Dr Sumi Manirajan, who graduated from university in 2021, said she has been researching moving to Australia after becoming 'burnt out' by the NHSsaid she is striking as a last resort before her career forces her to move abroad after being left feeling “completely gutted” by the state of the NHS.
Some NHS leaders have said the service is expecting “major disruption” as a result of the strikes coinciding with this week’s heatwave and the UK Health Security Agency issuing yellow heat health alerts for many parts of the country. “While the warmer weather can lead to additional pressure on services at a time when demand for services is already high.
Soon after graduating, Dr Manirajan described how she was the “first port of call” for a patient waiting 12 hours in A&E with chest pains, “one of the symptoms of a heart attack”. “I thought to myself: ‘If that was my elderly relative I would be completely gutted that this is what our health service is providing.'”
BMA chairman Professor Philip Banfield claimed “more experienced doctors” would help cover for junior doctors, adding: “You’ve got our SAS colleagues, consultants, so it is a more senior workforce in place, those gaps are not quite what you would expect.