do doctors get paid enough?
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Re: do doctors get paid enough?Are we?(Original post by nothingspek)
Yes, because most are doing it for the love of the job, not how high their salary is.
Don't forget that this is a job, just like any other, and that doctors deserve pay in line with their role, their training and their status. -
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Re: do doctors get paid enough?Sure, but the starting pay for most jobs is pretty poor.(Original post by Renal)
Are we?
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Re: do doctors get paid enough?In some, however F1 pay is low for the public sector, especially for a professional. After debt repayments, BMA subs, MDU/MPS fees, etc. the take home pay is pretty ****.(Original post by nothingspek)
Sure, but the starting pay for most jobs is pretty poor. -
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Re: do doctors get paid enough?Which, by the time you're working at the top, your low pay at the start is fully compensated by the high salaries you'll be on once at the top.(Original post by Renal)
In some, however F1 pay is low for the public sector, especially for a professional. After debt repayments, BMA subs, MDU/MPS fees, etc. the take home pay is pretty ****.
Or am I wrong? I won't pretend to know the ins and outs of medical pay. -
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Re: do doctors get paid enough?Then why don't you move off to general discussion instead of chipping into a careers advice forum?(Original post by nothingspek)
Or am I wrong? I won't pretend to know the ins and outs of medical pay.
Yes the pay at the top is good, not particularly spectacular, but good. However, someone going into the profession needs to be aware that the pay and conditions at the bottom are **** and are only going to get worse. -
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Re: do doctors get paid enough?maybe but that's no good to you when you're 23 and living just over the poverty line.... saying you'll earn more in 10 years time doesn't pay the rent!!(Original post by nothingspek)
Which, by the time you're working at the top, your low pay at the start is fully compensated by the high salaries you'll be on once at the top.
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Re: do doctors get paid enough?As renal said, public sector work at the bottom is poor, however progress can be made at a steady rate.
Private is extortionately well paid, my mums insurance is about to pay 5k for a knee graft. Am i right in saying private practices can charge what they like, and medical insurance companies pay up? Or is there legal caps on what they can charge? -
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Re: do doctors get paid enough?It can be if you get the top jobs, but I'm sure most doctors would prefer to have a better starting wage and a lower wage later on instead of struggling with debt at the beginning.(Original post by nothingspek)
Which, by the time you're working at the top, your low pay at the start is fully compensated by the high salaries you'll be on once at the top.
Or am I wrong? I won't pretend to know the ins and outs of medical pay.
Also the level of debt they graduate with
Bore on.
