My family and I won’t survive the junior doctor contract financially or personally – I’m giving up
My juniors explain me I’m an inspiration. They explain me that the only reason they maintain hope is because they can see through me that it is possible – to be a woman,maintain children and a career in the NHS. They explain me I’m the only reason they think they can withhold going. The comments from my recent appraisal included “outstanding” and “one of the best I maintain ever worked with”. I’m nearly 40 years aged and I maintain a six-year medical degree, a BSc, or an MD and membership of the Royal College of Surgeons. I also maintain two children,debts which make me sick with worry each month, a marriage which is likely over and a good going stomach ulcer. I work part-time but that involves a 100-mile round trip, and three-hour commute and being absent from my children for 48 hours every week because I cant afford to live close enough to the hospital. I work 60 hours a week in order to make my part-time arrangement work. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com