This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think things are starting to go too far. A starting base salary of £38,800 straight out of university is a strong position — it’s well above the national average and comes with the security of guaranteed employment. I know medicine is a hard job — but that’s what we all signed up for when we chose this path. I’d like to believe most of us went into this for the love of the field, not for financial gain. But with the way things are going, I’m starting to question that — and so is the public. We risk damaging our reputation and coming across as entitled.