Who feels doctors are overpaid?

MattandJet said:
GPs are overpaid but I'd rather them get overpaid than premiership footballers!
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I'd say some GPs are overpaid, there is a lot of pandering to GPs demands in the NHS, it's quite ridiculous that one GP with 400 patients can have 4-5 staff supporting him when other GP practices have 3000-4000 patients and 4GPs with 4 staff in the same building. some consolidation would save a fortune in the NHS, but frankly a lot of GPs won't work with each other, it's like working with children at times.
 
MattandJet said:
What about other people that work hard at A Levels and do three years of a normal degree (i.e me in this instance)? Do we not deserve it?
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what bearing does that have. You get paid what you are worth. That a stupid jealous statement people think holds weight which it doesn't.

There's many jobs you can work hard, get the qaulis and get paid very well.
 
Moses99p said:
Hi there,

I suppose doctors work extremely hard, in deeply difficult conditions, when in hospitals and so forth... but don't doctors in GP surgeries have a fairly easy life for rather a lot of money?
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That is true but you have to remember a GP is running a business which involves a lot of work. Also they are paid based on the quality of service they are giving (ie if they are meeting targets).

I think the NHS is trying to attract younger better skilled doctors into becoming a GP to improve the quality of care.
 
I think some are and some are not

One of the Gp's at my local practice is useless , another that my friend went to see didn't have a clue and my friend ended up going away and diagnosing himself and paid to see a private specialist.

But the one I saw at Newcastle not so long ago was excellent and knew his stuff and arranged for me to get an op which will be done next week
 
MattandJet said:
What about other people that work hard at A Levels and do three years of a normal degree (i.e me in this instance)? Do we not deserve it?
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You decided to do those A-levels, knowing full well your career prospects and potential from your qualifications. That's your fault not theirs.
 
People will state doctors should earn £3204320497324 a second because they save lives and other emotive bs but the fact is there are no shortage of capable people wanting to become doctors so 20-30k for a junior doctor, quixckly rising to over 70k, is pretty good £.
 
MattandJet said:
What about other people that work hard at A Levels and do three years of a normal degree (i.e me in this instance)? Do we not deserve it?
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You can hit those salaries in lots of jobs in the time lines quoted without having to do an extra four years plus of training doctors have to (providing you're good enough).
 
Moses99p said:
Quality of care ≠ meeting targets, though ;s. I don't know how it works
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AFAIK, doctors are given bonuses based on things such as whether they manage to make a certain number of their patients stop smoking, lose substantial amounts of weight if they are obese, and stuff like that.
 
My dad's a GP, and I don't think he's overpaid. When he's not working his long shift, he's keeping up with the medical world by studying MIMS, medical journals and sitting in with consultants. It's an incredibly difficult and responsible job.
 
Considering they spent a week deciding whether to take my appendix out or not then giving me pain killers and told to go on my merry way. I'd say probably.
 
Of course not.

They diagnose and intervene in some of the most dangerous diseases and ailments. Studying new medicines keeping up with developments isn't that easy. Considering worthless TV presenters and personality get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars I believe they are underpaid.

There are far more disgusting professions making obscene money from people.. leave doctors alone.
 
when people refer to a junior doctor do they mean 1st & 2nd year? or still at med school?

£22k seems good for a first year tbh
 
monkentage said:
People will state doctors should earn £3204320497324 a second because they save lives and other emotive bs but the fact is there are no shortage of capable people wanting to become doctors so 20-30k for a junior doctor, quixckly rising to over 70k, is pretty good £.
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Its not really that quick. We are talking 10+ after finishing medical school before you would see that sort of money.

JBuk said:
when people refer to a junior doctor do they mean 1st & 2nd year? or still at med school?

£22k seems good for a first year tbh
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Yes F1 is the first years and F2 the second year.
 
What about solicitors? They get paid 30k in the 1st year of training then 35k for the second then 60k+++ on qualifying.

Why do you think everyone wants a 2:1 and that many go to law school when they have no idea what else to do....

Make doctors salaries that high and the quality of doctors would just skyrocket. We'd have some amazing people going into medicine and research who wouldn't otherwise.
 
I don't think that Doctors are overpaid - they work very hard for their money, and take on a lot of responsibility with it.
As has been mentioned above, they are much more deserving that any sports star / celebrity who earns £kkk!
I would rather anyone who had the brains / courage / capability went into medicine knowing there was a decent wage to be had, than going into anything corporate!
I do however (as an over worked, under paid nhs monkey myself) feel that allied health professionals should make a biiiiiit more money - we start on the same wage as a junior doctor - but will be lucky to reach over £35k in our working lifetimes (unless going into a management / consultant practitioner position)
 
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