GP's, NHS & sportsmen - a rant

[TheHeathens]

remember these doctors and specialist have been trained with OUR money, graduated into a fabulously paid job at OUR expense, and now these specialist don't want to treat us because they can earn more money treating people who have gone private so they can jump their turn in the waiting list.

ALL doctors and specialist must work exclusively in the NHS for at least 25 years until their debts are paid back to the people who have invested so much of their hard earned taxes, and then and only then should these self interested professionals be allowed to do a very limited private work.

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spring heeled jack

I'm sorry but I have to pull you up on this one because you're talking ill-informed nonsense:

1) 5 years at medical school - tuition fees of £3,000 per annum in addition to general University costs. Most medical students come out of University with about £30,000 debts.

2) Starting salary for a Pre-Registration House Officer based on a 40 hour working week is £20,000 - any extra pay is accounted for in the extra unsociable hours they have to work, up to 60 hours per week. Hardly fantastic wages bearing in mind the £30,000 debt you've just built up

3) After University, it's still another 5 years of continuous assessment until they are at the stage to become a practicing GP or a Consultant, working silly hours (like 9pm - 10:30am, 9 days on the trot) for not fantastic wages.

Doctors are obviously intelligent and chose to do the job to help people; they could have probably made much more money if they had gone into a different profession such as Law.

I don't blame them for going private to be honest when they have to put up with the crap that's been written on here.