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NHS consultant
Coverage of NHS consultant in the Nexus archive.
- 'Exhausted' NHS consultant died of drug and alcohol overdose in hospital on-call room after working ninth 13-hour night shift in a row, inquest hears
An NHS consultant died of a drug and alcohol overdose in a hospital on-call room after working nine consecutive 13-hour night shifts, according to an inquest. The inquest heard details of the consultant's exhaustion and the circumstances leading to the overdose.