Let's embed peer-support groups into the medical curriculum for all.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, attending to the mental wellbeing of all doctors was high on the political agenda. The quality of patient care is also known to be related to doctors' wellbeing. Now, in the midst of a global pandemic, doctors are having to cope with ever more trauma and moral injury.

Peer support for junior doctors: a positive outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic?

The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed new, intense and, as yet, unquantifiable strain on the wellbeing of healthcare professionals. Similarities are seen internationally with regards to the uptake of psychological support offered to healthcare professionals during a pandemic. Junior doctors are in a unique position to offer and access peer support; this is an evidence-based strategy to promote psychological wellbeing of junior doctors through the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future.