I'm an NHS doctor – and I've had enough of people clapping for me
The health service is not a charity and it is not staffed by heroes. It has been run into the ground by successive governments
I work for the NHS as a doctor. I don't work on the frontline" because there isn't one; I'm not in the army and we aren't engaged in military combat. But I do work as a consultant on a ward where we have had Covid-19, and colleagues of mine have been very unwell. The requirement to be constantly vigilant and to manage the infection risk makes work more difficult, more stressful, and at times more tragic.
Obviously I carry on going to work - it is my job, one that I enjoy and am being well paid for. I am pleased to have a reason to leave the house. I have a very decent and secure income so count myself extremely lucky.
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