Thousands of them Every year, newly trained medics join the NHS after five years of medical training.
But this week it was revealed that, instead of working in healthcare, a third of people in training plan to flee Britain and work in countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada attempt for better wages and work. life balance.
One in 33 students even plans to leave medicine altogether.
Among the medics leaving the healthcare industry are those who leave to use their skills abroad and those who become social media stars or join OnlyFans – some of whom earn millions.
Moved to Australia
Dr. Michael Mrozinski says he felt exhausted after working in the NHS for seven years.
The 37-year-old doctor says that during his time as a doctor in Glasgow, the NHS didn’t care about his ideas to provide better patient care.
Dr. Michael Mrozinski says he felt exhausted after working in the NHS for seven years
On TikTok, the Scot explained that he was “completely burned out” at the age of 30.
He said he saw far too many patients, was snowed under with paperwork and always left an hour or two afterward.
Dr. Mrozinski said, “That just wasn’t sustainable for me.
‘So I decided to leave the NHS to move to Australia and it’s the best decision I’ve ever made.’
The doctor started working in Australia in 2016. He said his work-life balance is much more sustainable and his senior colleagues even “scold him for not taking his coffee breaks” or staying 20 minutes after his shift.
Became a YouTube star
Dr. Ali Abdaal, 29, studied medicine at Cambridge University for six years and worked as a junior doctor for another two years.
During his studies, he set up a YouTube channel, where he created content around medicine and his studies.
Dr. Ali Abdaal, 29, studied medicine at Cambridge University for six years and worked as a junior doctor for another two years
But after working for the NHS for eight years, he earned £40,000 a year as a medic, while he claims his YouTube account made him millions.
He said: ‘This year we expect the company will probably make a profit of around £2 million.’
“The money equation here is completely asymmetrical,” he added.
He explained that after specializing he would eventually reach a salary of £100,000 working for the NHS, but that would take years.
Dr. Abdaal revealed that although he enjoyed his work as a doctor, he was not looking forward to going to work on Monday morning.
He said he now actually looks forward to going to work every day and rushes through his morning routine just to sit at his desk and work on “doing his own thing.”
Joined OnlyFans
Michaela Ogilvie, from Ramsgate, left her role as an NHS mental health social worker earlier this year.
The 32-year-old made the decision after becoming ‘depressed’ at work.
Meanwhile, 32-year-old Michaela Ogilvie, from Ramsgate, left her role as an NHS mental health social worker earlier this year after becoming ‘depressed’ by her role. Since making the switch, the content creator has amassed nearly 20,000 followers on Instagram and 30,000 on TikTok. But her income comes from OnlyFans, where she claims she is also among the top two percent of creators on the site, earning up to £1,000 a week.
Since making the switch, the content creator has amassed nearly 20,000 followers on Instagram and 30,000 on TikTok.
But her income comes from OnlyFans, where she claims she is among the top two percent of creators on the site and earns up to £1,000 a week.
She said: ‘I enjoy it so much more than social work – it’s so liberating.
“For me it’s about taking back control.”
Became a life coach
Dr. Helena Bridge, who worked as a junior doctor in the NHS in Oxford, says she often ‘sobbed and hyperventilated’ while working as a junior doctor.
She said she was overwhelmed by phone calls and a long list of urgent tasks, leaving her “afraid” in case she made a mistake that would cost someone’s life.
After studying medicine for almost a decade, she took the ‘ultimate risk’ and left the NHS last year.
Dr. Helena Bridge, who worked as a junior doctor in the NHS in Oxford, says she often ‘sobbed and hyperventilated’ while working as a junior doctor
The neuroscientist graduate became a life coach and has since founded her own company.
Dr Bridge said: ‘I am certainly not against medicine, but I am against suffering.’
“The system feels like a sinking ship,” Helena adds.
“I would not want to continue working in a healthcare system like this because I cannot provide my patients with the standards of care that I would want for my own family, friends or for myself.
‘I don’t dehumanize patients, I don’t see them as a check mark on a list of to-do things. I appreciate people’s quality of life, I appreciate that they are not in pain.’