As you get older as a doctor, you realise your life outside of work will never be the same.

Having a social life alongside your medical career — by no means a given — can turn into a series of practically insoluble worries.

Unlike automated sphygmomanometers, doctors don’t come with an on-and-off switch.

You can’t just stop doctoring when you put down your stethoscope — although you may have taken up your opera glasses, your brush, your baton, or your spatula instead.