This is not what we should be doing to our doctors...

[NotAllThere]

It's sad that someone has lost control of their lives and let things get on top of them- It seems to me just possible that she's in a mess of her own making. It can happen to anyone.

Medical degrees continue to be massively oversubscribed.

[PurpleGorilla]

This is not what we should be doing to our doctors...

She's quitting because the 30% pay cut Jeremy hunt is bringing in will destroy her life, and the lives of many other doctors. So when you rock up to A&E and bleed to death because there isn't enough cover, maybe the salary cuts weren't such a good idea eh...

Honestly, the Tories are a bunch of idiots. Idiots! And the people who vote Tories are even bigger idiots.

[NickFitz]

GPs are paid in excess of 150K these days for prescribing pain killers. Most doctors earn more than 100K.

I would suggest you provide valid sources for your bulltulip, but there's no point because you won't be able to, as there aren't any.

[NickFitz]

It's sad that someone has lost control of their lives and let things get on top of them- It seems to me just possible that she's in a mess of her own making. It can happen to anyone.

Medical degrees continue to be massively oversubscribed.

Nobody expects being a doctor to be an easy job. As she's nearly forty, she's been doing it long enough to know what's what.

Which is more likely: that it's "a mess of her own making" or that the circumstances under which she is expected to work have changed drastically for the worse?

[BrilloPad]

This seems to be nothing to do with being a doctor :-

I’m nearly 40 years old and I have a six-year medical degree, a BSc, an MD and membership of the Royal College of Surgeons. I also have two children, debts which make me sick with worry each month, a marriage which is likely over and a good going stomach ulcer.

You can't have a high powered career and fully look after kids.

That is true for a man or a woman.

[PurpleGorilla]

This seems to be nothing to do with being a doctor :-

I’m nearly 40 years old and I have a six-year medical degree, a BSc, an MD and membership of the Royal College of Surgeons. I also have two children, debts which make me sick with worry each month, a marriage which is likely over and a good going stomach ulcer.

You can't have a high powered career and fully look after kids.

That is true for a man or a woman.

But it's the 30% pay cut that is the nail in the coffin.

[VectraMan]

But it's the 30% pay cut that is the nail in the coffin.

It's not a pay cut; they're just not paying them extra for working past 7pm - 10pm any more.

If you wanted a 9-5 job you probably shouldn't have become a doctor.

[PurpleGorilla]

It's not a pay cut; they're just not paying them extra for working past 7pm - 10pm any more.

If you wanted a 9-5 job you probably shouldn't have become a doctor.

Best not get sick out of hours then!

[OwlHoot]

This seems to be nothing to do with being a doctor :-

I’m nearly 40 years old and I have a six-year medical degree, a BSc, an MD and membership of the Royal College of Surgeons. I also have two children, debts which make me sick with worry each month, a marriage which is likely over and a good going stomach ulcer.

You can't have a high powered career and fully look after kids.

That is true for a man or a woman.

It sounds like her imminent divorce isn't helping matters, even if only from a financial standpoint.

[ChimpMaster]