Royal College for Psychiatrists (RCP) warns today that front-line NHS staff are more at risk of developing the condition than army veterans. 

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