I'm telling you there's some weird obsessions with humbling doctors in the UK.
Since when has introducing yourself as the Doctor that you are been a bad thing???
Sorry to be dramatic
But if you're a Doctor:
Without a second income
Without a solid retirement plan
Without a clue about investments
You're skating on thin thin ice
The idea that ‘you knew what you were getting into’ when you chose medicine is such a myth. Nobody signs up for chronic exhaustion and emotional depletion.
I remember being ST5 and pushing chairs together in the seminar room.. piling blankets down for bedding, and being so angry at myself..
What a ridiculous way to live.. me a 30 something professional pushing conference chairs together at night.. shame!
ST6 - ICU rotation.. left the am WR to attend a paeds arrest in Emergency Dept.
3 year old.. didn't make it. Mum screaming in grief. Me and the entire arrest team were all trying to conceal our tears from each other..
Before we could even debrief.. multiple texts from the
King's College Hospital locum rates for doctors are abysmal
Doctors know this, that's why 1231 locum shifts went unfilled at Kings in the last 6 months
London hospitals are getting away with suppressing rates without caring about patient safety
If you are a London doctor,
LOL I feel so much safer now.. didnt realise it was to remain in the country illegally without a trace.. 🙄
We all know why they do it.. doesn't mean we should suddenly feel safe.. It's still dangerous. What's not clicking???
I don't blame the CONS. I don't even remember his name.. just highlighting some of the difficulties with dealing with life & death but having to shake it off & just carry on. It silently takes its toll.
Either makes you a low key psychopath.. or forces you to take care of your
I for one stopped doing locum shifts in the NHS a long time ago..
Here's 10 reasons why..
1. They're underpaying you
2. Takes up the little free time that you have
3. They're stressful
4. Locums don't get the best treatment
5. You pay so much in tax the take home is a
One of the many moments that radicalised me.. my mates are getting paid cabs home, hotels and flights and I'm dragging two chairs together to lay down before the next bleep goes off. 🙃