The Great North Move

Less than a week to go before I start my annual leave and finish my second F2 year. Was planning to move out straight to the new property I was in the process of buying in Leeds, but it's looking increasingly likely that it's going to fall through, as sudden hidden costs have appeared. Obviously this means hospital accommodation, and fortunately Huddersfield were kind enough to fit me in due to a cancellation, else I would have been really in trouble.

So.....unless anything changes next week, it's back to property hunting!

On a completely unrelated note, most of my F2 colleagues have nabbed ST1 or CT1 posts this year, which is a stark contrast to last year. Perhaps things worked a little better for specialities outside ophthalmology, or perhaps we were damn lucky.

Either way, I still believe the reduction in training hours for junior doctors and the increased pressures for service provision resulting in reduced organised training for juniors is going to have a bad long-term effect on the NHS that the public are going to be completely oblivious to (like they are to most things that "doesn't affect them") until it's too late....at which point they'll start whining (too little, too late).

In the mean time, let's start the ST1 countdown....And I pray that I don't get stuck with managerial/departmental politics, or seniors who aren't interested in supporting their juniors openly....