‘My colleagues are all going to Australia for better pay,’ says resident doctor on strike

'My colleagues are all going to Australia for better pay,’ says resident doctor on strike.Credit: The Independent

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00:00It's a crisis that I don't think anyone really anticipated.

00:03When I applied to med school in 2015, the idea of not having a job was kind of unfathomable

00:10as a doctor.

00:11Unfortunately, we're now in a position where almost the majority of doctors after their

00:15Foundation Year 2 training, which is the second year outside of med school, are facing unemployment.

00:20There's very few options left for doctors.

00:22All I see is more and more doctors going unemployed.

00:25Doctors that have seven years of high-quality, taxpayer-subsidised training, which is really

00:31important to focus on within the NHS, going unemployed, leaving the country.

00:36A lot of friends that go to Australia stay in Australia because they can get employment

00:39there.

00:40They get really good training there.

00:41The system is better for doctors working out there in terms of the strains and also the

00:45pay.

00:46Ultimately, I think anyone can put two and two together that if we constantly see this erosion

00:52of the workforce, erosion of fair pay, it's only going to go in one direction, which is

00:56not going to be a positive one.

00:57And that's why we're out here today in the rain trying to fight against it.

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