2020 has been a strange and difficult year but we shouldn’t pretend it didn’t happen. By reflecting on it and planning for 2021, we can work out what we learnt and how we managed our businesses and personal lives through the crisis. By answering our suggested questions, you can also start planning for 2021 without tempting fate.

Whether you’re in private practice or working for the NHS (or both!), changes in the industry have a habit of filtering down and creating real change in healthcare. The latest news from the NHS could be hugely beneficial for healthcare workers as it finally starts taking notice of the needs and welfare of its staff.

The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on the healthcare and medical industries like never before. Sure, most people had a deep respect for doctors before, but the pandemic has revealed the hundreds of other, perhaps overlooked, job titles within the sector, all who have put themselves at risk for the wellbeing of others.

The healthcare industry is absolutely open to all, no matter how academic you were in school or what setting you like to work in. In healthcare, you could be working in large, multidisciplinary teams or by yourself, from a private clinic. You might be working as part of a non-healthcare organisation, like a sports team or the armed forces, or you might be working in a centre of healthcare, like a hospital.

One of the hardest things when it comes to working in healthcare is deciding where in the industry you want to work in the first place!