You think things are bad here? Why this doctor left Britain for Australia
From burnout to sunburn: How Dr Jack Tagg moved to Sydney, where he’s being paid twice as much and has fewer patients.
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Dr Jack Tagg’s “pretty terrible” last day in a British hospital dispelled any doubts about his decision to take up a post in Australia.
On his final shift, the UK junior doctor scrambled to care for 40 patients on his own in a urology surgical ward, overwhelmed and unsupported.