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Yeah, this is a big problem with the early stages of practicing medicine in the UK. Once you make it past about the 7 year mark, it's all well and good, but those early years, you're kind of on par with retail workers, which can be demoralizing. A big mistake the UK made was when the pandemic hit, they didn't raise wages for doctors to compensate for the absolute chaos. BMA should have gone to war over that the way the French did over retirement age.
Things definitely could be better, especially for young doctors, but I would still rather be a doctor in the UK than in the US. No amount of money is worth that kind of burnout, and I don't want to be treated by any doctor who thinks it is.