Post by Gregory Stevens on Feb 12, 2019 13:12:27 GMT
Feb 12, 2019 9:20:26 GMT @bambergasgroin said:
I would not be happy to pay another £5,000 a year in tax so a consultant can be a millionaire by age 34 instead of 33, or prop up the GP pension fund which gives a million pounds to every doctor and change after their £100k ish salary for 40 years.
Doctors around the world don’t cost that. We can buy in cheaper from abroad, like we’ve done with hotel staff and cafe workers. Why can’t we reap that benefit in the medical profession?
I’d give free settlement to any foreign doctor who can speak English from anywhere outside Europe and willing to work for £60k and a £10k annual defined contribution pension contribution. They would be just doing jobs british people don’t want to do, of course!
Reasoning is I see a lot of incredible wealth being generated. Examples I’ve seen is of GPs earning £380,000 per year from private and nhs. Magnify that across the UK. That’s more than most company directors make in their best year. Nobody sees it. There are no shareholders questioning it, and most GPS I’ve seen are less than enthusiastic about their work and just want you out the door.
Granted, yes, if you are dying the care is good. But you can’t get a check up. You only go there once you have overt signs of a serious illness - and if you want a check you’re branded “the worried well” and demonised as some barrier to the health service.
Open the doors to doctors from Africa, the Far East, Russia. Provided the education is compatible (and it is) we can deliver a bit of competition into the health service instead of just having it for the working classes.
See how quickly they’ll be voting UKIP!!!
Jeremy will be delighted to hear from you with your views for reforming the NHS.
I guess it's possible to get your first / 2:1 or Masters, do the 2 years work to become a Consultant and earn £1m after tax by the age of 34, but it would be unusual.
Salary for a Consultant is £120,000. Yes that's high, however, it's a competitive market place. The reality is that there is competition for highly skilled people. OK, bring your people from abroad, they'll do exactly as British Consultants do and split their time between the NHS and private work, just as you would. You'll need to flood the labour market, but be careful, you don't want clinical standards to slip, do you.
Good luck.
The issue is, it isn’t competitive. There’s no competition and any attempt to bring scrutiny on pay is met with “o NHS can nothing compare with thee “
No standards will slip. They’ll just do the same job, cheaper. Just like our service jobs