are you a local grad?

only pgy1 atm, definitely better work life balance compared to my friends who went back. even in my worst surgical rotation I still worked less than my sg friends
27 days leave (excluding public hol), increases more per year in NHS, max 12.5h shift, absolute max 72h work week
medical jobs 9-5, surgical about 8-530, no calls. either 3 x 12.5h shift Fri-Sun or 4 x 12.5 shift Mon-thur
slower pace of life (except London), good outdoors
pay similar to sg until consultant level

lot of inefficiency is probably the annoying thing, electronic notes is slowly coming into place, maybe 20% of hospitals have it now. most nurses cant take bloods or IVs is also another annoying thing
a lot of understaffing if you work more north, but probably still easier than sg workload
lot of moving around the country unless your cv is good to keep staying in same region
winter is dam sian, but spring and summer is really shiok

I guess nice thing is you can prescribe/order tests, dont need to worry about patient's ability to pay, most patients are grateful

lot of pros and cons, new law in 2019 means IMG can try any specialty, last time only got chance in IM, psych, GP. loads of brits still run away to aus/NZ.

try to match in US maybe if not aiming something too competitive
maybe try australia for even better work life balance - 38h/week
give UK a shot if want specialise something competitive. post consultant CCT can work a lot of places too, know some msians just sticking out till post-CCT then move out of UK