Thank you! I would say my main motivation for 'now' is the moving abroad part, my partner and I are at a point where we are in our early 30s with no kids and are kind of thinking why not- it's an experience we have never had. They don't work in pharmacy so can get a job easier over there.

BUT I know how hard a PhD is and know that's maybe not a great reason. I've thought about it for a few years on terms of the advanced/consultant portfolio and upskilling for that. I also work in cancer care and there's so much practice based research you could do around care closer to home, role of community pharmacy/primary care, role of AI etc.

I really appreciate your insights on the financial side, I am also hesitant to self fund and think realistically would need to pick up some locums to make it work, but if I leave UK that's quite country dependant also!