3 years from then I'll be starting my new job as one of this country's annual crop of eager (and and yes, slightly nervous) junior doctors!
Yes - it's that time of year again, all on one day the new set of straight-from-med-school shiny new doctors start their lives as, not 'tomorrow's doctors' any more, but today's doctors.Each year the press likes to scare us with statistics about how every year the proportion of deaths rises in hospitals. This isn't just due to the junior doctors (or FY1s as they are now called) - everyone is jumping up a level on the career ladder and adjusting. The FY1s will have been shadowing their predescessors for a few weeks now since they graduated there will be plenty of more old-hands to guide them on the way.
So - if you can stay healthy next week - do. But if you do find yourself in hospital- just be nice to those shiny new medics!
