According to even government figures, a ‘junior doctor’ earns £20-30 per hour. If you delve deeper, ‘junior’ in doctor-speak covers anything up to registrars, the layer just below consultants. With overtime, shift allowances, etc., they can get their earnings up to £60-70k per annum. Now I know these sorts of comparisons aren’t great/are misleading blah blah. But if you google ‘trainee financial adviser jobs’, the starting salary is quoted as £35-50k per annum. If you look in London, the ‘average salary for a qualified financial adviser in London is £95,250’. Now, I do think we offer a valuable service that people need and for which there is a demand. However, although we sometimes save (rather than cost) clients money, we don’t often save their lives. And, yes, there’s a lot of experience to be gained, but the training isn’t quite so demanding or traumatic. I’d pay the tax to pay those doctors more tomorrow.
“NHS is off the table and stay out of our elections, UK prime minister tells Trump”
In the real world, large chunks of the NHS are already sort-of privatised. In Gloucester, many cataract operations are carried out by a private company; which, yes, has cut waiting times considerably. In Oxford, three GP practices are now owned by a private company....
