To come out of retirement for Coronavirus

[AlexaAmbidextra]

Are you a retired nurse or doctor? I’m a retired nurse and there’s no way on God’s earth I’m coming out of retirement for this. Not because of the personal risk but the fact that I’m just done with working. Should I be more unselfish?

I have seen it before in other Junior Doctors. They often think we aren't aware. We are.

Oh, I saw it a lot whilst my child was seriously ill. I honestly think medicine should be a postgraduate degree. FAR too many were way too immature to be anywhere near the setting they were in and shockingly unprofessional as a result, many downright goofy, even less mature than quite a few peers their age (particularly those of similar age who'd been in work or military service). Britain has a very serious problem with ageism, though, with the idea that someone in their early 30s is 'too old' to pursue medicine but reality meaning someone that age still has another 35+ years to work.

Oh, I saw it a lot whilst my child was seriously ill. I honestly think medicine should be a postgraduate degree

It's a point.

It may lead to us having even fewer qualified doctors (given that medical students see their peers graduating at least two years before them), but let's weed out the "goofy" ones.

Britain has a very serious problem with ageism, though, with the idea that someone in their early 30s is 'too old' to pursue medicine but reality meaning someone that age still has another 35+ years to work.

Well, more like another 25 years - nearly all the consultants/GPs I know have taken early retirement in their mid to late 50's. So someone who's early 30, won't be fully qualified until they're 40, so will only have 15 years of working life if they retire at 55. Of course, someone entering the profession so late, probably won't have such a high pension pot, so may not be able to retire so early, so maybe they will work to mid 60's after all??