Dr Katherine Leung

Medicine, careers, and the honest in-between

GP in London sharing the unfiltered reality of life in the NHS and my move from clinical practice into health tech. This is for doctors figuring out what comes next and anyone curious about the journey.

Posts

Why Everything You Think About GPs Is Wrong

Why Everything You Think About GPs Is Wrong This video is about something I've spent almost my whole career on the receiving end of: the quiet, stubborn stigma against being a GP. In medical school, I remember lecturers telling our year, "50% of you will become GPs." I'm still not sure whether the pressure that followed was something they intended or something I built up in my own head, probably a bit of both. Either way, it settled over the year like an unspoken dare: to prove, to ourselves...

about 19 hours ago • 5 min read

Before You Quit Medicine, Watch This

Before You Quit Medicine, Watch This This video is about a question I think a huge number of doctors are quietly sitting with right now: should I leave medicine? This is a question I've considered myself, more than once. During GP training, I spent rotation after rotation in posts that felt disconnected from the kind of doctor I wanted to be. There was no dramatic breaking point, just a slow, quiet disengagement I kept pushing through, telling myself it would pass once I finally qualified....

22 days ago • 4 min read

Why You Never See the Same GP - And Why It Matters

Why You Never See the Same GP - And Why It Matters This video touches on a topic that I think about a lot as a GP: continuity of care. Having completed my GP training in an era and setting where personal lists were not enforced, I feel a sense of longing for what I never got to experience in full force. That longing comes through on the rare occasion where a patient - somehow, despite all the barriers in between - has managed to book into one of my slots. I glance at the notes for a few...

about 1 month ago • 7 min read