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Neurosurgeon salary in the U.K.

Hello, I have looked on the NHS website and the base salary of a neurosurgeon is around £100,000 per year! How much over time do they work and how much more money do they get for this? How many do private and NHS? What about specialised neurosurgeons who do brain surgery? Thanks you very much.

Pls do not reply with don’t do it for the money I just wondering if I will ever be able to pay of medical school and university fees.
That's a really interesting post, Ecolier. I didn't know neuro had horrid hours. Is this because you can't predict a TBI/IS or necessarily 'schedule' one for surgery?
PRSOM.

This money thing got me thinking. 30 years-ish of intense, full-on training to be the very best in your field. The reward: a base £100,000. Yes it's not shabby, but it's not Banker-style rewards either. And bankers don't save lives. Those people who whine on about senior doctors being 'paid too much' really are talking out of their årses. You should be trebling that salary really.
Along those lines, which speciality do you think has the vilest hours? The worst work-life balance.
The base NHS salary would be lower than that.

Very old data on private incomes here:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442143/table/tbl3/
Original post by Chief Wiggum
The base NHS salary would be lower than that.

Very old data on private incomes here:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442143/table/tbl3/

Look at that private income for plastics!
again, PRSOM. Things that you'd never find out from a prospectus!
Hm
Don't forget 40% of that is paid in tax
yeah naturally they will be getting paid a ridiculous amount, most likely more than 100k. but take into account how complex and challenging their job is, how many lives they are saving and yes how many hours they are working

it most definitely isn't a 9-5 job. your standard junior doctors works whole days and many times go without sleep. so naturally a surgeon and neurosurgeon will be working longer. everyday they do overtime, I can't be specific in how many hours all I know is that working overtime is the complete norm for someone working in medicine. so you have to be willing to sacrifice sleep... and seeing your family every day.

naturally private will pay much more. can only relate to one story and one story only and this was off someones uncle who used to be a surgeon and then went private and was getting paid close to half a million at his job. this however was at least 10 or more years ago plus i don't know what time of surgeon he was.
*what type of surgeon he was...
Original post by JamesManc
Don't forget 40% of that is paid in tax


wow and i actually want to be a neurosurgeon
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Original post by JamesManc
Don't forget 40% of that is paid in tax

As a GP, first off I pay 28.5% of my income in pension, then tax and NI is taken off, meaning I will end up with just over a third of my earned income in my pocket.......And despite what the likes of the Daily Fail tell you, I do not start at £250K!! Out of that, until this year I have had to pay £9K a year for indemnity insurance, £400 for the GMC to tell me everything they believe I am doing wrong and slightly more than this if I want the BMA to collaborate with them. That is before I start on Royal College membership (>£500) and course fees to enable me to re-validate to keep paying all these people......
Medicine is not a career to consider if your income v. work intensity is amongst the most important considerations for you

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