Thursday, September 27, 2007

Musings Of A Disheartened Ex-Doctor

well that's not quite true.

however i did resign today.

i'm not quite sure how i feel. come january there will be no more of this nonsense.

the future awaits.

[i am listening to Wilco]

32 comments:

Anonymous said...

glad you are back :)

Anonymous said...

Hello. I'm a non doctor reading this from Australia. It seems very worrying what you are painting. Am I right in thinking that young doctors are treated as 'prisoners' of governments in the early parts of their careers, and denied the private right to practice?

Kate Mc said...

Wow. What a huge decision. Best of luck to you, wherever life takes you.

Dr Vegas said...

Wicked. The world's your ski-slope...

I can feel a Stockholm-esque adventure approaching next week.

Anonymous said...

It takes a tremendous amount of courage to resign. I am a disheartened psychologist in the US. I work for myself, in a forensic practice, dealing with warring attorneys and mewling angry parents and tragic children. I want to do something different. I suppose I should count myself lucky that I have a career and the freedom to work for myself - but I feel sad. I wish I could sell shoes in Paris.

Thanks for your courage. What will you do instead? Will you continue to be a physician?

With kind regards,
The Disheartened Psychologist

Henry North London 2.0 said...

He's not the only one

I have been pushed out of my job by bullies and Im never returning to the NHS. I feel like being a till tart at Tesco for the rest of my days seriously..

Never mind I was never happy in Medicine I shall claim benefit from the government now.

Anonymous said...

All the best for the future, I have enjoyed following your blog, for better or worse.

Keith and Aya said...

Best of luck, G. We await your brightening with bait on our breath!
K and A

Anonymous said...

Hi there,

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Anonymous said...

Hi,

Can I just say that I've enjoyed reading your blog. Please continue.

I am a 4th yr medical student in London and I share these exact feelings. In fact I was so frustrated wiith it all that I took a gap year last yr and it did the world of good for me. I've come back wiser and realised that a job is not meant to be something you like. Whether it be medicine or another career - I would still bloody hate it. To put it to you frankly, I just want to be a business woman, earning loads of money and travelling around the world - but how to get there without any effort/stress is another question? But its definitely something I'd like to discover very soon so that I may leave this career, which if I may add is the best of a bad bunch, especially if you live in godawful & stressful London.
Bye.

Anonymous said...

so sad you have left.

have you read the new book about the relaity of working in the front line of the nhs; in stitches; the highs and lows of life as an A&RE doctor. It is causing a bit of a media stir. At last someone standing up for what we have all been saying for ages.
see below for further info

http://www.nhsexposed.com/media/bookreviews/in-stitches-introduction.shtml

Anonymous said...

Hi doctor,

I sincerely hope you are doing well and have returned to medicine. Come back ...

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