Edit:
For context the thing you linked says UK medical residents (in US language) make $36k/year, and the median household income is also $36k/y[0] .
In the US the average non specialist income is $60k[1], and the median household income is $69k[2]
This tells me things aren’t out of whack.
They also say 40% of residents in the UK want a different job. But residencies are temporary. In a few years they will have a new job - a full doctor.
I’m not saying there’s not a crisis, but that sheet doesn’t explain to me what the crisis actually is. They seem to be doing on par with US residents.
0 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personal...
1 https://mededits.com/residency-admissions/residency-salary/
UK a consultant earns £100k pretax and pays approximately 30% net tax rate and 60% marginal rate.
What about US?
Apparently family medicine in the US brings in 130% more than the equivalent in the UK (GP which makes up half of all UK doctors).
https://revisingrubies.com/us-vs-uk-doctors-salary/
That's truly astounding.
Where did your 60% come from?
[1] https://www.gov.uk/income-tax-rates
The net effect is an effective tax rate much higher than the nominal rate.
You lose other benefits to but they aren't factored in as depend on if you have kids or not etc.