Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Dr. Hanley. It's such an important question.
Burnout underscores so many challenges we're having in the system. Our understanding of the impact of burnout has really evolved over the last 10 or 15 years. We know that levels of burnout in physicians have doubled, as I stated. We know that burnout is mostly related to working in systems that are not functional. That is the root cause of burnout for physicians and other health care professionals.
We also know that burnout directly links to things like productivity, as well as quality of care and medical error. Addressing burnout and creating a system in which health care workers can thrive and be healthy is critical to delivering quality care to Canadians.