One in four medical workers also experiences enormous pressure.

Omissions

• The 'one in four' figure measures doctors working more than 50 hours a week (28%), a proxy for job pressure, not a self-reported 'enormous pressure' rate for all medical workers; for nurses the equivalent long-hours figure is only 9%.
• The survey's headline mental-health figure is 'one in three' (33%) reporting depression or anxiety — higher than the 'one in four' cited; the claim does not specify that the 1-in-4 value comes from the long-working-hours indicator rather than a direct pressure measure.
• The peer-reviewed article reporting the survey (Mediavilla et al.) carries a 2026 publication date, potentially after the session date; the underlying data period (Oct 2024–Apr 2025) predates the session.

Sources

• PrimaryWHO Regional Office for Europe — Mental Health of Nurses and Doctors surveyThe findings indicated a high prevalence of mental health conditions and unsafe working conditions – including violence, extended working hours ... The survey was disseminated from October 2024 to April 2025 across all 29 countries, obtaining 122 048 responses, of which 90 171 were valid.
• AcademicMediavilla et al. — Working conditions and mental health among doctors and nurses (ScienceDirect)Job pressure was particularly common: one in four doctors (28%) and 9% of nurses worked more than 50 h a week; more than one in three doctors (35%) and nurses ...
• SecondaryUN News — Europe's health system under strain as doctors and nurses...One in four doctors work over 50 hours a week and a third ... One in 10 doctors and nurses in Europe experience suicidal thoughts
• SecondaryThe BMJ — WHO: Third of European doctors and nurses have depression or anxietyOne in three European doctors and nurses have experienced depression or anxiety in the past two weeks and more than one in 10 have had [thoughts of self-harm/suicidal thoughts]