About healthcare

The state of healthcare in the UK teeters on the brink of collapse. After you have mustering the courage to pursue a healthcare degree and investing 3-6 years in studies, many find themselves mentally drained and seeking opportunities elsewhere. FY1s openly express disinterest in NHS work, even in front of supervisors and consultants, some boldly informing the chief medical officer of their intentions while already securing positions abroad.
Pharmacy graduates are navigate through pay and career progression uncertainties, with hopes pinned on independent prescribing rights potentially altering the landscape. Yet, my medical colleagues fret over perceived job threats, especially with the new PA order of 2024 sparking fears of impostors encroaching on "traditional" medical roles.
Optometry and dentistry industries thrive on sales, nothing else. (unless you want to invest another 5 years on post-graduate on Maxfax or urgent eye clinic)
Radiography colleagues maintain a laid-back demeanor, except during on-call shifts or A&E rotations.
As a healthcare practitioner, your encounters with entitled a 20 years old stumbling into the ED after nights of heavy drinking can cast doubts on career choices, you have made over the past six years. Liability insurance becomes crucial as the primary concern remains avoiding your name contributing towards a death and simply punching in and out of your shifts.
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