With everything that’s been going on lately with Covid-19 – the insane rotas, the failure to protect staff, the appalling lack of leadership and the battlefield the NHS has turned into, I’m not surprised that we’re now seeing doctors seriously considering a change of career. As much as the political rhetoric tells us we’re ‘all …
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I’ve been going round in circles this week. I’ve spoken to a lot of people. Including the Guardian, ITV News, my mentor and old friend Dr Gyles Morrison, my therapist, my husband, my friends, my dad, my whole fantastic community of ex-doctors, and some fellow coaches. I’m like a decision pendulum – one moment I’m …
It turns out I didn’t need to send that email after all. Less than 12 hours after I posted my last blog about how I was debating over whether to tell the GMC I’ll to return to the NHS in this time of coronavirus crisis, I got an email from the GMC informing me that, …
Never, ever did I think I would ever see the day that I would consider returning to medicine. For the last five years, I’ve been thanking my lucky stars that I got out. My whole life has been completely tranformed – I am happier, healthier, professionally more fulfilled. Indeed, my work as a careers mentor …