I mean this politely but your opinion is skewed.

The people who leave the UK clearly aren’t happy.

Medicine has and will always be tough. Do you think navy seals complain about how tough BUD/S training is? The toughness is the point. Some of what you learn for post grad exam are pointless and difficult. THAT is the test.

Complaining about pay and hours .. the pay and hours are clear to see before med school. However, things do get better after CCT but you need to work for it. Nothing worth having comes easily.

The media in the UK exists because the public like reading about drama and negativity. Trashing the NHS and doctors makes for popular reading. Just because stories of happy doctors doesn’t exits doesn’t mean happy doctors don’t exist. Yes, COVID was awful but doctors had job security and didn’t suffer the isolation others did because we got to go to work and see others. We got make a difference. The hospital crèche took my kids in for free full time care because our nursery was closed. My friend, a banker in London was in isolated in his house.

As doctors we have a responsibility to try and make things better. You will see doctors go through training and hate being called a baby doctor or junior doctor. . .Then, they become consultants and do the same to their juniors.

There are lots of things which suck. Don’t piss off to Australia, stay and help change the culture and get to a position where you can make a difference. This may only be at a departmental or local level initially but it is entirely possible that as a generation of pissed off doctors we can redirect that energy to making things better for the next generation.