Medicine has long been a rewarding career, but doctors say the profession needs to overcome the frustrations of working in the NHS to ensure it remains so.

During the Big Debate at BMJ Live in London last week six speakers argued for and against the motion, “This house believes that medicine is the best career in the world.” After presentations from the six speakers and questions from the floor, the audience voted in favour of the motion.

Arguing the motions are:

Jennie Watson, medical student, Imperial College (for)
Janis Burns, junior clinical fellow, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust (against)
Helgi Johannsson, anaesthetic consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust(for)
Pete Deveson, GP, Epsom, Surrey(against)
Clare Gerada, medical director, Practitioner Health Programme(for)
Partha Kar, diabetes and endocrinology consultant, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust(against)

edit: To see Pete Devesons slides - check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfRezS1dZJY