The Armed Forces have a requirement to remain able to be called up after they retire - I wonder whether Medics contracts will be altered in future to place the same requirement upon them? It certainly strikes me that the scandal of the number that early retire after extremely costly training needs to be addressed in the event of medical emergencies such as this - the selfish ones are placing a huge burden on their colleagues who have continued. The reason for the gender difference in this also needs to be addressed - there would appear to be some form of gender discrimination at an early point in their careers resulting in a huge difference later in life.
1) Any imposition that if you become a doctor you basically sell yourself for the rest of your life to the NHS will result in less doctor training, who would sign up for that?
2) Any reference to ”extremely costly training” fails to take into account the hundreds of unpaid hours myself and my colleagues have worked and continue to do so to ensure patients are safe and hospitals have cover.
There has often been comments about doctors being made to pay back any tax payers money if they quit, or retire early or go into private practice.
Ok let’s do that! However at the same time the doctors would then need paying for every hour worked, something that would bankrupt the NHS!!!
3) As doctors we actually love helping sick people, it’s the most amazing feeling to save a life, to see someone get better and to be part of this amazing team of people, it’s like your part of a family. What would stop retired doctors coming back is what we have seen already - lack of PPE to keep us safe.