I Had a near miss accident driving Home after a long shift

When I was working as a Registrar (doctor in a training post in England) in Kent,  normally we had to follow a rota that was pretty intense. At the time I had to do 3 night shifts one week, and 4 night shifts the following week. So work started at 21:00 until 09:00. But sometimes I would only leave the hospital after the  post take round around 10:00.

Because I lived in North London,  It was a long drive, 44 miles away , around 1h and 30 minutes by car .

Needless to say,  I decided to drive before breakfast one day and had a near miss accident after a long shift on my way home.

A lot of things went though my mind when I almost fell asleep on the wheel.

That made me realize 2 things: I needed to move nearer to the hospital or change hospitals  and sort out my worklife. So I did!

I moved nearer to the hospital, started a new post as a Registrar without night shifts. And on top of that, I could cycle to work, how cool was that?

That is how I swapped from Acute Medicine, Cardiology life to Dermatology training. I was in heaven! I worked 40 h a week, but the previous post was a crazy 44-60h/some weeks.

People ask me if I miss working for the NHS, and the answer is a big fat NO!

We can decide what way we want our life to go and what career path you want to take.

Remembering that I am not only a Doctor, I am also a mother, daughter, wife, sports maniac and nature lover!

We don't have to wear a job title 24/7. Do you agree?

By for now!