A junior doctor saves lives every day in a Scots hospital but he cannot even afford to rent a home of his own.
And even though he can work in excess of 60 hours a week Hugh Pearson has to take on extra locum shifts to pay for expensive compulsory courses and exams to progress in his career.
Mortgages and cars are just a dream and money is so tight he cannot even afford to take driving lessons. Today junior doctor members of doctors’ union, the BMA, will begin to vote in a ballot for strike action.
